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antiga posted:I suspected the same. Regarding a colored stone, I think she'd be happier wth a clear stone even if it was moissanite. I'm just not thrilled with the very un-romantic conversation of moissanite vs. diamond and shininess-per-$$. Also a bit of a durability concern for moissanite given her line of work Hi, die hard moissanite fan. Its still a super hard stone, and it looks loving amazing.
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To be clear, I think it would be great. Just hard to ask that question (she offered up that she didn't care about natural diamond), and we'd have to keep it a secret from family because people are awful.
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antiga posted:To be clear, I think it would be great. Just hard to ask that question (she offered up that she didn't care about natural diamond), and we'd have to keep it a secret from family because people are awful. Moissanite looks like you would expect a diamond to look. Unless they are big diamond enthusiasts or are jewelers they won't know if you don't tell them. That and you might want to keep the stone size small if you are actively trying to fool people about it being a diamond. Its easy to get a huge moissanite.
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Sep 2, 2016 23:25
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Yeah it's actually got slightly more brilliance than diamonds do but as Goodpancakes said no one will really be able to tell. Moissanite is rad and a 9.5 on the hardness scale (out of 10), so wear is not an issue.
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Though it'll still chip in a tension setting if you're not careful. I'll probably have to eventually replace mine, after nearly four years of daily wear and some rough treatment there's a definite 'peeled off' looking corner. Synthetic ruby suffers the same too come to think of it. Dang tension settings.
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Sep 5, 2016 00:32
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Dang that looks pretty finely detailed. though (please forgive my being dense, possibly) what is pictured on there?
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Sep 5, 2016 18:06
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Old Binsby posted:Dang that looks pretty finely detailed. though (please forgive my being dense, possibly) what is pictured on there? Looks like a badass wizard chilling in front of his castle
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Sep 5, 2016 20:24
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nyerf posted:Though it'll still chip in a tension setting if you're not careful. I'll probably have to eventually replace mine, after nearly four years of daily wear and some rough treatment there's a definite 'peeled off' looking corner. Did someone say Moissanite in a tension setting?   I love it.
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Haha yes, that's the one that got me into it in the first place  I very nearly went with the exact same setting, but then decided on a pseudo-prong thing. I think because it's applying pressure at four points like a square the shear forces aren't agreeing with the way the gem is cut? Not sure how to phrase it. Mine basically looks chipped, easiest way to put it. We had all the corners of a rectangle cut synth ruby chip off from a tension setting too. Also in a square-shape type setting. Perhaps the swirly shape distributes forces evenly around the stone by comparison?E: This is what it looked like in its heyday:  and next to husband's, who also had a meteorite inlay bit  and a look directly down on the ring, couldn't find anything better than this. This is also an example of an older(I went for the most basic option) moissanite in natural sunlight--they would have a definite tinge of yellow, though generally appeared white to the eye in most other instances 
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Sep 6, 2016 13:18
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nyerf posted:and next to husband's, who also had a meteorite inlay bit Wow! I need to find the cash to get something similar for my 5.5 size finger... Maybe since I'm tiny the meteorite will be less... I can hope. That's a really lovely pair of rings!
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Sep 6, 2016 17:15
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nyerf posted:and next to husband's, who also had a meteorite inlay bit That's nice. I've never been a fan of tension settings before, but I really like that one.
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Sep 6, 2016 18:15
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This is relevant to pretty much nothing, but I just picked up a piece of pink limb cast chalcedony at a gem show this weekend, slabbed it up and cut a cab from it. I rather like this material, glad I've got plenty of rough now:
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Sep 6, 2016 20:28
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I just bought half a kilo of the same material, but in a color that's white-ish/grey. Great stuff.
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Sep 6, 2016 21:12
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goodness posted:Looks like a badass wizard chilling in front of his castle Well i haven't missed any of the obvious pop culture references then. Still looks cool. I'm also kind of in love with the meteorite ring pictured above. I don't think I've seen anything like it at local jewelers. Should I have looked harder or is it just pretty uncommon material for a ring?
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Both our rings were crafted by boonerings.com, but I don't know how prevalent the user of meteorite is outside of that. I'd highly recommend his service if you like the look of those rings, he was very accommodating with my requests for customising the ring. See http://www.boonerings.com/extreme.htm for some examples of meteorite inlay stuff he does, but everything on the website is sorta a serving suggestion. Just drop him a line and ask what he can do for you! The only trouble with how we had that inlay is that the tiny piece that is the end part of the strip as it were is prone to being knocked off, so I'd stick to just one big strip rather than having it broken up if you could. Or at least bigger strips! He also organised buying the stones for us (I just said to buy from which particular vendors) to avoid my having to ship the stones to him. Because the meteorite is textured it does tend to trap grime with daily wear, I think you have to clean it from time to time with a mild abrasive to get it nice again. I think I spent maybe half an hour gently rubbing it with baking soda and water before the wedding to get it cleaned up (it'd been an engagement present and was already in use).
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Sep 7, 2016 12:10
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What would be the best way to preserve a couple of pieces of feathers to turn into jewelry? One of my birds passed and I'd like to keep a memento. Poured into resin in a cabochon-shaped mold?
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Sep 15, 2016 17:26
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That would work. You could also have them bronzed and then gold or silver plated.
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Sep 16, 2016 16:49
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I'm in Denver for the Gem Show that runs until Sunday. Does anyone want me to pick them something up? They have EVERYTHING. Some examples include moldavite, geodes, tourmaline of all kinds, peridot, opal, facets, roughs, cabs, fossils, etc. Cheaper prices than you will be able to get anywhere else  This is a wulfenite on possible mimetite, hemimorphite on mimetite, and cavansite on stilbite.
