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I'll be listing these tomorrow on ebay, if nobody takes them home today. For you guys, I cut you a deal, because I like you, and I like avoiding the hassle of ebay sales. So shipping is $1 for any number of stones, inside the USA. Outside I'll have to look up postage costs for your country, but it shouldn't be much. Sorry I don't have exact weights, but the scale I got proved the adage that you get what you pay for, because it's not terribly accurate below a tenth gram, so for carat weights it's rather useless.

This is a first come, first serve kind of deal. Just say you want something, it's yours. Should you fail to send payment in a reasonable amount of time, I'll be most miffed though, so please only claim something if you're sure you want it.



Tourmalines $2

SOLD!

Blue topaz $1

SOLD

Star cut mystic topaz $.50

SOLD

Heart cut pink mystic topaz. $2

This thing is huge. Easily 5 carats. The color is lovely, it's eye clean, and it sparkles like woah, but there's a slight chip out of one side. I wasn't sure what it was, but I recently got a positive ID. It's a mystic topaz, which means it's actually white topaz, treated to have that pink color.

Midnight sapphire $1

SOLD

Pair of shallow cut amethysts $1

Nice big stones, but these are also second quality. The color is a pretty decent pale purple, but the cut is very shallow, so they don't sparkle the way they should.

Dark pink spinels $2

This photo shows WAY more detail than you can see with the naked eye, because I actually had no idea they were flawed at all until I took it. They're eye clean and sparkle wonderfully. Just don't put them under a loupe and you'd never know they weren't flawless.

Lab made padparadscha sapphire $3

Ah pads, my second favorite sapphire after star! I love 'em. This one is I believe two carats, nice and big, nice and bright, lovely color. The surface flaws you see there are just dust and fingerprints, and of course aren't visible to the eye anyhow.

Sunstones $2

I finally got a sunstone photo that shows the "flash" that they have. Nifty, isn't it? They both flash like that, but I could not get a photo where they were both at the right angle to do it.

Blue opal triplet $1

SOLD

Onyx cabochons $2

A nice pair of onyxes. What else is there to say about them?

Teardrop tanzanite $.50

SOLD

Four oval tanzanites $2

Four lovely tanzanites, totaling around half a carat for the set. Each one is 3-4mm long, and is included to a greater or lesser degree. Tanzanite is a hot commodity right now because it's a single source gem. Tanzania is the only place in the world that its found, so when it's mined out there, there won't ever be any more.

Two marquis tanzanites $1

Two nice tanzanites, a bit less included than the previous ones, though still not perfect. Each one is 4mm long, and weighs somewhere in the vicinity of .1 carats.

Four round tanzanites $2

Four little tanzanites, around .1-.05 carats each, 1-3mm across. Sadly the larger one is slightly chipped, otherwise it would be a really beautiful stone.

Five tiny blue sapphires $5

SOLD

Three tiny pink sapphires $3

SOLD

Flawless green sapphire $2

Still small but more like 3mm, this little sparkly sapphire is a very interesting shade of green, don't you think? Completely flawless to eye or loupe.

Eye-clean orange sapphire $2

The flaw here is so tiny I honestly an not sure it's there, but hey, I'm not going to claim it's flawless if there's any doubt. Orange is a rather prized sapphire color, and I can see why, this is really pretty!

Pair of dark blue sapphires $2

SOLD

Trio of golden orange sapphires $3

Three eye clean to flawless sapphires is a very nice golden orange. Tiny, as are all of these guys.

Four golden yellow sapphires $3

Yellow is a somewhat less valued color, but these are still nice sparkly gems. Two have some dark inclusions, but the other two are lovely, one
eye clean, the other flawless!

Five small blue flash moonstones $3

It's very hard to get photos showing the flash on all of them, and these are not first line stones, so the flash is pretty dim, but you can get an idea of what it's like from that first one there. Very nice! They're all somewhat smaller, the whole lot probably adds up to around three carats. Very pretty stones.

Blue flash moonstone 1 $1

Argh, cannot photograph the flash! *beats head against wall* It's there, I promise. It's a somewhat faint but still pretty flash.

