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If you search for free photos of lotus flowers on the internet, you will find flowers with a gentle pink color like this, or even pale pink.


What did I pronounce? "Padpadracha", which is confusing at first, is pronounce as 
“ Pad-pa-rad-sha ” which means "lotus flower" in Sinhala, one of the official languages ​​of Sri Lanka.

Padparadscha sapphire is a popular but rare stone named after it.

At some point in Bangkok, a large amount of padparadscha sapphire, which was supposed to be a rare stone, was on the market, but it was later discovered that it was a beryllium-treated padparadscha color, and there was a time when people involved in the stone in Bangkok were disturbed . I remember that the treated padparadscha I saw at that time were all close to orange, but the actual lotus flower is such a gentle pink color.

Padparadscha is defined as something between pink and orange. However, the stones previously sent to a reliable identification agency and identified as "Padpadracha" all have the beauty of a vague color that seems to be a gentle pink with a trace of orange.  Padparadscha sapphire seems to have some range of colors even though the difference is very subtle.

I wonder if there were still some of these stones in Chef T's toolbox? ? As soon as I looked into the safe, I immediately found the lotus flower-colored stones that were sleeping in the toolbox and gave off an elegant color that did not fade.


Untreated Padparadscha Sapphire from Sri Lanka.

I'm sorry to say that my hand is not deserve this stone, but the 1.2ct sparkle has the strength of a sapphire even though it's a gentle color.

 If we make a ring with this stone , it would probably stand out even more.

And yet another 1.53 ct padparadscha color stone came out.


It has a similar padparadscha color, but its brilliance is sharper than that of sapphire.


The neon-like dazzling padparadscha color was spinel, not sapphire.

Spinel has become an amazing luxury stone these days. In the past, perhaps because spinel was not well known, I had the impression that few people were interested in it despite its beauty comparable to ruby ​​sapphire.

Well, I cut 1 ct of such spinel and collected very good quality ones to make a simple ring.

(Wear 4 newborn rinds together)

Even if we intend to cut into 1 ct sizes, as a result there are sizes from 0.5 ct to 0.8 ct.

I just put the price tag on it and lined it up today, so no one has seen it yet, but I feel that it shines conspicuously even in the case.


There will also be a blue spinel group, so if you have time, please take a look.

Lastly, today I was asked by a customer who was I guess a male dancer,  to do a very unique job at the store, and although I was confused, I accepted the job. 
The customer asked me  "I want this black  necklace. Could you sew it on my hat?  I want to wear it for a night party .Only one hour left . " I immediately asked my staff to bring needles and thread, then I started. I worked very vigorously ,
After all,  I somehow managed to deliver it.  Actually, I've been sewing lately, but I never thought I'd put a needle in a customer's hat! It was little scary, but the customer's expectation is very high, so I try to finish in time.
 When I have done, I never praised myself like this before.

Well then!





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