Hello all,
I have been scouring through the forum here looking at the many topics on rubies and ruby engagement rings trying to educate myself as best as possible.
Ideally I would have purchased through Gemfix but they can't sell anything over $999USD to me (I'm in Australia) so I have had to look elsewhere. I am looking at either a round or oval cut and ideally something closer to 'red' than 'pink'.
My budget is a very modest $5k total, that's in AUD, so about $3,000 - $3,500 USD, including the setting. I have a great jeweler lined up here in Melbourne to handle the setting design which I assume will cost around 1/5th my budget which leaves around $2k - $3k for the stone itself.
It's much more important to me to find a great stone clarity and colour than worrying about carat weight. So far my searches have turned up:
http://www.starruby.in/store/mozamb...lent-eye-clean-pigeon-blood-red-unheated-ruby
http://www.starruby.in/store/madaga...e-unheated-oval-cut-vs-clarity-blood-red-ruby
http://www.starruby.in/store/madaga...e-unheated-oval-cut-vs-clarity-blood-red-ruby
http://www.ajsgem.com/ruby/burma-ruby/burma-ruby-1.22-carats.html-0 and
http://www.africagems.com/round-ruby-gemstone-37513146.html
Any help would so hugely appreciated.
Regards,
Glenn
I have been scouring through the forum here looking at the many topics on rubies and ruby engagement rings trying to educate myself as best as possible.
Ideally I would have purchased through Gemfix but they can't sell anything over $999USD to me (I'm in Australia) so I have had to look elsewhere. I am looking at either a round or oval cut and ideally something closer to 'red' than 'pink'.
My budget is a very modest $5k total, that's in AUD, so about $3,000 - $3,500 USD, including the setting. I have a great jeweler lined up here in Melbourne to handle the setting design which I assume will cost around 1/5th my budget which leaves around $2k - $3k for the stone itself.
It's much more important to me to find a great stone clarity and colour than worrying about carat weight. So far my searches have turned up:
http://www.starruby.in/store/mozamb...lent-eye-clean-pigeon-blood-red-unheated-ruby
http://www.starruby.in/store/madaga...e-unheated-oval-cut-vs-clarity-blood-red-ruby
http://www.starruby.in/store/madaga...e-unheated-oval-cut-vs-clarity-blood-red-ruby
http://www.ajsgem.com/ruby/burma-ruby/burma-ruby-1.22-carats.html-0 and
http://www.africagems.com/round-ruby-gemstone-37513146.html
Any help would so hugely appreciated.
Regards,
Glenn