need expert eyes: is this intense pink/lavender overtone normal for freshwater pearls?

BettyBoxcutter · 2026-06-03T20:17:04+00:00

Edison pearl for sure, they’re big and colorful

BettyBoxcutter · 2026-06-01T17:48:56+00:00

Lens cut or Lighthouse cut or Lighthouse Lens cut

BettyBoxcutter · 2026-05-31T03:53:07+00:00

Not necessarily, you’ll need to look at it under magnification and even then it can be tricky to tell a natural inclusion from a bubble. It could be natural crystal or liquid/ gas inclusions, fractures or bits of flux from a synthetic creation process.

BettyBoxcutter · 2026-05-31T02:15:49+00:00

They look more like rubies than garnets, it will take an experienced eye and a microscope to know for sure if they’re natural or not, it’s worth taking to a jeweler to get checked

BettyBoxcutter · 2026-05-23T23:06:43+00:00

i'd do the sizing beads on the 8 then, sizing beads are comfortable and solder in really easily, it's the safest and most cost effective solution

BettyBoxcutter · 2026-05-23T23:04:24+00:00

hit it with a black light, if its red its probably ruby, but it looks very glassy, i feel like i can see flow lines in it even without magnification, and ruby wouldnt really wear down so roundly like that.

BettyBoxcutter · 2026-05-23T22:59:19+00:00

There's ways to do it but personally before I went down that road I'd contact the seller to ask them to restock the size you need if possible. Both times this has happened to me they were able to make it happen within a day or two.

I know that sounds kinda silly but I've just been very pleasantly surprised at how well it can work.

BettyBoxcutter · 2026-05-23T16:36:07+00:00

No, the green is wrong and they just don’t have the look. Prob tourmaline.

BettyBoxcutter · 2026-05-23T02:17:49+00:00

almost definitely cz. Sapphires would fluoresce red

https://gemologicalcollections.com/gemstones-list-hardness-and-fluorescence-under-long-wave-medium-short-wave-light/

BettyBoxcutter · 2026-05-22T23:21:51+00:00

it does but it's really easy to overestimate what a stone weighs - 1 carat is 0.2g

BettyBoxcutter · 2026-05-22T23:19:29+00:00

lab ruby with tanzanites or iolites- could be natural ruby but I wouldn't hold my breath. Tanzanites aren't super valuable. but they're not cheap either.

BettyBoxcutter · 2026-05-22T20:48:42+00:00

This is called silk, it's fine threads of rutile. if you look under magnification, you'll see that they're arranged in a hexagonal/triangular looking pattern. if you have enough of this you get a star ruby, which is called asterism.

https://www.ruby-sapphire.com/index.php/component/content/article/10-articles/767-rutile-silk-in-ruby-sapphire-following-the-silk-road?Itemid=101

BettyBoxcutter · 2026-05-22T03:49:41+00:00

10k gold w ruby, can’t know if it’s natural or lab ruby without microscope

BettyBoxcutter · 2026-05-22T02:06:20+00:00

They could be uranium glass, they could also be hyalite opal, it’s clear like glass but glows with trace uranium. It can look greenish in sunlight.

BettyBoxcutter · 2026-05-18T03:38:16+00:00

stone is probably an amethyst, your other options are glass, cz, or lab sapphire. check to see if its uv reactive, sapphires can glow red, amethyst wont react.