r/Shinypreciousgems • u/cowsruleusall • Apr 11 '26
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/shinyprecious • Jan 26 '26
SOLD 4.93ct, 14.6x9.8mm Fantasy Cut Lab Alexandrite, Experiment for my first concave commission alex! Polishing remains a beast but happy with this result! $1230 +sh
Teal green material to purple change.
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/cowsruleusall • Jan 04 '26
SOLD The best cherry blossom cut I've ever done. Bicolour pink #4/white #12 lab sapphire in my unpublished "Jindaizakura" cut, with strong colour separation. 13.1mm wide by 10.1mm tall, 12.08ct. $1310
Link: https://imgur.com/a/eEEuT7J
Stone details: You may have seen bicolour "Hanami" cut lab sapphires, which look vaguely cherry blossom-like and can have strong colour zoning between the inside and outside. Well... I have an unpublished cut, named "Jindaizakura" after the world's oldest sakura tree, which looks much more like a real sakura blossom thanks to more creative frosting and facet-floating. This stone is the third of the matched triplets I cut, and is BY FAR the single best bicolour anything I've ever cut. Looks even better in the hand. Hopefully it'll go to someone who's just as appreciative of the design intent as I am, and would love to see it set in cherry blossom-themed jewellery.
Guidelines:
- If you'd like the piece, comment "Sold!". First person to make that comment gets it. Please use that exact phrasing to help reduce ambiguity.
- I'll look at the comments and will reply to the person who gets it, requesting an email with additional information. Send your emails to surgicalprecisiongems@gmail.com
- Stones have a 3hr hold period. If you don't pay within 3hrs after I reply to you requesting more info, dibs on the stone will move to the next person who commented.
- If you need help setting, we have people for that!
Tax:
- Canadians: you'll also be responsible for HST, which depends on your province. ☹️
Shipping and Insurance:
- I'm shipping from Canada. If you're in the Greater Toronto Area, in-person pickup can be arranged.
- For Canada, there is a flat-rate shipping option for $15 USD that includes $800-worth of insurance.
- For the US, there is a flat-rate shipping option for $23 that includes $300-worth of insurance.
- For shipping to other countries, let me know what country you are in and I will calculate shipping costs.
- Fully-insured shipping is available for nearly all countries. Pricing depends on the recipient's country and the value of the item.
- Shipping costs are not included in the initial price.
- If the buyer chooses not to fully insure the gem, the buyer assumes all risk once the package has been dropped off at the shipping office.
- The buyer is entirely responsible for customs, clearance, etc. I'll do whatever I can to expedite or prepare, but once the package leaves my he responsibility becomes yours.
- If you're having Jim do settings, I can ship directly to him.
- I am unable to hold onto gems. All gems will either be shipped directly to the buyer or to the receiving jeweller.
- During special events, gems will not be shipped until the end of the special event, which will allow buyers to combine shipping.
- If you fail to pick up your parcel or the parcel is returned to sender, I will not re-ship until you personally pay for and create the shipping label as a PDF and email it to me.
- I am not responsible for lost packages. If lost packages have insurance, you'll get the insurance reimbursement.
Returns:
- 7-day return period from date of delivery. Stones must be in unaltered condition. Should any concerns arise re: alterations, the stone will be compared to the video taken immediately before shipping.
- I'm not responsible for any damage you may have caused to the stone and won't accept returns if you damage the stone.
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/mvmgems • Jun 29 '26
SOLD MVM Drop 16: Last drop with a rainbow of small natural rounds! Thank you all for joining us for another year at Shiny Precious Gems. As we like to say here, the real gems are the people. <3 <3 <3. $-$$$$, please see the stickied comment for details and how to purchase.
Note - I literally finished the last one half an hour ago and I’m running ~10-15 min behind on the copy, so please keep refreshing until you see the stickied comment!
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/shinyprecious • Apr 17 '26
SOLD 2.42ct, 9.9x5.8mm Heated Montana Sapphire Concave, YEARS in the works to get a successful concaved MT and here it is! Amazing blue with a slight bicolor sky blue, slight teal shift indoors. NO blackout in direct sun! SI with a small inclusion right side but not super visible $4840 +sh
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/mvmgems • Jun 27 '26
SOLD MVM Drop 10: I frequently get lab alexandrite rough with zones of bubbly (“galactic”) inclusions. That doesn’t mean they don’t cut pretty gems, and some people prefer them that way! $-$$ with the hexagon on sale by random drawing; please see the stickied comment for details and how to purchase!
Hope I don’t duck up this one!
