Evening folks,
As a long-term lurker, I've finally gotten completely stuck with my research and feel the time has come to throw myself on the kindness of strangers.
Indeed, there is now an element of urgency - time is running out to get stones to the jeweler i've commissioned to make a pre-engagement ring for me........
So, the design i have come up with is an acrostic, whereby the ring consists of six stones, the names or colours of which begin with the following sequence of letters: TTTLOL.
An example of the style can be seen in the attachment:
Importantly, to ensure that the design is light and delicate looking, i think the stones need to measure less than 4 mm - the less the better really, as long as they can still be bright and visible. They will be set in 22ct gold.
So far, after hours of research, all I can come up with are Tsavorite Garnets, and Tanzanites – and I am stuck for anything faceted or brilliant/round that begins with an L or an O.......
I'm willing to take a pretty flexible geological approach in terms of group names (Orthcolase etc) and alternative names (Citrine aka Lemon Quartz), but i'm still stuck for ideas.
Another option seems to be coloured diamonds, but I’m not a big fan of artificial ones, and I don’t suppose I’ll get a wide enough range of colours without using this approach.
So, does anyone here have any suggestions about how to resolve this apparent impasse? Hope so!
Ezzer
P.S - It's a "pre-engagement" because i don't trust myself to chose the big one alone - if i get that far. This approach also gives me a bit more time to sell stuff to pay for it......
As a long-term lurker, I've finally gotten completely stuck with my research and feel the time has come to throw myself on the kindness of strangers.
Indeed, there is now an element of urgency - time is running out to get stones to the jeweler i've commissioned to make a pre-engagement ring for me........
So, the design i have come up with is an acrostic, whereby the ring consists of six stones, the names or colours of which begin with the following sequence of letters: TTTLOL.
An example of the style can be seen in the attachment:
Importantly, to ensure that the design is light and delicate looking, i think the stones need to measure less than 4 mm - the less the better really, as long as they can still be bright and visible. They will be set in 22ct gold.
So far, after hours of research, all I can come up with are Tsavorite Garnets, and Tanzanites – and I am stuck for anything faceted or brilliant/round that begins with an L or an O.......
I'm willing to take a pretty flexible geological approach in terms of group names (Orthcolase etc) and alternative names (Citrine aka Lemon Quartz), but i'm still stuck for ideas.
Another option seems to be coloured diamonds, but I’m not a big fan of artificial ones, and I don’t suppose I’ll get a wide enough range of colours without using this approach.
So, does anyone here have any suggestions about how to resolve this apparent impasse? Hope so!
Ezzer
P.S - It's a "pre-engagement" because i don't trust myself to chose the big one alone - if i get that far. This approach also gives me a bit more time to sell stuff to pay for it......
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