My first project here, PrecisionGem Emerald Earrings (Milgrain Bezel setting by David Klass)

[NY_Resonant]

I commissioned Gene at Precision Gems to cut me a matched pair of emeralds to give my wife earrings for her birthday. Just got the stone picture today and they are now being shipped to David Klass for the milgrain bezel setting that I chose.

Excited to see the finished product!

Stones are around 8mm, standard brilliant cut. I’m told these photos do not properly capture the stone colors which are a very intense vivid green.









Here is a mockup of my chosen setting, mine will be in 18K yellow gold though.

 

[NY_Resonant]

The CAD drawing from David Klass (Doesn’t show the Milgrain pattern):

 

[Rfisher]

Looks gorgeous
and yellow gold too !!

which level of inclusions is this of the material he offers, if I may ask?

 

[dk168]

Looking forward to seeing the finished earrings!

May I suggest for a pair of diamond earring jackets to be added at a later date?

DK

 

[empliau]

Simply gorgeous! Your wife has some beautiful jewelry.

You may want to move this to the colored stones forum.

 

[NY_Resonant]

Looking forward to seeing the finished earrings!

May I suggest for a pair of diamond earring jackets to be added at a later date?

DK

Hehe, I may do that as a follow-up gift in the future. I want to see the current earrings on her ears first, concerned it may become too large with jackets.

David Klass did send me a few picture examples of what it would look like:

 

[NY_Resonant]

Looks gorgeous
and yellow gold too !!

which level of inclusions is this of the material he offers, if I may ask?

Thank you, I’m really happy with how the inclusions look in the photo.

I emphasized to Gene that I appreciated seeing inclusions in my stone and asked him to do whatever he could to ensure that the finished product would have some of those inclusions represented.

I’ve asked him what “level of inclusion” the rough he used was so I can share that with you once he responds.

 

[NY_Resonant]

Looks gorgeous
and yellow gold too !!

which level of inclusions is this of the material he offers, if I may ask?

Gene replied to me on this.

He said: “It was cut from the moderate included piece, but some cleaner area’s of that piece. It’s hard to say with the inclusions where they will fall.”

His website says: “Columbian Emerald color. Much nicer in person than the photos. The material is very clean, but may have some small natural inclusions. I also have some materail that will have slightly more inclusions and some new material that has moderate inclusions.”

So I guess he used his new material for my stones.

 

[Rfisher]

Can I be too forward in asking if the gallery design might be a bit too closed off for cleaning something that can’t be in an ultrasound?

 

[NY_Resonant]

Can I be too forward in asking if the gallery design might be a bit too closed off for cleaning something that can’t be in an ultrasound?

My understanding is that part of the reason one shouldn’t use an ultrasonic on emeralds is because of the oiled nature of natural emeralds (Which may be filling surface cracks)… lab grown emeralds, being unoiled, would not have that issue.

Regardless, we don’t use ultrasounds in our house — mild cleaner and soft toothbrush only!

Note: I’ve asked David Klass to make the gallery pattern as delicate as possible to display as much of the emerald as possible… I have that wonderful italian filligree work in my head, we shall see how it turns out.

 

[Pomelo]

I commissioned Gene at Precision Gems to cut me a matched pair of emeralds to give my wife earrings for her birthday. Just got the stone picture today and they are now being shipped to David Klass for the milgrain bezel setting that I chose.

Excited to see the finished product!

Stones are around 8mm, standard brilliant cut. I’m told these photos do not properly capture the stone colors which are a very intense vivid green.









Here is a mockup of my chosen setting, mine will be in 18K yellow gold though.

The stones look lovely and are a great size too - with the bezel, the earrings should be 9mm+ which has a good presence on the ear!

Out of interest, how did you decide on 8mm stones - was it comparing to your wife’s pearls perhaps?

And I must say, your wife is very lucky to have such a thoughtful, talented and skilled bauble-bestowing husband!

 

[NY_Resonant]

The stones look lovely and are a great size too - with the bezel, the earrings should be 9mm+ which has a good presence on the ear!

Out of interest, how did you decide on 8mm stones - was it comparing to your wife’s pearls perhaps?

