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I just thought I would share these beauties with you, All natural and verified by my self and another Gemologist. BTW the Black Prince Ruby in the crown Jewels is in fact a red spinel.
The The Swiss Gemmological Institute has a nice article on them http://www.ssef.ch/fileadmin/Documen...rch_Spinel.pdf
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The full size image is hear http://julianyoung.com/wp-content/up...9/DSC_9550.jpg
Technically they are for sale but i will be very sad to see them go.
Julian
Those are beautiful Julian.. spinels are one of my favourite stones. What size and how much is the purple oval 4th from the right? The blue trilian and oval are lovely too!
Julian, they are beautiful. I love sparkly :-)
The reds are from Burma bought about 10 years ago, and the colours from Sri Lanka.Quote:
Originally Posted by solitarysmagick
Row 4 purple:I have verified the RI as 1.718 which is correct for spinel and too low for a synthetic. its 7.39 x 5.81 x 4.11 (LWH mm and wights 1.18 carats, eye clean but not loop clean with typical inclusion not found in synthetics.
The Reds I would have to ask GBP 35/carat but i will let the Sri Lanka'n ones go for GBP20/Carat. As will all my best stones i offer a 60day no questions ask return guarantee.
Julian
I'm very tempted :) I will have to check my funds, I've just restocked my silver supply so I'm a little tight until payday :) Out of interest though what are carat weights of the blue trillian and oval? I do love those colours :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Julian
I have marked the weights on the picQuote:
Originally Posted by solitarysmagick
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PM sent Julian :)