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Rough_Rock
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- Apr 29, 2013
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Hey everyone,
I'm new here.... I recently purchased a ring in an estate auction, I got a pretty good deal on it. It is an 18ct white gold ring with a 1.75ct emerald. It's quite a chunky ring weighing 9.6 grams. The emerald is described as a "rub over set emerald cut natural emerald, colour is light, slightly grayish, clarity is Type III-I1." The emerald measures 7 mm x 6.7 mm x 4.6 mm. The head of the ring is 14 .2 mm across and at the bottom of the ring the band is 4.6 mm across. The band is white gold and the emerald is collet set in yellow gold.
I really like the ring but it is a quite a bit too small for me. I'm still waiting for it to arrive so am unable to take it to a jewellers for an in hand opinion on resizing yet.
Currently the ring is a size N (New Zealand size) which I believe is a 6 3/4 USA size, to keep and wear the ring myself it would have to be resized to at least a V (NZ size) which is 10 3/4 USA size..... Is this possible?? I really want to keep it for myself rather than sell it for a quick dollar. Emeralds are my favourite stone, I've wanted an emerald ring since I was a child, but never managed to get one (mainly due to the cost of what I like). I know it is not be the best emerald in the world, but it's what I've got. I'd prefer not to have the entire thing remade into something new if possible, but don't want some stupid looking egg shaped ring.
It was valued / appraised last month for the seller, I emailed the appraiser about resizing it and was told "Because the shoulders have hollow backs there will be some difficulty in enlarging it into a fully round size. To be honest it will end up more of an oval shape. As far as removing the emerald is concerned, we would have to show the ring to our jeweller to determine this."
The appraiser is in a different city from me so I won't be taking it there, I just wanted an idea and am now unsure if his response means it can be done but it will be hard, or it is to hard to be done.
I'm new here.... I recently purchased a ring in an estate auction, I got a pretty good deal on it. It is an 18ct white gold ring with a 1.75ct emerald. It's quite a chunky ring weighing 9.6 grams. The emerald is described as a "rub over set emerald cut natural emerald, colour is light, slightly grayish, clarity is Type III-I1." The emerald measures 7 mm x 6.7 mm x 4.6 mm. The head of the ring is 14 .2 mm across and at the bottom of the ring the band is 4.6 mm across. The band is white gold and the emerald is collet set in yellow gold.
I really like the ring but it is a quite a bit too small for me. I'm still waiting for it to arrive so am unable to take it to a jewellers for an in hand opinion on resizing yet.
Currently the ring is a size N (New Zealand size) which I believe is a 6 3/4 USA size, to keep and wear the ring myself it would have to be resized to at least a V (NZ size) which is 10 3/4 USA size..... Is this possible?? I really want to keep it for myself rather than sell it for a quick dollar. Emeralds are my favourite stone, I've wanted an emerald ring since I was a child, but never managed to get one (mainly due to the cost of what I like). I know it is not be the best emerald in the world, but it's what I've got. I'd prefer not to have the entire thing remade into something new if possible, but don't want some stupid looking egg shaped ring.
It was valued / appraised last month for the seller, I emailed the appraiser about resizing it and was told "Because the shoulders have hollow backs there will be some difficulty in enlarging it into a fully round size. To be honest it will end up more of an oval shape. As far as removing the emerald is concerned, we would have to show the ring to our jeweller to determine this."
The appraiser is in a different city from me so I won't be taking it there, I just wanted an idea and am now unsure if his response means it can be done but it will be hard, or it is to hard to be done.
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