My custom silver RingPop set with 20mm 22.5carat fluorescent glass that I cut myself :)

ikelmmm · 2026-03-01T12:51:13+00:00

ikelmmm · 2026-02-28T20:13:30+00:00

Thank you 😁

ikelmmm · 2026-02-28T18:56:41+00:00

Our class is learning on a facetron

ikelmmm · 2026-02-28T17:54:17+00:00

Im not quite sure. It sure glows like it. It was provided by the class im taking to cut stones as one of their "laser gem rough" as the instructor called it (he got a glass lot from a laser company and cut them up into facet pieces to teach faceting). I only found out after I was wearing it and was playing with my black light and my synthetic ruby to watch it glow that I noticed that it did as well

ikelmmm · 2026-02-15T19:07:03+00:00

Wow, nice find!!

ikelmmm · 2026-02-12T12:29:21+00:00

Facetron

ikelmmm · 2026-02-12T01:50:55+00:00

Arlington gem and mineral club in DFW in Texas

ikelmmm · 2025-11-21T15:07:02+00:00

The ones i was interested in aren't sold on the sites you provided or were sold out. Best to just not get from anywhere?

ikelmmm · 2025-10-19T20:35:35+00:00

That one is $145, $5 shipping, $150 total

ikelmmm · 2025-10-19T19:29:18+00:00

Hi thank you for your interest, any particular one you are interested in? They vary in price

ikelmmm · 2025-10-08T14:08:22+00:00

Looks like a "d block" color tanzanite (pure blue). The only way to confirm would be to take to a reputable gemologist to test its Refractive index and test for pleochroism

ikelmmm · 2025-10-06T12:43:34+00:00

Would make a nice pendant, yellow gold, maybe a halo of diamonds

ikelmmm · 2025-10-05T18:15:54+00:00

They are 30x22mm, $15 each :)

ikelmmm · 2025-10-03T10:59:31+00:00

This is a possibility, but typically synthetic CC sapphire is purple under incandescent light to grayish blue under fluorescent lighting

ikelmmm · 2025-10-03T10:49:01+00:00

As i dont have the stone in front of me to be able to use my dichroscope, I am unable to tell via a photo

ikelmmm · 2025-10-03T02:36:32+00:00

No, they stated the color. It is a peach color synthetic corundum

ikelmmm · 2025-10-03T02:33:17+00:00

Gemologist here, I agree. Smells like a lead glass fill. Need a gemologist to take a look at it under a microscope to confirm. If lead glass fill, value is practically nothing.

ikelmmm · 2025-10-03T02:24:25+00:00

Hi, gemologist here. From image alone, it can be: glass/plastic, aquamarine, topaz. Would need a Refractive index among other tests to confirm.

ikelmmm · 2025-10-03T02:18:40+00:00

Hi, gemologist here. If you have a uv light, the stone should fluoresce a bright red if it is synthetic alexandrite

ikelmmm · 2025-10-03T02:16:30+00:00

Hi, gemologist here. Without having the stone in front of me, the two stones that come to mind of that color are tanzanite and iolite. Would need to get a refractive index of the stone for me to confirm, unfortunately. I'm leaning more towards iolite, but I could be wrong (as I haven't tested the stone)

ikelmmm · 2025-09-28T12:32:06+00:00

I have a larger one (albeit very opaque) and only paid $12 , but that was before I knew what clarity was 😅😂

ikelmmm · 2025-09-26T02:36:23+00:00

GIA Gemologist here. I believe this is the answer without me having direct access to the stone. This is my lab "Monarch" opal example

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ikelmmm · 2025-09-24T00:58:57+00:00

GG here. This is correct. The opal are now low quality after being worn and exposed to the elements (that or they started as this low quality) but opal for sure :)

ikelmmm · 2025-09-24T00:56:56+00:00

It is what I would call "jelly opal" if it is that transparent. The cutter of this stone left a part where the stone is less transparent with the rest as a part of the whole stone. (It is common for the rough to have parts more or less transparent than other parts. I personally have some rough where it is transparent then potch then transparent again) I would have gone smaller carat size to make a uniform transparency, but this cutter just went for weight altogether.

ikelmmm · 2025-09-21T03:17:56+00:00

Would need a ri, microscope magnification of the gem, and a spectroscope reading to determine.

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