Blue flash moonstone 2 $1

I completely fail at photography. See above.

Blue flash moonstone 3 $1

Also see above.

Blue flash moonstone 4 $1

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand see above.

Blue flash moonstone 5 $1

Marquis cut this time. Still failing.

Natural padparadscha 1 $4

Mmmmm pads. So pretty! This is a 100% natural roughly half carat padparadscha sapphire. Isn't it nifty? It's just a tiny bit too dark to be a perfect pad, but it's eye clean and very shiny!

Natural padparadscha 2 $5

Here's a better color, this is what a padparadscha really should look like, the lab one is ever so slightly too orange. Also half carat, eye clean, and just stunning!

Natural padparadscha 3 $4

And the last gem for the day, a third natural pad, also a little on the dark side and a little too red, but still lovely. A very pretty eye clean half carat of sapphire.

Oriental dragon needs TLC $50

I realize the price may seem high for a busted dragon, but they sell for four times this in mint condition. He needs some glue, and would be perfect for somebody who wants to strip and re-paint him. Shouldn't need any sculpting work, I've already repaired his arm, it's just that the glue came loose during shipping a while back, so it fell off again.


Whew! That's a lot of stuff, and there's still more waiting that I'll list when these are all gone. Hopefully I can actually support my gemstone habit this way.

(A note. I'm leaving up photos of sold items. Partly to show them off, and partly because if anybody is interested in them, it's quite possible I have, or can easily get, something similar. So if you want something that's already sold, feel free to ask if I've got more.)

Date: 2008-03-08 01:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tk-creations.livejournal.com
I want the Star cut mystic topaz, the Teardrop tanzanite


I live in Canada, so let me know what shipping will be
(you take paypal, right?)

Date: 2008-03-08 01:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bladespark.livejournal.com
I do indeed take paypal, and $1.50 should cover shipping nicely

Date: 2008-03-08 01:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tk-creations.livejournal.com
Argh, stupid LJ only sending me some of the comments... ignore the second request for shipping

Date: 2008-03-08 01:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bladespark.livejournal.com
Dur, I'm so with it! Paypal address is spark.costumes@gmail.com

Date: 2008-03-08 01:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tk-creations.livejournal.com
Awesome, just let me know shipping & I'll get the money off to you :)
(don't worry, I honestly thought I put an "&" where I put a comma between the 2 names...)

Date: 2008-03-08 01:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] keplilly.livejournal.com
Ohhh, can I get the
Blue opal triplet $1 and the
Tourmalines $2

Thanks!

Date: 2008-03-08 02:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bladespark.livejournal.com
All yours! Send $4 to spark.costumes@gmail.com

Date: 2008-03-08 02:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] keplilly.livejournal.com
Done! Thanks!

Date: 2008-03-08 02:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] litheauyer.livejournal.com
Dangit I missed the star.
Curious about the heart though... how big are these?

Date: 2008-03-08 02:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bladespark.livejournal.com
The heart is 13mm from top to bottom. (Or 1/2 inch if you're not into metric.) Pretty large for a faceted gemstone, though of course they do come larger.

Date: 2008-03-08 02:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] litheauyer.livejournal.com
I'm thinking about the heart still... is it possible that you could get another star...? =)

Date: 2008-03-08 02:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bladespark.livejournal.com
Unfortunately the star was a bit of a lucky find, they're not terribly common. More mystic topaz, yes, easily, and probably more stars in other varieties, but not a mystic topaz star.

Date: 2008-03-10 06:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] litheauyer.livejournal.com
Kind of an awkward question but you still seem to have the heart... I'm interested in knowing the shipping price. =) I'd really like to get it as a present for someone...

Date: 2008-03-10 06:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bladespark.livejournal.com
Heh. Sure, I can pull the auction. Shipping is $1.

Date: 2008-03-11 01:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] litheauyer.livejournal.com
Lemme know when you want me to paypal the 3$ to you. ^^

Date: 2008-03-11 01:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bladespark.livejournal.com
Any time is good, but sooner is better, I'll be mailing stuff out on Tuesday. spark.costumes@gmail.com is my paypal.

