Labradorite Love

I recently took my engagement ring into a jeweler to get a wedding band made for it. The jeweler was amazing. If you're in Washington and need a recommendation - I've got one. The experience was great.

The main reason Terry chose the ring he did was because it was so unique. Color changing. Imperfections. Cracks. Speckles. Iridescence. Also, labradorite can't be man made in a lab, so every single piece has it's own characteristics. When I handed the jeweler my ring he did a double take.

"Oh! Labradorite!"

Then he walked it back to his office to look under his microscope.

"This is amazing. Who made this for you? You should really take some photos of it under different light conditions. Will you send them to me? It would be a great art piece."

To tell you the truth, I was flattered. He's a jeweler. He sees everything. He was the first person who I'd ever met who even knew what labradorite was and what it looked like. When I mentioned that my brother would be able to take these professional photos he was describing, he immediately popped the stone out and gave it to me.

"Take pictures of this. Seriously. Then bring me the stone back."

As an aside, my brother is talented at almost everything he tries. Photography is just a hobby for him currently, but if we weren't related, he would be taking my wedding photos.

Here are the results: