IT'S ALL IN THE DETAILS

        'Time Period' and 'Geometric vs. Organic' Styling         IN THESE TWO PHOTOS OF RINGS FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION......AN 'ART DECO" RING WITH A NATURAL  PRECIOUS GREEN ZIRCON   & A MORE CURVILINEAR RING SET WITH A BEAUTIFUL, NATURAL BURMESE RUBY........

 

ESTATE SALE COLLAGE/PAINTING........that I did not purchase, even though it was cheaper than a filet of beef........but I DID think, looking at it and hundreds of other paintings, prints and drawings......."had this been done by Man Ray or some other 'important/collectible/blahblahblah' Artiste.......Men in $5000 suits and ladies in sables and diamonds would, perhaps, be waving their bidding placards as the auctioneer calls out that the bidding is 'going, going.......' at $2M....... Some Irony....that, hours later, Florian Henckel von Donnersmark's FIlm, "NEVER LOOK AWAY" was shown on TV! This seemingly perpetualizing synchronicity has always connected the dots, forming the contextual relevance of my Life. [ Like finding  pieces of a colorful paper bag that had perfectly enclosed 3 lbs of cat chow... strewn about the kitchen floor, following a hunger invasion by a house rat that entered via a roof vent, after much metal mesh-knawing....to the relative

tourmaline is highly dichroic......which this example is not,  although it was represented, for sale, as being 'natural'....and had a 'certificate' to authenticate it.....So, I purchased it.....Within seconds, I realized that the 'indicolite' was, in fact, a synthetic blue sapphire, evidencing no dichroism whatsover.....Caveat Emptor!