And I must say, your wife is very lucky to have such a thoughtful, talented and skilled bauble-bestowing husband!

Thank you .

Well, I first looked at a lot of emeralds online to see how they looked on ear pictures. So many looked too small in my opinion so I knew I wanted at least 7mm.

My wife’s go-to pearl earrings are 8.65mm… I looked at another pair at the house that is 8.1mm and it seemed to be the right “presence” when I visualized it being green. That’s how I landed at 8mm.

I also looked at her engagement ring which is around 7.5mm which is the same round brilliant cut for comparison…and thought I wanted it a little larger.

I also knew that this new earring would be closer to 6mm deep, so it wouldn’t be as *tall* on the ear as the pearls.

I then spent awhile trying to decide between studs or bezel. JR Columbia’s website has many beautiful bezel earrings and they had pictures on the ear to look it… I liked the YG contrast with the emerald and ended up going with Bezel for this piece.

I realized that going bezel would make the earring larger, 9mm-ish as you say. That almost made me shrink the emerald down to 7.5mm honestly but then I remembered the golden rule of Jewelry Shrinkage Syndrome . So I kept it at 8mm…

 

[NY_Resonant]

Gene confirmed the stones came in at 3.315 carats and 8.1mm each. Woof!

In coordinating with David Klass, who is wonderful to work with, i’m making one addition to the design of the earrings. I’m adding this millgrain+pattern to the side bands of the earrings to elevate the side view.

A fellow PSer had that pattern in a gorgeous ring she created with David Klass and I was immediately struct by how wonderful it looked. I figured it would fit in well with this earring design.

 

[NY_Resonant]

David Klass just sent me some pictures, shipping me earrings now. Can’t wait to see them in person!

Very happy with how they turned out!






Last picture seems to show a small color shift due to reflection of the green ground in picture.

 

[adlgel]

Those are stunning - I'm sure your wife will absolutely love them!

 

[BoulderGal]

David Klass just sent me some pictures, shipping me earrings now. Can’t wait to see them in person!

Very happy with how they turned out!






Last picture seems to show a small color shift due to reflection of the green ground in picture.

@NY_Resonant , Wowza-these are gorgeous!!! I hope your wife absolutely loves them!

 

[NY_Resonant]

Thank you everybody! Got the earrings today . Photos are very hard and I can’t capture the true color of the stones, in person they are VERY pure green, deeply saturated and have no hint of blue tint (like some pictures below show on photos). Currently raining outside so these are all with indoor lighting.

















I like this close-up picture looking into the emerald, great job by Precision Gem!

 

[springerspaniel]

These are spectacular! My favorite stone anyway, but I love these so much. Gene and David did great jobs, @NY_Resonant.

 

[fiona00004]

Sooooo divine!!! They are beautiful! Enjoy wearing them! The color is TOP!

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

I'm crazy about those! Classically beautiful and the detailing is perfect.

 

[Pomelo]

@NY_Resonant the colour is electric!! And so good against the YG bezel!!

Pretty please can you indulge us with modelling pics when your wife receives them?

 

[NY_Resonant]

@NY_Resonant the colour is electric!! And so good against the YG bezel!!

Pretty please can you indulge us with modelling pics when your wife receives them?

Thank you all, very happy with it!

Managed to get a few shots today including outdoors!

 

[Mreader]

Thank you all, very happy with it!

Managed to get a few shots today including outdoors!

GORGEOUS !!!

 

[bling_dream19]

These are simply stunning on your beautiful wife!

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

GORGEOUS !!!

X2!

 

[Dreamer_D]

They look spectacular on her lobes and are especially beautiful framed by her dark hair!

 

[Slickk]

Wow. They are stunning!!

 

[Pomelo]

Thank you all, very happy with it!

Managed to get a few shots today including outdoors!

Speechless! Never knew I needed a pair of emerald earrings until now!

 

[Kya]

These are truly an impeccable work of art - Love the entire design and proportions, and those stones are absolutely gorgeous !

 

[Mems20]

These are incredible! The deep green set against the yellow gold is just beautiful.