What are you wearing today?! Show me your CS!

[Neptune]

Rubies on this dreary day!

New toy?

 

[Star gazer]

New toy?

@Neptune No I've had this ring for 15 plus years! We went to the jeweller who had made my original wedding set, looking for a completely different style than this. But walked out with this haha! I'm glad I did

 

[RRfromR]

1920s ruby pendant, my youngest son's birthstone.

 

[Mrsz1ppy]

So glad to see your goodies. I often wonder why haven't you been showing them off. I know you've got a boat load of them, haha.

Been taking care of my mother, giving sister a break. Back home now!

 

[Neptune]

Been taking care of my mother, giving sister a break. Back home now!

Nice of you.

@Neptune No I've had this ring for 15 plus years! We went to the jeweller who had made my original wedding set, looking for a completely different style than this. But walked out with this haha! I'm glad I did

I understand, haha.

 

[Mrsz1ppy]

Oh boy! One ring was ready today and I’m rocking it at Happy Hour. Such a treasure! Unheated Burma Ruby found on a road trip that needed to be sized for my paws.

 

[Neptune]

Oh boy! One ring was ready today and I’m rocking it at Happy Hour. Such a treasure! Unheated Burma Ruby found on a road trip that needed to be sized for my paws.

Is the setting kind of 3Dish?

 

[Neptune]

Macchiato + yellow dragon fruit

 

[Mrsz1ppy]

Is the setting kind of 3Dish?

Yes. It looks like a swirl of ribbon.

You have a great eye for detail!

 

[T L]

One of the dark toned stones I love. It has an amazing depth of saturation for a dark spinel. Second photo just my demantoid, paraiba and spinel three stone.

 

[caolsen]

In the months since I’ve been on PS, I bought a lab sapphire fringe Finewater Gems but in their Tamarack style And had DK set it in platinum with side traps in bezels.

 

[icy_jade]

Snot sized rubies

@mellowyellowgirl @yssie clearly I thought of other rubies while wearing them…

 

[yssie]

Snot sized rubies

@mellowyellowgirl @yssie clearly I thought of other rubies while wearing them…

I was wearing my lab ruby when I saw that thread. I smush myself onto your pedestal

 

[icy_jade]

I was wearing my lab ruby when I saw that thread. I smush myself onto your pedestal

Ha… erm, what does that mean?


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Ok just realized that the light in the car makes one ruby look pinkish. Why? Is it the solar film?

So one more time since I have them out… (and am bored while waiting for my kids classes to start)

Natural shaded light


Under the sun

Ah the sacrifices I make to take such photos… I typically DO NOT go under the sun

 

[caolsen]

In the months since I’ve been on PS, I bought a lab sapphire fringe Finewater Gems but in their Tamarack style And had DK set it in platinum with side traps in bezels.

Sorry for the typos, btw. Here are DK’s glamor shots.

 

[Starstruck8]

Ok just realized that the light in the car makes one ruby look pinkish. Why? Is it the solar film?

That's an interesting question. Did it look like that, or is it just how it photographed?

The skin tones differ between the photos, as you can see in the crops below. I have adjusted the images on the right to make the skin tones match better. (Is that reasonable? Skin really does change colour in different environments. What is truth? Never mind... I'm always impessed at how good PSers are at reading the true colour of stones from what appear to be inadequate photos.) Also, the shade can't have been all that shady, because there's a clear shadow.



Adjusted or not, the car photo makes the stone look more pinky-purply and the sun photo shows the straightest red.

The only ruby I have is a so-so quality star ruby. Its colour shifts a bit, from purplish red in open shade to clean red in incandescent light. You would expect this sort of colour shift from the hole-in-middle spectrum of ruby: http://www.gemlab.co.uk/Ruby.html
I suspect (without knowing anything about the solar film on your car) that's what's happening with your stone.

And yes, it's a fabulous stone and setting.

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

Taking out my sad little ruby to join everyone in the tiny ruby club. Although mine is tinier than most

 

[rubyshoes]

Just walking the dog and admiring all the spring leaves. My blue sapphire from Finewater and my D pear from DBL.

 

[icy_jade]

That's an interesting question. Did it look like that, or is it just how it photographed?

Just how it was photographed. It still looked red red (ie vivid red in lab terms) in the car to my eye. That was why I was wondering why it looked pinkish in the car photo.

I'm always impessed at how good PSers are at reading the true colour of stones from what appear to be inadequate photos.

Me too!!

And thanks for the color adjustment! Did you use a nifty program or manually adjusted?

 

[icy_jade]

Taking out my sad little ruby to join everyone in the tiny ruby club. Although mine is tinier than most

But it’s a cute ruby heart!! Yes let us all wear our snot sized rubies with pride. Am wearing mine today again just so I can see how they look in the office lighting lol.

 

[Starstruck8]

Just how it was photographed. It still looked red red (ie vivid red in lab terms) in the car to my eye. That was why I was wondering why it looked pinkish in the car photo.

That's interesting. The colour doesn't shift much to your eyes but shifts a lot in the photos. I have no explanation beyond the usual generality that cameras see colour differently from our eyes. Which is true, but doesn't help.

And thanks for the color adjustment! Did you use a nifty program or manually adjusted?

Manual adjustment in Photoshop Elements.

 

[icy_jade]

I wear the opal a lot as the bright orange color makes me happy

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

I wear the opal a lot as the bright orange color makes me happy

Why do I not know that you have a HEART diamond?????

 

[icy_jade]

Why do I not know that you have a HEART diamond?????

Haha u sound like @yssie re: my pearls.

Because I don’t post everything I buy… but now you know
Think it looks a bit like your ruby heart, what do you think? Centre is fancy yellow and approx 1.5ct. Halo approx 1ctw.

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

Haha u sound like @yssie re: my pearls.

Because I don’t post everything I buy… but now you know
Think it looks a bit like your ruby heart, what do you think? Centre is fancy yellow and approx 1.5ct. Halo approx 1ctw.

Haha yes that was my first impression! I was all: oh wow that's so much like my ruby heart.... But yellow!

Enjoy!!!! Love a heart with a healthy sized halo!!! Would love more close up shots!

 

[Eli22]

Emerald with emerald-cut eternity band

 

[CaseyLouLou]

Vintage blue and white zircon ring.

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

Been seeing a few yellow diamonds so decided to wear mine!

 

[Timor]

Wearing my new emerald stacker set! It’s another semi-cloudy day but the glow was there

 

[icy_jade]

Boomz today and just her on my fingers as I tried wearing a ring on my index finger and actually thought it’s “too much“.

Office lighting… and better in person of course.