Date: 2008-03-11 01:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] litheauyer.livejournal.com
Sent! What's your normal email addy for shipping details?

Date: 2008-03-11 01:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bladespark.livejournal.com
Same address. Though your payment came with an address attached. Is that up to date?

Date: 2008-03-11 01:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] litheauyer.livejournal.com
Nope! I'll e-mail the proper shipping to you. =)

Date: 2008-03-08 02:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] harliquinnraver.livejournal.com
OH NOES! I MISSED THE MYSTIC TOPAZ! D: D: D:

*dies a million times*

Date: 2008-03-08 03:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drakenbyte.livejournal.com
Ah man, that dragon is totally awesome. I just really wish I was in a better position to buy it! Hope it goes to a good home! And the gems are quite lovely too! :3

Date: 2008-03-08 04:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] palshife-sakura.livejournal.com
Oooh, I'd like the tiny blue sapphires and the dark ones.

Date: 2008-03-08 04:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bladespark.livejournal.com
All yours. You can paypal $8 to spark.costumes@gmail.com

Date: 2008-03-08 07:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] firebyrd.livejournal.com
Dude, you are beyond evil. I'd like the blue topaz and the pink sapphires, pretty please! Oh, and if you still have one of those unicorn horn/ears from your bargain bin, I'd like one of those too, if I'm buying stuff from you anyway. ;)

Date: 2008-03-08 07:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bladespark.livejournal.com
Mwa ha ha ha!

I do indeed have bargain bin unicorn horn sets left. Did you want angelic white and purple, or demonic black and red? $8 in either case, plus $2 shipping for those.

$4 for the gems, $1 shipping for them, totaling $15 all together, which you can paypal to spark.costumes@gmail.com if you like.

Date: 2008-03-08 07:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] firebyrd.livejournal.com
Oooh, demonic black and red for the win! Thanks!

Date: 2008-03-14 09:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] firebyrd.livejournal.com
They've arrived! Thank you so much, even if the last thing I need to do is start getting into shiny things! :)

Date: 2008-03-08 08:19 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] aurora77
Oooh, shinies! People have picked up the pieces I would have been interested in already, though.

I've made my only shiny purchase for a while, though. A gorgeously-set emerald-cut watery blue aquamarine pendant in white gold. Small, delicate, and just perfect. It's from an AMAZING little store in a mall, of all places, where they sell vintage and estate jewelry. They had *gasp* reasonable prices! And the most gorgeous stuff ever! So dangerous. Shiny heaven! *faints, drooling*

Date: 2008-03-08 08:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bladespark.livejournal.com
Oh my. I should probably never be allowed near it.

Date: 2008-03-08 08:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bladespark.livejournal.com
Oh, and if you're interested in any of the sapphires in particular, or the topaz, I do have oodles more of them. I got more than 100 of those itty bitty sapphires in all sorts of colors, this is just the few I skimmed off right away to sell.

neat!

Date: 2008-03-08 08:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aazhie.livejournal.com
sorry if i missed the last sale, was retarded. I would be interested in the tourmaline Natural padparadscha 1 and if you still have a midnight sapphire, i want!

if you reply here with total csot, iw ills end paypal as soon as i get the message! thanks a ton.

Re: neat!

Date: 2008-03-08 09:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aazhie.livejournal.com
er, tourmaline, NP1, and midnite sapphires.. lol forgot commas

Re: neat!

Date: 2008-03-08 09:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bladespark.livejournal.com
Midnight sapphire is available still, as is the padparadscha, the tourmalines pictured are sold, though I do have a few more if you want them, mostly pinks and browns, but without the rough pieces. If you do want the other tourmalines, your total is $8, otherwise it's $6.

Re: neat!

Date: 2008-03-09 01:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aazhie.livejournal.com
Hey,
I think i will stick with the sapphire and padparscha, sending you paypal now!

Date: 2008-03-14 02:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wolfmare.livejournal.com
Didn't Tech already Paypal you for the black sapphire and the 2 shallow-cut amethyst?

Been almost pacing at the mailbox for those! *cries*

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