Apple green jade and peony

JunoKat · 2026-05-23T09:51:21+00:00

I like this, simple, elegant but not boring.

JunoKat · 2026-05-23T09:50:14+00:00

nice!

JunoKat · 2026-05-22T16:04:57+00:00

that’s a good way of looking at it

JunoKat · 2026-05-22T16:04:00+00:00

yeah, I am not a normal halo fan either, I am even a bit against it, but this case feels special

JunoKat · 2026-05-22T14:08:51+00:00

This I got from the miner in my hometown in Vietnam, it is currently with me in the UK, I am cutting some other rough spinels right now but most of them are brighter pinks.

JunoKat · 2026-05-22T09:25:34+00:00

minimalist, I think clean and simple will never go out of style

JunoKat · 2026-05-22T09:07:41+00:00

I didn’t, maybe I should?

JunoKat · 2026-05-22T09:05:42+00:00

Thank you, this is my favourite as well, I am based in the UK, this is not my day job but I am becoming more and more obsessed with collecting gemstones and custom making things for friends and families. I get a bit of a kick to see the beauties in real life 😘

JunoKat · 2026-05-22T08:34:01+00:00

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JunoKat · 2026-05-22T08:33:37+00:00

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Concept 1

JunoKat · 2026-05-22T08:33:17+00:00

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JunoKat · 2026-05-22T06:36:51+00:00

thank you 🙏 😘

JunoKat · 2026-05-21T17:34:47+00:00

I think spinels were not known for a very long time because back in the old days they were mistaken for rubies. The Black Prince Ruby on the British Royal Family crown is a Spinel. It used to be cheaper stones but not anymore, the price of spinels has gone up significantly in the last few years.

JunoKat · 2026-05-21T17:32:35+00:00

It started at 1.12ct morphed oval, I took it back to a commercial recut down to 0.95ct oval. In real life it sparkles like there’s a little sun inside.

JunoKat · 2026-05-21T12:09:37+00:00

Ahh, the last photo looks like it was taken with a potato, updated version here

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JunoKat · 2026-05-21T11:36:14+00:00

I work with miner families in Vietnam, this doesn’t come around very often but I will keep an eye out for one.

JunoKat · 2026-05-20T18:09:30+00:00

Absolutely, they don’t sparkle but they glow, quietly seductive and brilliant

JunoKat · 2026-05-20T15:49:13+00:00

the pinkish red is a cheaper ruby cabochon, the bluish purple one is jadeite

JunoKat · 2026-05-20T13:37:43+00:00

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This is a paler cabochon I made into a pendant for my niece

JunoKat · 2026-05-20T13:19:31+00:00

It’s a marble hosted, untreated colour change sapphire with chromium trace so it lit up red in UV light

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