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Old 08-19-2004, 10:48 PM
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On another thread there was a discussion about the use of semi-precious stones in grand jewels, especially tiaras. Please post pictures of any jewels you know besides saphire, ruby, emerald, etc

here's some amethyst jewels:
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Old 08-19-2004, 10:53 PM
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Aquamarines

Some aquamarines. I like this stone.
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Old 08-19-2004, 10:56 PM
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Pink spinel

the jewels of Princess Bagration, bought by the Duke of Westminster for his Bride
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Old 08-19-2004, 10:59 PM
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Very pretty reynard! Do you have anything for the month of January so I can ask my husband for an early Christmas present?
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Old 08-19-2004, 11:06 PM
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Turquoise was widely used during Victorian times and in Iran
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Old 08-19-2004, 11:13 PM
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Pink topaz

The parure of the Savoy royal family of Italy
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Old 08-19-2004, 11:19 PM
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For Mandy: the January Baby

Not too much royal Garnet Jewels, sorry:(
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Old 08-19-2004, 11:25 PM
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are there any Topaz royal jewelry?
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Old 08-19-2004, 11:30 PM
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are there any Topaz royal jewelry?
Besides the pink topaz I already posted, Queen Sonja of Norway has a modern topaz tiara:
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Old 08-22-2004, 04:14 AM
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Ha ha, Elspeth! Very clever...

Funny how many of us want to change the already existing jewellery pieces. Though these have been made by the most skilled designers and goldsmiths. I think most of them are already at their best and can't be improved. And of course this is just my humble opinion.

Amethysts of good strong and purplish colour were higlhly expensive stones at a time when it was found basically in Siberia. The prices collapsed when the larger deposits where found in Brazil.

No matter what the prices are amethysts are pretty otherwise too and might carry some message in "the language of gemstones". I think they could be worn during the half mourning.

The problem with Lukes idea with the large pear cut sapphires is that it is economically most wise to cut the crystals in the cushion shape (see for example Leuchtenberg sapphire parure or other large sapphires) while the pear form would be quite unusual and waste good material.

And to find this big rubies. Quite impossible. And never in pears...
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Old 08-25-2004, 08:19 PM
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I love those amethyst (my birthstone) jewels.
Sapphires - what about yellow or pink? Would be very modern.
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Old 09-01-2004, 08:37 AM
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I think colored sapphire is under-used in royal jewelry. The Swedish RF has a necklace, so I "created" a tiara for Pr. VIctoria on another thread":
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Old 09-01-2004, 08:43 AM
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I love it!!
I love these also.
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Old 09-09-2004, 10:02 PM
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What about these from http://www.jewelryworld.com/jwhome.cfm

1. Yellow</B> Pendant. Retail value is $38,000.
2. Sapphire/ White Gold </B>Necklace. Retail value is $50,000.</B>
3. Diamond Sapphire Bracelet. Retail value is </B>$140,000.
4. Deep rownish yellowish orange, diamond ring. Retail value </B>is $35,000.
5. Cabachon Earrings. Retail value is $25,000.
6. Cabachon Necklace. Retail value is $50,000.
7. Emerald Necklace. Retail value is $120,000.
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Old 09-09-2004, 10:09 PM
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Here's some aquamarine gems. Forget where they are from and the price.
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Old 09-09-2004, 11:24 PM
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"I love those amethyst (my birthstone) jewels."

I had no idea amethyst was a birthstone. I thought it was just a substitute for Alexandrite because Alexandrite is so rare.
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Old 09-10-2004, 06:38 AM
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I had no idea amethyst was a birthstone. I thought it was just a substitute for Alexandrite because Alexandrite is so rare.
And I didn't know that alexandrite was a birthstone. Well, at lest in Scandinavia. I see that it is the birthstone of June among pearl and moonstone somewhere in the world.

Actually alexandrite was found as late as 1830 while amethyst has been around for at least some thousand years. So that I think that amethyst is no ones substitute. Somebody has to defend that old fossile.

Alexandrite is not just rare but extremely rare, this can't be pronounced enough. I have seen just a handful of real alexandrites in my life and most of these were heavily included and either too dark moss green in daylight or pale lilac in artificial light. Most of the so-called alexandrite on the market is synthetic or other colour changing gemstones, for example cc sapphire.

The raw material of real alexandrite is quite small but oh, so expensive, so that it is not easily suitable for grand jewelry designs (while amethysts are found in fairly large crystals and work well with all kind of designs, old and modern).

Richard Hughes, some kind of a guru on gemology, writes of alexandrite on www.palagems.com site:

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Unfortunately for the lapidaries, larger crystals, usually highly fractured, yielded little facet-grade material and some crystals would not facet at all. Large (over 3 carats), clean alexandrite gems are among the rarest and most costly of all gemstones.
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Old 09-10-2004, 03:26 PM
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Grandmother ring

My grandmother had a large real alexandrite ring, a solitaire, the stone was about 2.5 carats at least, it was huge. It was also her birthstone, June. It was stolen and since Alexandrite has went up tremendously since the ring was made, she has replaced it with an amethyst.
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Old 10-26-2004, 09:30 PM
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Now I've seen it all. Here's smoky quartz:


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Old 10-27-2004, 05:01 AM
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Oh, the look is very different, but somehow very uniform. Good design.

It would be excellent mourning jewelry, I guess...


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