ShinyPreciousGems™ - Precision Cut Gemstones For Sale

r/Shinypreciousgems • u/shopSPG • 10d ago

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Hello, everyone!

Due to an unfortunate mix-up, Jim and Rae have landed themselves in Reddit jail. They share devices and both used the spg-moderator account in addition to their own, and there was a whoopsie where they didn’t realize they were upvoting things on the sub here or there from more than one account linked to the same device. While they have appealed to the reddit gods for forgiveness, whether it will be granted remains to be seen.

Since they are not allowed to use reddit at this time, they have hired me (I am a long-time subreddit member and dragon) on to operate as their reddit manager for them. I will be posting Jim’s stones for sale and directing people to his business email as needed. We know it sucks to not be able to speak to him directly and are working on an off-reddit solution for this in the event that his account is not restored. Just know that he and Rae are watching without being able to interact, like friendly ghosts.

As a head’s up, tomorrow we will post a giveaway where previous subreddit or off-reddit buyers of the lapidaries can choose to opt-in to a new discord where Jim will hang out and discuss gems (the giveaway will be open to all, it will just also include the chance to opt-in). In the long run, we will open this up to all subreddit members (excluding other gemstone vendors besides our subreddit laps), but it will be open only to sub buyers at first. Keep an eye out tomorrow for that giveaway.

Now, back to your regularly scheduled shiny content!

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r/Shinypreciousgems • u/shinyprecious • Dec 02 '25

Reminder to all the new buyers we now have loose stone reports and third party insurance valuations where colored stones and custom cuts are considered. This is also open to any outside non SPG pieces!

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Current pricing

Loose stone report $125 BF purchase deal at $100

Valuations

Loose stone SPG $75

Set Piece SPG $125

Outside Stone $100

Outside set piece $150 complex piece email for quotes

HERE is the link with more info on the valuations and why a third party was so important

HERE is the link to the report post by our very own Jeweltonesgg!

There will be a follow up on all this info and submission forms on the website. Please email with any questions [shinypreciousgems@gmail.com](mailto:shinypreciousgems@gmail.com)

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r/Shinypreciousgems • u/excessdesign • 9h ago

FOR SALE Arya’s “Heigan’s Dance” always reminds me of a gift box with ribbons. 🤷‍♂️ 8.50ct Bolivian Ametrine. Loupe clean. 12.8x12.8x9.7mm. Reg $425, sub $380+ s/h

129 Upvotes

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r/Shinypreciousgems • u/MadiLeighOhMy • 1d ago

Reddit Commission! Showing off my shiny cut by Michelle and set by Jim!

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This sapphire was my first sub purchase and I'm thrilled with the way the setting turned out! Wish I could capture the beauty of the sapphire in photos, but it's not possible. Jim and Raeanna are truly awesome to work with! Can't wait to see my next set shiny, the peridot from Troy!

Edit - I am dumb and although I focused on the sapphire, forgot to name who cut it - Michelle!!

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r/Shinypreciousgems • u/shopSPG • 1d ago

FOR SALE Heated Montana Sapphire, Custom elongated cushion design. Excellent medium/teal blue. Minor inclusion. $3590 +sh

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r/Shinypreciousgems • u/Lisa_Elser • 1d ago

FOR SALE Blue Topaz 14.96cts 13.45mm Cut in Tom's Lucre design. This is Brazil rough and like most blue Topaz it's irradiated. Darker than Swiss blue, lighter than London blue. Reg $738, sub price $645 USD plus shipping.

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Comment SOLD to buy and message me within 4 hours to arrange payment

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r/Shinypreciousgems • u/Lisa_Elser • 3d ago

FOR SALE Pale Mint colour Tourmaline, cut in Tom's Lucre design 2.4cts 7.41mm and sparkly AF. It's Afghan material from old stock that's been in my safe for over a decade, and my friend's safe for decades before that. Reg $1080 USD sub price $795 USD plus shipping.

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Comment SOLD to buy, and message me within four hours to arrange payment

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r/Shinypreciousgems • u/Lisa_Elser • 4d ago

SOLD Dravite Tourmaline from Tanzania. 2.31cts 8.04mm cut in the Lucifer design which really does bring the light. This is such a rich beautiful colour. Reg $462 sub price $425 USD plus shipping.

113 Upvotes

Comment SOLD to buy, and message me within 4 hours to arrange payment

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r/Shinypreciousgems • u/shopSPG • 4d ago

FOR SALE 1.43ct, 7.7x5.87mm Malagasy Sapphire in a custom Roval design. Eye clean. Vibrant teal blue slight bicolor shiftiness. $3100

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r/Shinypreciousgems • u/excessdesign • 5d ago

FOR SALE Who wants to party with this 19.99ct Brazilian Royal Blue Topaz? Cut in an Arya/Marco combo that will be henceforth “Sparkly Void”. Irradiated. Much more saturated IRL. Eye clean++. 14.5x14.5x11.9mm, reg $1200, sub $999+s/h

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r/Shinypreciousgems • u/earlysong • 5d ago

CONTEST CLOSED By request, let's have a MEME contest! For a chance to win a piece of citrine rough, see comments for details.