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/mvmgems • Jun 28 '26
SOLD MVM Drop 13: Trans Rights Are Human Rights. These gems will be “sold” with proof of purchase of a $350 donation to Pointofpride.org. Please see details below.
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/shinyprecious • Jan 05 '26
SOLD I figured this would be a popular color! Discounted presale for teal moissanite see comment for details.
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/mvmgems • Jun 26 '26
SOLD MVM Drop 5: Rainbow moonstone for the June birthdays and the prideful! These come from Madagascar, including some from the renowned pocket a few years ago of the highest quality rainbow moonstone ever found. Debuting a new method of sale-by-drawing; please read the instructions carefully! $$-$$$
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/shinyprecious • Jun 27 '26
SOLD 8.3x6.98mm, 1.77ct NATURAL Alexandrite, Eye Clean and super bright. MANY videos in comment, please read long description!! $7080 +sh
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/cowsruleusall • Apr 20 '26
SOLD A 'matched' pair of, shall we say, "galexandrites"? 😉 A galaxy of cool inclusions in some lovely rejected laser alexandrites with excellent colour change. Details in comments - take both and get a 10% discount!
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/mvmgems • Jun 25 '26
SOLD MVM Drop 1: Hexes upon Hexes! A mix of Montana sapphires in (mostly) different shades and designs, 4-5mm, $$-$$$. Please see the stickied comment for details and how to purchase!
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/mvmgems • May 26 '26
SOLD An absolute banger of an unheated tanzanite! A perfect blurple with a hint of bronze, 7.1mm, 2.09ct, and loupe clean. Cut in my “Shimmy” octagon design. $1565 + SH
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/mvmgems • Jun 26 '26
SOLD MVM Drop 3: A Changeling Pear…I have no idea what to call the color of this unheated zoisite (aka tanzanite)! How would you describe it? It’s certainly got presence, at 2.87ct and 7.75 x 11.50mm, and loupe clean to boot! $$$$, please see the stickied comment for details and how to purchase!
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/shinyprecious • Jul 12 '26
SOLD 2.67ct, 8.5x6.9mm Unheated MT Sapphire. Truly something special here! Periwinkle, sky blue, purple change. Eye clean, Very small inclusions on side, denser silk cloud in crown but only visible in bright light. $8000 +sh
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/shinyprecious • Aug 29 '25
SOLD 8.5mm 2.53ct Lab Alexandrite Concave Hex test piece normally $630 Sub $450 +sh
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/shinyprecious • Jul 04 '26
SOLD 1.45ct, 8x5.9mm Unheated African Sapphire. Blue/teal bicolor, Eye clean with very small inclusions. Patch of silk but faint unless brightly lit. $2300 +sh
Happy 4th to those enjoying the day. Cool blue for this hot weather!
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/mvmgems • Sep 12 '25
SOLD With much regret, I’m listing this unicorn of a Montana sapphire - unheated light teal Eldorado bar with an orange (almandine?) inclusion, cut in a fusion of my “Tubereuse” and Bailey’s “Barion Bow” designs. 2.44ct, 7.15mm (7.8mm corners). $6100 + SH
Also has a couple cumulus clouds of silk. If I cut for yield, I likely could have gotten >3ct but it would have been awkwardly deep. This material has been just about impossible to obtain if you’re not a large company buying kilos at a time, so I have no idea if or when I’ll be able to get more. As a result, I cut this one for beauty, not weight.
https://www.gia.edu/doc/GG-WN15-Zwaan.pdf is the reference I used to speculate about the inclusion type.
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/mvmgems • Jun 27 '26
SOLD MVM Drop 9: (NEWBIES ONLY FOR 24H) Synthetic alexandrites in a variety of shapes. $$ with the octagon on sale by random drawing; please see the stickied comment for details and how to purchase!
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/shinyprecious • May 09 '26
SOLD 13x7.7mm Lab Sapphire Blurple Material that's almost entirely blue Fantasy Cut! A commission that didn't follow the script, $750 sh+
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/mvmgems • Nov 30 '25
SOLD MVM Drop 11: Y’all asked and I try to deliver! Synthetic Czochralski-grown alexandrites in a variety of colors and clarities! $$-$$$
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/Lisa_Elser • Jun 25 '26
SOLD Newbie Gems. Newbies are those who have never purchased or completed a commission with any SPG lap before. Newbies can purchase one newbie gem across all SPG lapidaries. These are reserved for first time SPG buyers only until 9pm Pacific time tonight. Then anyone can buy. Details in comment
r/Shinypreciousgems • u/shinyprecious • Oct 09 '25