mystylady
05-09-2006, 12:50 AM
I posted on another thread that when my Daughter asked me what I wanted for Mother's Day I had told her "a mixed faceted gemstone parcel, any size", remember? . Well she called me this past Sunday and said "you have to come over so I can give you your present! I can't wait another week!" She ambushed me at the door (!) and gave me a small beautifully wrapped box. When I took the wrapping off, there was a LAVENDER BOX! (us JTV freaks know THAT box!) Inside was a plastic baggie which held:
40 CARATS OF MIXED FACETED GEMSTONES!!!!
Now, she gushes!!! First of all, in a 40 carat parcel I received 51 stones. Out of those, 1 was broken, 1 was chipped and 1 was unuseable due to inclusions. That's it! Three out of 51! The smallest was one 4mm round Iolite. Everything else was at least 5 mm in size (not many were this size, most were bigger) and Amazing! WOW! 5 Labradorites... which I had never seen "in person" before and had thought were "ugly"... THEY'RE SO NOT! The largest "Lab" was a 9x7mm cushion SPARKLE-FEST! Yes, somewhat paler, there was banding involved, but Holy smokes what Zip! The TV does NOT give this stone any justice, period. No inclusions either; a major plus.
2 Iolites.
1 8x6 Sapphire (a bit dark but has translucency)
An AWESOME Tsavorite Garnet, big Marquise!
A Cherry Opal!
2 Purple Spinels
1 9X7 Golden Beryl
1 5mm Princess cut Bubblegum Pink! Pink Tourmaline
2 HUGE Golden Citrines... flawless! One oval, one Marquise
1 10x8 pear shaped Aquamarine
Several misc. shaped Aquamarines
Blue Topaz, Rose 'de France Amethysts,
6 Peridots, the largest being a 9x7mm oval! HUGE AND DARK PERIDOT GREEN!
A gorgeous Trillion cut Aqua
An OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD Trillion Rubellite Tourmaline that I would have kept the whole parcel for even if the rest was "road gravel"
2 Rubys... one smaller, 5x3 mm oval but a BURMA! and one 8x6 oval African
... I don't have it in front of me so I can't tell you the rest, but those were the highlights!
GIVE THE MFGP's another chance! Don't think every stone is going to be a honker... but look at each stone and judge it's value by the quality and it's rareity... That one Tsavorite Marquise... gasp! The Peridot is sharp and clean and I received not one but 3 7x5 mm oval matching stones!
The best part of everything????
The Mother's Day Card she gave me!
I bawled my eyes out, and I slept with it next to me that night! The front said:
Mother, There Couldn't Be More Love
In A Daughter's Heart
Than I have In Mine
For You
And the wording inside the card... 7 "Stanza's" of what she has in her heart for me... I won't go into it... let's just say, that if I had to pick between the gems and my card, there would be no contest! Goodbye Gems! I'll treasure it as long as I live!
You've GOT to try the gemstone parcels again, if you already have & were not satisfied... and if you've never gotten one before; OH! Please do!
This Saturday is a Gemstone Clearance Sale with 50% off loose gems and FREE SHIPPING!
I told ya I'd keep you posted about my Mother's Day gift and I couldn't wait to tell ya about it!!! She couldn't bear the thought of waiting a whole nother week because she knew how much I'd love them! Is that the best or is that the best???!!!
40 CARATS OF MIXED FACETED GEMSTONES!!!!
Now, she gushes!!! First of all, in a 40 carat parcel I received 51 stones. Out of those, 1 was broken, 1 was chipped and 1 was unuseable due to inclusions. That's it! Three out of 51! The smallest was one 4mm round Iolite. Everything else was at least 5 mm in size (not many were this size, most were bigger) and Amazing! WOW! 5 Labradorites... which I had never seen "in person" before and had thought were "ugly"... THEY'RE SO NOT! The largest "Lab" was a 9x7mm cushion SPARKLE-FEST! Yes, somewhat paler, there was banding involved, but Holy smokes what Zip! The TV does NOT give this stone any justice, period. No inclusions either; a major plus.
2 Iolites.
1 8x6 Sapphire (a bit dark but has translucency)
An AWESOME Tsavorite Garnet, big Marquise!
A Cherry Opal!
2 Purple Spinels
1 9X7 Golden Beryl
1 5mm Princess cut Bubblegum Pink! Pink Tourmaline
2 HUGE Golden Citrines... flawless! One oval, one Marquise
1 10x8 pear shaped Aquamarine
Several misc. shaped Aquamarines
Blue Topaz, Rose 'de France Amethysts,
6 Peridots, the largest being a 9x7mm oval! HUGE AND DARK PERIDOT GREEN!
A gorgeous Trillion cut Aqua
An OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD Trillion Rubellite Tourmaline that I would have kept the whole parcel for even if the rest was "road gravel"
2 Rubys... one smaller, 5x3 mm oval but a BURMA! and one 8x6 oval African
... I don't have it in front of me so I can't tell you the rest, but those were the highlights!
GIVE THE MFGP's another chance! Don't think every stone is going to be a honker... but look at each stone and judge it's value by the quality and it's rareity... That one Tsavorite Marquise... gasp! The Peridot is sharp and clean and I received not one but 3 7x5 mm oval matching stones!
The best part of everything????
The Mother's Day Card she gave me!
I bawled my eyes out, and I slept with it next to me that night! The front said:
Mother, There Couldn't Be More Love
In A Daughter's Heart
Than I have In Mine
For You
And the wording inside the card... 7 "Stanza's" of what she has in her heart for me... I won't go into it... let's just say, that if I had to pick between the gems and my card, there would be no contest! Goodbye Gems! I'll treasure it as long as I live!
You've GOT to try the gemstone parcels again, if you already have & were not satisfied... and if you've never gotten one before; OH! Please do!
This Saturday is a Gemstone Clearance Sale with 50% off loose gems and FREE SHIPPING!
I told ya I'd keep you posted about my Mother's Day gift and I couldn't wait to tell ya about it!!! She couldn't bear the thought of waiting a whole nother week because she knew how much I'd love them! Is that the best or is that the best???!!!