Vendor pictures and owner pictures of PS stones

[kas baby]

This is my 1.3ct 6.8mm round brilliant traditional heat treated sapphire from Jeff White. His pictures are a lot better than mine. today was really cloudy, so the gem is reflecting a cloudy sky. It really is very clear. The one with the grey border was taken outside cupped under my hand, its blurry but shows off how vivid it can look at times. depending on the light it can look a bit different, but I was not disappointed going from what i saw in Jeff''s pics to real life.

 

[D&T]

my little SI cab pink sapphire .67 ct from http://www.forevergemstones.com/

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Barry''s (very true to reality, his photo is better than mine):

Mine:

 

[Allison D.]

Red/Pink spinel by Gene at Precision - amazingly representative of true life appearance (even more than camera could catch!)

 

[weegem]

Wow I LOVE that colour!!

 

[D&T]

Date: 8/20/2009 6:05:15 PM
Author: Allison D.
Red/Pink spinel by Gene at Precision - amazingly representative of true life appearance (even more than camera could catch!)

Gorgeous!

Do you have a thread of this ring? I remember when you were talking about choosing a setting?

 

[Allison D.]

D&T, that''s actually not a finished piece. That''s just a loose setting, and the Mahenge spinel is plopped into it.

It''s unlikely that stone will be actually set into that setting because it would lose the gorgeous sides in the bezel.

 

[Catmom]

Gorgeous stone Allison!!

 

[packrat]

OMG I just now realized I *finally* can contribute to this thread!

This is Dana''s picture. Master Cut Gems

Lavender spinel 7.1mm

 

[packrat]

And this is mine!

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Michael E (The Gem Shoppe) 6.2mm tourmaline
Vendor photo:

My photos:

 

[LD]

This was not one of my best purchases! I bought this tri-coloured sapphire from an Ebay seller. Thaigemstone. The photo AND video matched the vendor''s photo as seen below. Unfortunately, it turned out that both were highly manipulated. Luckily, this gemstone was mega cheap and with the magic of an LOGR setting I''ve managed to all but close the window and it''s now a fairly attractive ring! A lesson in "if it looks too good to be true, it normal is"!

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Gene of Precision Gem. Unheated Tanzanite. His picture as always was accurate, but the stone changes color depending on light source and angle, so I don't think the picture did it justice! But chances are, if you love it in his photo, you'll only love it more in real life.

His photo

My photo showing more blue

My photo showing more purple

 

[AustenNut]

I bought my sapphire from bill-tresconti on ebay. It''s a 0.91ct, 6.28 x 4.68 x 3.41 sapphire that is heat treated (and probably beryllium treated as well...disclosed after the auction closed but hardly surprising considering the price I paid).

The title of the auction said pink orange padparadscha sapphire but it really only looked pink in the photo, to my eyes and those of other PSers. But in real life this baby is far more orange than pink. I don''t blame the seller though, because I couldn''t get any of my photos to depict the orange either, so I''ll just give the seller the benefit of the doubt. But the coloring is much more like a sunstone or the shield pad that zeolite posted here.

 

[haagen_dazs]

Date: 3/9/2009 4:45:40 PM
Author: AnthroMoon
Unfortunately, I do not have any stones to add but I wanted to thank you for starting this thread. This makes it much easier to shop online!

chrono pointed me to this thread

wow!! so many beautiful stones!
thank you all for doing this!

 

[haagen_dazs]

Date: 3/9/2009 5:03:28 PM
Author: Kismet
2.6ct indicolite tourmaline from gemline inc. Vendor pic on the left.

holy smokes!!
this is beautifullllllllllll

 

[haagen_dazs]

Date: 3/9/2009 4:52:25 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
BB Garnet.

https://www.pricescope.com/idealbb/files/BBGarnetTL5.JPG

is this the same as this?
http://www.acstones.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=5&idproduct=2988

 

[haagen_dazs]

Date: 3/11/2009 12:59:06 AM
Author: yingh
Spessartite garnet from eBay seller biggiantgems Two vendor pictures on the right. My pictures were taken after recut by Richard Homer. (size went from 7+ct to 5.7ct without changes in table size)

just wondering
how much does recutting cost?

that is a beautiful orange

 

[arjunajane]

new - ish one to add

 

[AustenNut]

This is a 2.35ct Umbalite garnet from best*auctions* on eBay. The vendor picture is the one in the middle, and my pictures surround it. The stone is actually rather pretty, and reminds me of the color of some of the Barry Bridgestock ones running around, but the color is totally off from the vendor picture.

 

[AustenNut]

This is a collage of a 1.93ct pair of pink tourmalines that I bought from Bob Kast. His depiction of the stones is right on; he''s just a better photographer.

 

[AustenNut]

This is a group of topazes that I bought from Multicolour. The vendor picts are on top. The color is a bit deeper than the vendor picts, but not as dark as my group picture. It''s somewhere in the middle. The blurry picture at the bottom is the best shot I''ve gotten that approximates the real color.

 

[AustenNut]

Here''s some apatite that I bought from Multicolour. It''s a pair of 1.8ct rounds and a 2.03ct pear. The vendor picts are on top, and mine are underneath. I''d say that the stones are more vibrant and slightly deeper in color in real life. There''s more teal and less aqua to them than the vendor pictures show, though in certain lights it''s fairly accurate (see bottom left picture).

 

[Stone Hunter]

D&T, Making the Grade, Allison, Packrat, LovingDiamonds, AustenNut and Arjunajane THANK YOU for posting to this thread with your new pretties!! It is a very helpful thread thank you for taking the time to keep it going.

LOVE all of your new stones.

 

[blithesome71]

Date: 10/22/2009 6:03:57 PM
Author: haagen_dazs

Date: 3/9/2009 5:03:28 PM
Author: Kismet
2.6ct indicolite tourmaline from gemline inc. Vendor pic on the left.

holy smokes!!
this is beautifullllllllllll

I agree! This is definitely one of the most beautiful gems I''ve seen here in PS.

Let''s hope Kismet will make a thread of this gem with tons of pics!

 

[Novel]

Yay, I can finally add my tourmaline! Gene''s photo is amazingly right on, but doesn''t show any of the color play that the gem has IRL, since a photo simply can''t. Below, Gene''s photo next to mine.

 

[Arcadian]

From AJS
Gem Type: Spinel
Pieces: 1 Pc
Weight: 1.76 Cts
Size: 8.85 x 6.61 x 4.03 mm
Shape: Oval
Cut: Step Cut
Clarity: Included
Origin: Mahenge, Tanzania
Enhancement: Unheated


Vendor Pic

My pics

Inside indirect light

outside indirect light

-A

 

[haagen_dazs]

Excellent buying experience from Barry Bridgestock

BB vendor''s description
Hot Pink Sapphire: .88 ct.
Hot Pink Sapphire (J) .88 ct. 5.2 x 6.5 mm. [Gec: H] Cushion triangle cut. Just short of flawless at 10x with especially saturated slightly purplish medium dark pink color. Exceptionally vivid!

VENDOR IMAGE

 

[haagen_dazs]

real photo image

 

[haagen_dazs]

another photo image