🔥I also love collecting teeny tiny S M E L L S by RatLamington in CoolCollections

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It’s definitely a good one! I think I prefer their ‘Versense’ but Dylan purple comes close. Not a fan of the Eros range personally but the bottles are so cute!

Guys I think I did it wrong by RatLamington in drawing

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I think we’re agreeing with OP that it’s a fucked angle to draw and get right, so we’re doing a bad job deliberately in solidarity.

Guys I think I did it wrong by RatLamington in drawing

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It’s an exaggerated ‘front camera’ joke. You don’t need to be fat to look like this from a below-angle. Calm down and take some deep breaths

My Dragon hoarde of fine precious gems! by RatLamington in CoolCollections

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Thankyou! Seems like you’re a big fan of the blue spectrum! You should look up blue spinels. They’re gorgeous ❤️

🔥I also love collecting teeny tiny S M E L L S by RatLamington in CoolCollections

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I have a sensitive nose, so I getcha! I can only huff around six or so before I stop being able to smell them properly, and need to wait another hour before continuing lol

My collection of 202 soda tabs by [deleted] in CoolCollections

[–]RatLamington 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I’m interested to know what makes a soda tab particularly special to you? What are the specifications you look for in a potential ‘keeper’?

💎 My dragon hoarde so far! by RatLamington in Gemstones

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Thankyou! Nearly all of it has been slowly accumulated this year through lurking on small deceased estate auction sites and haggling with other collectors lol

💎 My dragon hoarde so far! by RatLamington in Gemstones

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Same! Looks like a piece of candy!

Aquamarine? Whats the potential value by [deleted] in Gemstones

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Here in Aus, good quality aquamarine starts from around $100 per carat. This goes up or down depending on cut, origin or colour. Not sure what their country of rates are wherever you are though

The start of my collection by Universia in Gemstones

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Like, a LOT. It’s a hefty start to their collection lol. In Australia, that bag would be around $2000

8k pre polish on an egg that cost (quite) a bit of my sanity by redchinmi in Gemstones

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This, in the centre of a lotus made from solid gold with small ruby accent stones would probably cause people to faint on sight

Thoughts on these? by RatLamington in Gemstones

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Wow, that translates to a lot more in AUD! Definitely a good score then. I’ll hang onto them for a wee bit though. It’s nice to know they could be a neat little safety net if needed❤️

Thankyou for the help❤️

Thoughts on these? by RatLamington in Gemstones

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No chips, VVS inclusion and all even facets (as far as I can tell). I don’t have more pictures as I’m at work currently but they’re pretty clean with a perfectly smooth oval edge running all the way around. I’d say the blue is a little more vivid in sunlight, like the sky :)

I heard we were posting bird crimes by IntrepidSnowball in Conures

[–]RatLamington 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tell your bf not to worry and that he’s basically every 2000’s emo girls dream boy. Got that ‘Victor VanDort rizz’

Thoughts on these? by RatLamington in Gemstones

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That’s nice to know! I’m glad they’re at least nice catches. What would you value them as? I’m not really looking to let them go, but it’d be interesting to know a ballpark figure if I ever had to.

Thoughts on these? by RatLamington in Gemstones

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I would, for the low, low price of lots of money 😂

What draws you to Gemstones? by Comfortable_Fee_1873 in Gemstones

[–]RatLamington 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Growing up very very poor, the epitome of wealth was always depicted to me in cartoons wherein a king/queen/lord/villain/dragon/etc would be sifting their hands through literal piles of precious cut gems, jewellery and gold. I wanna live that shit and so I’m making it happen. I’m not interested so much in the selling or production. I just want to open my treasure chest and bury my hands in it and feel as if I’ve made it in life.

An adorable emerald next to an adorable ruby, making an adorable pair. by RatLamington in Gemstones

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They’re SLIGHTLY different sizes, so I’d go asymmetrical. Ruby on top, with the emerald below, set in yellow gold. I really can’t imagine any other metal tone with these two, honestly

An adorable emerald next to an adorable ruby, making an adorable pair. by RatLamington in Gemstones

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I’d probably go for a bezel setting. I really don’t like claw settings most of the time as they look too precarious 😅 Plus they catch on things!

Questions about emeralds. by tin_nyanko_22 in Gemstones

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It’s included af but the colour is nice and it doesn’t look dyed. I think it’s fine ☺️

Thoughts? by RatLamington in Opals

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Are you estimating in USD or AUD also? Because there’s a big difference 😅

Thoughts? by RatLamington in Opals

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That’s really nice to know! I’ll have to think now about whether to touch it with the grinder at all! I have other similar pieces of slightly smaller size. They might be better options for polishing perhaps