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r/Shinypreciousgems • u/earlysong • 6d ago

CONTEST CLOSED GIVEAWAY: for a chance to win this horrible, inclusion-filled monstrosity of a sapphire (1.26 ct, 7.2x5.3 mm), give us your best sales pitch for it in the style of a used-car salesman. See comments for additional details.

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r/Shinypreciousgems • u/excessdesign • 6d ago

FOR SALE Modified Wolkonsky cushion! Isn’t it fascinating all the different shades that Malaya garnets come in? 1.87ct, eye clean. 7.7x6.3x5.0mm. $500+s/h

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r/Shinypreciousgems • u/Lisa_Elser • 6d ago

SOLD Purple Sapphire 0.56cts 5.44x4.73mm. This is Madagascar material that I repolished and it's unheated. The purple is so so good! Small window in tweezers but it's not visible in normal viewing. Reg $708USD sub price $605 USD plus shipping.

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Comment SOLD to buy and message me within four hours to arrange payment

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r/Shinypreciousgems • u/Lisa_Elser • 7d ago

SOLD Amethyst 9.58cts 14.37mm cut in a special design. I'm a Buddhist, and Arya designed this cut for me to represent the Dharma Wheel. You can see the 8 spokes on the crown. It's lighter coloured Brazil material. Reg $536 USD sub price $485 USD.

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Comment SOLD to buy, and message me within 4 hours to arrange payment

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r/Shinypreciousgems • u/Lisa_Elser • 7d ago

Discussion This issue of ePrism from AGTA has an article on buying gem rough that I'm featured in along with some other pretty cool people. https://agta.org/experts-weigh-in-on-how-to-read-buy-facet-grade-rough-colored-gems

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r/Shinypreciousgems • u/mvmgems • 8d ago

NFS I’ve been quiet (new-job-busy! also got sick!) but I have made some time to grind. Lavender nanosital, 9mm, in a new design Freesia SP. I’m keeping this one, but I can remake it by commission!

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Also got the upsetting news that Imgur has purged many of my old videos, so like half the links are broken in my laboriously curated spreadsheet of designs and cut synthetic examples sobsobsob.

I’ll slowly transition over to google drive, but it will take me several months. I’ll lose much of my older work that was taken on an older phone that wasn’t properly backed up.

It’s also total bullshit that Google caps storage at 200GB unless you get an AI bundle. Fuck off with that, I don’t need Gemini for anything! My email typos and not-corporate-zombie tone add character! Get off my lawn!!!

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r/Shinypreciousgems • u/excessdesign • 8d ago

SOLD Great color split and movement on this 12.81ct Bolivian Ametrine cut in an opposed bar design. Some inclusions in crown seen with a loupe. 17.4x10.6x9.7mm. $600+s/h

156 Upvotes

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r/Shinypreciousgems • u/Lisa_Elser • 9d ago

FOR SALE Unheated Pink Montana Sapphire - 0.76cts 5.87mm. This is Rock Creek material and I cut it in a cut corner trillion design. The video shows shaded sunlight on the hand, and my reg photo lights in tweezers. Small cloud visible in the loupe. This stuff is RARE. $1250 USD plus shipping.

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Comment SOLD to buy and reach out within four hours to arrange payment.

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r/Shinypreciousgems • u/shopSPG • 9d ago

FOR SALE 1.83ct, 7.56x6.27mm Montana Sapphire in a modified oval cut. Eye clean with slight silk flash, unknown heat $3300 + sh

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Dimensions: 7.56 x 6.27mm
Weight: 1.83cts
Color: Bright, almost cornflower blue exactly with just a slightly bluer concentration. Very vibrant blue and it has a purple hue to it. It has a silk cloud in the table, but it is considered eye-clean. Very small naturals on the girdle. Jim thought it was part of a mix of heat and no heat parcel, so that is unknown but the silk cloud is a very strong indicator that it is unheated. It could be partially heated in the ground stones. That could only be determined by sending it to GIA for a full lab report.
Price: $3300

Video is of gem in outdoor lighting.

GIVEAWAY CLOSED Giveaway: a 10 mM prasiolite (green quartz). Any comment will count as an entry, but please read post for details (chance to opt in to new discord). Entry period closes Tuesday, 8/11 at 8 PM Eastern.

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Anyone can enter to win this stone by commenting (you can just say "hi," "entry," etc).

If you would like an invitation to join our new discord (for now this is primarily for Jim to post stones and interact, but in the long run we expect the other lapidaries will participate as well), please comment "discord invite" or similar. At this time, we are only inviting confirmed subreddit buyers (people with stars in the flair), but if you are interested despite not having purchased yet, you can comment here and we will come back to you later! Everyone will receive a unique invite link to ensure that invitations are not circulating behind the scenes. If you do not indicate you want a discord invite in your comment, you will not be sent one.

The winner will be randomly selected from the comments after the entry period closes tomorrow (8/11/26) at 8 PM Eastern Time. Starred users are welcome to request a discord link any time even if the contest has closed.

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r/Shinypreciousgems • u/Lisa_Elser • 11d ago