poogie
off to a rocking start
Member since March 2004
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Post by poogie on Apr 21, 2004 23:14:09 GMT -5
;D ok i bought some emeralds and rubies. they are taking long to get down but,,, they dont look like emeralds and rubies.. the rubies look cloudy red and do the emeralds with a cloudy or milky green.. did i get ripped off or what??
please advise
megan
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Post by cookie3rocks on Apr 21, 2004 23:42:40 GMT -5
I dunno megan, my emeralds are obviously emeralds in a matrix (that grinds down almost as quickly as the gem itself) but they are very green. The matrix is black. My rubies are very dark and VERY hard. they are taking a long time to show promise. I have lighter pinkish stones I atribute to being rubies, but no white in them. I'm a newbe too, so.. lets hear from the "oldies". ;D hehehe
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Post by puppie96 on Apr 22, 2004 2:12:16 GMT -5
In the typical low-end rough I've gotten from ebay and the dealers, most of the stones have been opaque. Millky would be a good description for some of the emerald. It varies from very pale green to deep classic emerald green with color variation within the stones. Emerald crystals emerge along the way, mostly small, some really beautiful. Also pieces of aquamarine, I had a large crystal that to my newbie eye appeared definitely gem quality but in a really weird color of very yellow green, also there are numerous clear colorless crystals. There hasn't been much transparent or translucent crystal in the rubies either, but in some cases it seems that if you could get past that haze or film on the surface they would look glassy underneath. That's the real problem with the rubies -- getting them to polish. The emeralds are easy.
In summary, I don't think you were ripped off.
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Post by docone31 on Apr 22, 2004 8:11:00 GMT -5
Essentially, the rubies and emeralds are commercial quality. The rare, transparent, gem is hard to find, and commands a great price. I have found, these stones, once faceted, or tumbled, or made into cabachons, are an opportunity to present a ruby, emerald, or saphire, in a piece of inexpensive jewelery. In my shop, I get 600$ for a ruby, 14K ring where if it was gem quality, it would command thousands. I suggest, running the coarse grit and then picking the crystals out. Save these for later work. The plum ruby, and the lime emeralds look great once they are done. There is a lot that can be done with these stones. Cabachons, Intarsia, and faceted. I have found there are a lot of people who like the commercial grade to have and wear.
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tjmax
noticing nice landscape pebbles
Member since March 2004
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Post by tjmax on Apr 23, 2004 11:54:48 GMT -5
Emerald is a beryl, aquamarine, heliadore and morganite are other types. Beryl is a naturally clear mineral, impurities in the mineral give it its colours.
The Stuff you get from ebay will go from milky white to clear to pail green. You have a possability of finding small clear emeralds but they are generally really small and rare to find.
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