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<p>[QUOTE="Marko, post: 367457, member: 210"]I went treasure hunting yesterday.... tons of yard sales heading down south, and my usual Memorial Day hunting grounds didn't prove all that fruitful. I stopped in an antique mall, and I saw this ring that was listed as 14k garnet and diamonds. I really liked it, and the price was negotiable. So I bought it. </p><p><br /></p><p>The antique mall is kinda dark, so when I got out in the sunlight, the colors were very different. I thought, okay, rhodolite garnets. The center one appears to be cushion cut, end stones ovals. Diamonds, old European cut? They have a cutlet on the bottom.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I get home, and I test them on the Presidium. I think my machine needs to be calibrated (another thing on the list to do.) I had readings from spinel, topaz, to ruby....I believe these are unheated Burmese rubies... see what you think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Taken outside</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]125930[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]125931[/ATTACH] </p><p>Inside images</p><p>[ATTACH=full]125932[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]125933[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]125934[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What do you all think?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marko, post: 367457, member: 210"]I went treasure hunting yesterday.... tons of yard sales heading down south, and my usual Memorial Day hunting grounds didn't prove all that fruitful. I stopped in an antique mall, and I saw this ring that was listed as 14k garnet and diamonds. I really liked it, and the price was negotiable. So I bought it. The antique mall is kinda dark, so when I got out in the sunlight, the colors were very different. I thought, okay, rhodolite garnets. The center one appears to be cushion cut, end stones ovals. Diamonds, old European cut? They have a cutlet on the bottom. So I get home, and I test them on the Presidium. I think my machine needs to be calibrated (another thing on the list to do.) I had readings from spinel, topaz, to ruby....I believe these are unheated Burmese rubies... see what you think. Taken outside [ATTACH=full]125930[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]125931[/ATTACH] Inside images [ATTACH=full]125932[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]125933[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]125934[/ATTACH] What do you all think?[/QUOTE]
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