I don't have many items in my jewelry collection but I do believe that is going to change soon! 

First is my pretty new wedding ring. There are other pictures in my introduction thread; this is one I was able to get under a bright light.

This is a really cool ring - she's a color changer! She's another pawn shop find so I'm not entirely sure what she is but I think it may be a tourmaline. The saleslady's diamond tester pegged it as a sapphire but I hear those machines can be pretty iffy. The gold tested as 10kt but I don't know if its plated or not as there are no markings inside, only a scratch and what looks like a tiny triangular shaped gouge.

Lastly, this is a garnet pendant given to me by my stepmother. I'm not crazy about many two toned pieces and I'm pretty sure the garnets are created but I like the stones. They would make pretty accent pieces in something else.

I'm pretty much a gemstone newb. Not too noticeable is it? 

After it hit sapphire on the stores' meter thing, the saleslady implied she was either taking it for herself or raising the price once I was out the door. I just liked that it was a pretty reddish purple and had flashes of red and blue around the girdle when I moved it around. Then, after I had paid, she said if it turned green once in the sunlight it was tourmaline. I kept checking it on the way home but I mostly just saw more blue flashes. A few hours later I went to the grocery store and was able to capture the pictures of the brighter blue, which I really wasn't expecting since nothing had happened earlier!

I just googled alexandrites and how cool are these! Do you know if its true that synthetics have the reverse color changing (i.e. blue in incandescent light and red in bright light?) Thank you so much for the lead OMC! BTW - I just got done looking at your fabulous collection of jewels. Amazing! 

Edit - I think its just a synthetic one. Apparently, alexandrites are way too valuble to be found in a 10kg ring. I'll have to find a gemologist to take a look at it because some websites are saying if there is no green its fake but others are showing pictures whose colors look like my stone and saying its real.

From Wikipedia - and that's what I was thinking of...

Also, as far as I know, true synthetic alex changes colour in the same way as natural - there is no physical reason why chromium doping should change its behaviour...

My latest aquisition/rehab project. An Art Deco (?) synthetic ruby surrounded by .50ct of single cut diamonds. As you can see in this "before" picture, the synthetic ruby is really, really worn. There are broken prongs and so many that they seem to be crowding the stone. One of the diamonds is severely chipped and looks to be missing half of the top. I can't wait to get her "after" pictures taken!

That ring has great potential!  I can't wait to see it completed.

It sounds like you are eyeballing something here...what is that?

Hubby calls her my Jolly Rancher lol.

GIAgirl, the one I'm thinking about from here is http://rockdiamond.c...aser-inscribed-r3921

Hi Dovesgate, is this the same Ruby ring as in your newest  acquistion?  That was fast...I thought your ring was a work in progress, not yet completed.  Very nice!  Hope it brightens your day whenever you wear it!

Dovesgate, I am actually going to decide on a family ring and I am not sure if that diamond would fit into what I want or need.

You may get it after all   It's a lovely stone and has a lot I love in it... just not sure the color is what I want.  The cut, laser inscription and the fluor are all things I really do love though.

Ooooooh....me likey!  GET IT!

I think the issue is that the upload folder is full. It's a lot easier (and higher quality) if you use an image sharing service like Picasa, ImageShack or PhotoBucket to upload the image and place it in the message using [ img ] tags.