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 Post subject: Blue Spinel From LucYen
PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:37 pm 
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Hi All,

It had been a long-time-no-see!

As a come-back present/excuses I would like to share this picture, a blue spinel recently mined from Minh-Tiến:
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 Post subject: Re: Blue Spinel From LucYen
PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:50 pm 
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BLINK BLINK OMG

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 Post subject: Re: Blue Spinel From LucYen
PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:52 pm 
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Absolutely unbelievable.. Quite literally. That's natural?!?!?!?!!! Holy Crap! :shock:

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Umph..................... ow my chin. :smt118

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 Post subject: Re: Blue Spinel From LucYen
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Hi Antoine,

Welcome back -- and what a great and rare stone that is! It's too bad LucYen doesn't produce more.

Please call next time you're in my area. I'd like to learned what's happened with you since the last time we visited.

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 Post subject: Re: Blue Spinel From LucYen
PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:12 pm 
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Hi Rick,

It was a long time. I hope you are doing well.
Of course, the next time when I will be in Southern California I will pay you a visit and show you these "windex" spinels.

You are right about LucYen. It does not produce enough this kind of material as I wish. As a matter of fact it is much rarer than the red spinels.

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 Post subject: Re: Blue Spinel From LucYen
PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 11:28 pm 
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And large too (huge for the locality)!

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Oh ...it's another jedi spinel!!!!! Love these luc yen blues

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Awsome... whats the weight !? :D


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 Post subject: Re: Blue Spinel From LucYen
PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 11:06 am 
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It has the look of Kashmir sapphire.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:01 am 
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Very beautiful. Why does Luc Yen produce this color? I love it. What size is it?

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It's 3.3 carats, 9.3 x 7.4 x 5.7mm and it's reserved.

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Somebody is very lucky. Would love to see more of these.

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Ah... anwser to my own question...cobalt bearing....

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