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OOOOH! For those of you who, like me, had never heard of idocrase, feast your eyes on this lovely olive-ish green beauty!
Yes, there are many fun variations in color and quality of idocrase/ vesuvianite -- certain stones can just catch at your heart. But look at this finer beauty!OOOOH! For those of you who, like me, had never heard of idocrase, feast your eyes on this lovely olive-ish green beauty! ...
What colors do you have? I love the brown ones they came out with a few years ago.Diamonds, lots and lots of huge diamonds!I've got several colored diamonds too, so can get any 'stone' I want because there is most likely a diamond in that color too! I especially adore black diamonds. I have never seen one like an opal though, have to work on that!
I'm not a fan of diamonds, either, maybe because I can't afford good-quality ones. I'd rather have a good-quality semi-precious stone (such as Amethyst) than an inferior diamond.My birthday was this past Friday, and one of my gifts was a lovely pair of really good-quality cubic zircona earrings. Now, I know just enough about jewelry to know that a high quality cubic zirc can be more expensive than a lesser quality diamond, and these are small enough that they look real, and not absurdly silly. Which brings us to today's question.
Do you have a favorite gem stone, either precious or semi-precious?
I actually am not very fond of diamonds, to tell the truth. But I love love love amethysts! I also love moonstones! If you aren't familiar with them, take a peek:
If I could design my ideal ring, it would be a central moonstone flanked by tiny amethysts.
I don't wear them often; but I do love pearls because they were my Grandmother's favorite. She saved up money from her first job to buy a strand of cultured pearls and she gave them to me for my 12th birthday. My mother had them re-strung and a stronger clasp added. I wore them for my wedding.Pearls are another. My maternal Grandmother was a pearl-stringer back before cultured pearls had been perfected by Mikimoto. It doesn't sound impressive, until you realize that 1. Natural pearls were more expensive than diamonds then, and 2. Doing the knots between each pearl on the strand took a lot of skill. Pearls were knotted so, if the strand broke, you would only lose one pearl. And to think a 15-16-year-old girl was given that task is even more impressive. Mom's family, cousins and all, were jewelers in England for generations.
That's what draws me to tanzanite too. I had my ring set in yellow gold since thats what I look best in and wear the most. But I think it shows best in white gold so I kind of regret that. That color looks really good on DD so I've thought that will be her first good stone when she is older (in her teens). But my step-dad believes your first diamond should come from your father; so she will probably get a small ring at 16 like we did. I better start saving.With shades of purple being my favorite color, I love the mixture of purple and blue in tanzanite.
And now there are several gem and jewelry networks out there. I occasionally torment myself with them.I used to watch QVC for fun!
I'm a silver gal, myself, but I'm allergic to gold. Even white gold. Most people who are allergic to gold are actually reacting to the small amounts of copper that give it the yellow color. But not me. I even have to list it on my medical records just in case of surgery. Some golds are used in surgical procedures.All of my rings are white gold which I like best.
You should wear the pearls more often. They can dry out from not absorbing some of your skin oil. Just don't splash salad dressing, vinegar, and cleaning products on them.I don't wear them often; but I do love pearls because they were my Grandmother's favorite. She saved up money from her first job to buy a strand of cultured pearls and she gave them to me for my 12th birthday. My mother had them re-strung and a stronger clasp added. I wore them for my wedding.
That's what draws me to tanzanite too. I had my ring set in yellow gold since thats what I look best in and wear the most. But I think it shows best in white gold so I kind of regret that. That color looks really good on DD so I've thought that will be her first good stone when she is older (in her teens). But my step-dad believes your first diamond should come from your father; so she will probably get a small ring at 16 like we did. I better start saving.
I did not know that! I'm not sure the strand fits. I'll have to see what I can do.You should wear the pearls more often. They can dry out from not absorbing some of your skin oil. Just don't splash salad dressing, vinegar, and cleaning products on them.
Oh boy. It's probably a good thing I don't get to watch TV much. I used to love QVC for background noise too.And now there are several gem and jewelry networks out there. I occasionally torment myself with them.
I'm a silver gal, myself, but I'm allergic to gold. Even white gold. Most people who are allergic to gold are actually reacting to the small amounts of copper that give it the yellow color. But not me. I even have to list it on my medical records just in case of surgery. Some golds are used in surgical procedures.