herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Jan 14, 2016 18:50:02 GMT -5
I have a friend who is a gem dealer and gemologist. Every once in a while he puts a parcel for sale that is too good to pass up. I bought this just before we knew we were buying a new house (and have since put a spending freeze in place until all the deals are done on the house. Anyhow, somehow I was involved in a gem thread recently and thought I'd share this since I just got these and am pretty happy with the batch. From the left - morganite, tanzanite, 3 sapphires (2 heat treated and one is bicolor) and 2 aquamarines.  |
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 14, 2016 20:20:03 GMT -5
Score!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those are really sharp......
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Post by beefjello on Jan 15, 2016 17:21:13 GMT -5
Nice John! What are you going to do with them?
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Post by 150FromFundy on Jan 15, 2016 19:07:51 GMT -5
Incredible! Now you have to find a jeweler who will give you batch-pricing on mounting those. We see beautiful gemstones. Our wives see two pairs of ear rings and three necklace pendants.
Darryl.
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Jan 15, 2016 19:37:29 GMT -5
Nice John! What are you going to do with them? You know, I never have a plan. A couple years ago I made some peridot and aquamarine earrings with a matching pendant in sterling from findings from Rio Grande (they are on here somewhere). I always think "someday I'll learn how to set these" but in reality I just think they are cool and look awesome. What I'd love to do is find a nice way to display them and keep them in a safe but pull them out to look at them from time to time. I have ballpark knowledge of the values of most of my gems so I keep in the back of my mind that I could sell some if I ever really needed cash. Some are worth quite a bit, but I always wait to buy way under value so my collection is modest and very slow growing. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 16, 2016 13:28:54 GMT -5
Nice John! What are you going to do with them? You know, I never have a plan. A couple years ago I made some peridot and aquamarine earrings with a matching pendant in sterling from findings from Rio Grande (they are on here somewhere). I always think "someday I'll learn how to set these" but in reality I just think they are cool and look awesome. What I'd love to do is find a nice way to display them and keep them in a safe but pull them out to look at them from time to time. I have ballpark knowledge of the values of most of my gems so I keep in the back of my mind that I could sell some if I ever really needed cash. Some are worth quite a bit, but I always wait to buy way under value so my collection is modest and very slow growing. Hi John, You mentioned in another thread about display. I keep mine in gem jars in a tray. But, most of them, the good ones, I took out of the tray and put in a safe. I was just looking through my Kingsley North catalog and saw these, too. gem box There is also a little stand that has 3 claw arms that you cinch the stone down into which is a very nice display for a cabinet. I like to pull mine out now and again to look at. I have used some small ones with snap sets to incorporate into wraps. |
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Jan 16, 2016 15:36:29 GMT -5
You know, I never have a plan. A couple years ago I made some peridot and aquamarine earrings with a matching pendant in sterling from findings from Rio Grande (they are on here somewhere). I always think "someday I'll learn how to set these" but in reality I just think they are cool and look awesome. What I'd love to do is find a nice way to display them and keep them in a safe but pull them out to look at them from time to time. I have ballpark knowledge of the values of most of my gems so I keep in the back of my mind that I could sell some if I ever really needed cash. Some are worth quite a bit, but I always wait to buy way under value so my collection is modest and very slow growing. Hi John, You mentioned in another thread about display. I keep mine in gem jars in a tray. But, most of them, the good ones, I took out of the tray and put in a safe. I was just looking through my Kingsley North catalog and saw these, too. gem box There is also a little stand that has 3 claw arms that you cinch the stone down into which is a very nice display for a cabinet. I like to pull mine out now and again to look at. I have used some small ones with snap sets to incorporate into wraps. I think we can all agree that we need to see a photo of your gem jars and tray  I do have a bunch of those little boxes in trays now that you mention it. I picked them up from the Buena Vista gem show last year I think. I have cheap faceted smoky topaz and cheap garnets in them, I have them in my "giveaway to kids" rock stuff. When friends with kids come over I have a shelf of quartz points, polished ammonites, nautilus, amethyst, peridot rough and fluorite as well as some tumbles I like to send the kids home with. A lot of time mom and dad take some too |
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 16, 2016 15:55:37 GMT -5
All mine are in my safe.....Haven't decided if I will get them made into jewelry.. A few will be pendants and earrings for my wife..The others will be mine to look at,when I want...LOL
Just have to find a Jeweler that would do smaller fittings...
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Post by Thunder69 on Jan 16, 2016 22:24:21 GMT -5
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