Re: Queen Fabiola's necklace with green stones Archived Message
Posted by JohnPete  on August 18, 2012, 11:54 am, in reply to "Re: Queen Fabiola's necklace with green stones"
Uh oh. Perhaps I stand corrected. Lighting DOES make a world of difference for colored stones. Observe Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother here in the 'Those Were The Days' thread.
Her emeralds look black too. 
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: I'm no gemologist, but try as I might I can't
: find any images online of emeralds with such
: a dark hue. Even the poorest quality
: emeralds I've seen in cheap stores here in
: the USA have a lively green color. There IS
: another photo we've seen on this board and
: others where the Franco gift is worn in it's
: crown configuration with very green, emerald
: like stones. Likewise, there is an image of
: her with very bright red ruby-like stones.
:
: I think these are onyx, jet or black coral?
: Why not she already had aquamarine, ruby (?)
: and emerald (?) stones to interchange. If I
: were her, I would have acquired turquoise
: and opal too!
:
: As for this green stone necklace, I like it.
: It's very unique and I suspect it is not an
: inexpensive piece. Perhaps one of those
: lovely green stones surrounded by their
: diamonds could be detached and worn as a
: brooch.
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: Looking at the gift received by HM the Queen
: Elizabeth II from the province British
: Columbia, Canada, the jade necklace, I
: thought to the one owned by Queen Fabiola of
: Belgium. I read several times that they are
: not emeralds, and in fact they do not look
: like emeralds.
:
: Also in the book by Christophe Vachaudez,
: concerning the stones of the tiara, he does
: not confirm that they are emeralds (they are
: very dark).
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