Category: Loose Stones
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Jewelry Design
While I have taken many art classes, some centered around edible mediums, I would never consider myself to be a trained artist. I have a dear friend who is an artist, and she makes amazing pieces, typically paintings, that I only wish I could do. I am not a natural…
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Gem Blast: Lavender Asscher Spinel
WordPress seems to like to distort pictures in the upload a bit, doesn’t it? This is a 1.6ct and 6.2mm lavender asscher cut spinel, from the lovely Mr. Peter Torraca of Torraca Gemcutting. The setting was by Coast Diamonds, but it’s no longer set in that ring, and will be…
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Gem Blast: Small Diamonds
Using the term “small” here is kind of facetious, being that the rounds aren’t exactly tiny, hovering just under the .30ct mark each, and are larger than some people’s engagement rings. The round stones are about 4mm each, antique cut, mostly Old European Cut diamonds, but with some early modern…
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Colorless Garnet
I am not a garnet girl. I think they are beautiful but the range of colors hasn’t exactly captured my heart the way that other stone varieties have. Now, that being said, I own a few of the lesser known varieties. Before I really got into gems, I was in…
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The Perfect Neutral
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with gemstones, looking for sparkly quartz in my neighbor’s rock driveway and begging my parents for one of those toy rock tumbler things. And as long as I can remember, I’ve leaned towards the cool end of the color spectrum,…
The Gemstone Project 