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goodness posted:I'm in Denver for the Gem Show that runs until Sunday. Jealous! I wish I could fly down to get some facet rough. Take pictures to post of really cool stuff!
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Sep 17, 2016 21:02
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You should look at the ethiopian opals being sold by Daniel Kinfe - he's my regular supplier and great. Top floor of coliseum.
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Claes Oldenburger posted:Jealous! I wish I could fly down to get some facet rough. Take pictures to post of really cool stuff! http://imgur.com/a/dujb8 Here's what I have got myself so far. Hard to get decent pictures.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyQujwuuGps
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goodness posted:http://imgur.com/a/dujb8 Haha this mirror is great.
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nyerf posted:Both our rings were crafted by boonerings.com, but I don't know how prevalent the user of meteorite is outside of that. I'd highly recommend his service if you like the look of those rings, he was very accommodating with my requests for customising the ring. See http://www.boonerings.com/extreme.htm for some examples of meteorite inlay stuff he does, but everything on the website is sorta a serving suggestion. Just drop him a line and ask what he can do for you! Totally forgot to thank you for this, very informative. Definitely looking into getting rings like this now. There's some great stuff on their website. Hope I can get my partner on board, haha
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Claes Oldenburger posted:Haha this mirror is great. Not even a mirror, it was 5-6 slices all setup in a row. Most impressive thing I saw there by far.
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I really regret not making that show. It's on my list for the future.
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goodness posted:Not even a mirror, it was 5-6 slices all setup in a row. Most impressive thing I saw there by far. Whoa! Haha so that's someone (you?) standing at the end? I can see it now. I thought it was a geode turned into one of those infinity mirrors. JohnnyRnR posted:I really regret not making that show. It's on my list for the future. Yeah I really need to start making a list of shows to go to for next year.
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Claes Oldenburger posted:Whoa! Haha so that's someone (you?) standing at the end? I can see it now. I thought it was a geode turned into one of those infinity mirrors. Yeah I'm standing at the end. The slices were about 3ft tall by 2ft. I can't wait for Tucson.
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Tips on gem photography? I got some opals and other stuff that I'd like to show you. I did stop by the opal booth you recommended and picked up a couple small ones!
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Opals are prima donnas and can be individually tricky to photograph. Direct sunlight against a black or white sheet of paper is usually pretty good, though to get your camera to adjust brightness correctly you mighg need to surround your white paper with something darker (or vice versa).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyQujwuuGps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw6e95k-X30 (from Daniel Kinfe, cheaper ones of his but still fire.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrlD5eeC9ds
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My girlfriend is into jewelry making (mostly silver, but also other things), and her birthday is coming up. She has mentioned wanting a micromotor before, which I'd like to get for her. But I don't know anything about brands or what's a good price or anything. Most of what I'm finding online is for dentistry, and I don't know if those work for jewelry making. Any recommendations? Also, we live in Denmark, so preferably something that works on 220V/50Hz with the right plug type, but it's not absolutely necessary.
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Can anyone tell me what price range a 6mm eye-clean round cut ceylon sapphire with reasonable transparency falls in?
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Oct 5, 2016 22:56
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How's the color?
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Tunicate posted:How's the color? I am not sure how to answer this question, I am not pricing a stone in my possession, I am trying to find a stone with that description.
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Total spitball number here, but I'd say you're looking at $1000 to $1500 depending upon whether it's heated or unheated. That's assuming it's a pretty standard Ceylon blue - obviously you're going to pay less if you go overly light or dark, or more if you're going for some neon Kashmir poo poo. Also does it have to be round? There's nothing wrong with rounds, per se, but there are so many more oval/cushion cut sapphires out there that you'll have a much easier time finding something in the size and quality you want.
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Naerasa posted:Total spitball number here, but I'd say you're looking at $1000 to $1500 depending upon whether it's heated or unheated. That's assuming it's a pretty standard Ceylon blue - obviously you're going to pay less if you go overly light or dark, or more if you're going for some neon Kashmir poo poo. Doesn't have to be round! Thank you for the suggestion.
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Sorry in advance for double posting, I have a lot of questions. Is it possible to use ceramic as a durable inlay material? I have been looking for a ring for my partner who has decided he would also like to wear an engagement ring. So far, he liked one ring we looked at which was stainless steel with a blue enameled groove in the middle of the ring. When we asked one of the small jewelers in the area about that style of ring, she told us that enamel is really fragile and recommended looking for someone who would do a similar inlay in ceramic. We are not looking for a ring that is entirely ceramic, which is what we found when we looked online. If ceramic is not possible, does anyone have a suggestion of other materials to look at that come in green? We have also looked at channel set green sapphires and it's not the same.
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WOOFDOCTOR posted:Sorry in advance for double posting, I have a lot of questions. It's not so much the durability, as it is the production. I'm not entirely sure how the ceramic rings are made, but they are always the ring with something else as inlay as opposed to the inlay themselves. I do not know of any inlays like ceramic that are green, apart from enamel (fused glass) and ceramit (coloured resin). Enamel is indeed very fragile as it is glass, but ceramit can be moderately tougher. Actually just giving it some thought, noble metals (titanium, niobium) can be coloured with electricity...so maybe you'll be able to find something with a titanium or niobium inlay that is then electrified to turn green? Unfortunately that's all I can come up with!
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