Hi all,
Very new here and maybe seeking something that "doesn't exist" so feel free to set me straight.
Here is what I am hoping to find:
Stone: Spinel
Color: mid grey saturation - okay with leaning a little green/blue/teal in tone, but as "true grey" as it can get is good. The mid range gray spinel ring with diamonds on the side that Freke has pictures floating around of is pretty much my ideal, so-fantastic-I-want-to-die color
Cut: I am looking for an emerald cut - I am open to other rectangle-ish options (radiant cut octagon, etc.)
Size: .75(ideal) to 1.5(MAX) carats. I would like to have a ring made with it and have little toddler hands and I feel like anything larger make me look like I am playing dress up.
Budget: I am not going to say money is no object, that's a lie, but I can spend what I need to for the right stone.
For some reason, I can't seem to find many emerald cut spinels or grey spinels and definitely not the two combined. That said, I am pretty new to the game, so I may just not know where to source from. Speaking of sourcing, is this the kind of thing I could tell a trusted jeweler and the would keep an eye out for me? If so, any recommendations of who that jeweler might be? I am not on a timeline. I just love the stone and have a really specific vision of what I want, so now I am calling in the big guns (you all!) to see if I can find one.
Thanks!!
Very new here and maybe seeking something that "doesn't exist" so feel free to set me straight.
Here is what I am hoping to find:
Stone: Spinel
Color: mid grey saturation - okay with leaning a little green/blue/teal in tone, but as "true grey" as it can get is good. The mid range gray spinel ring with diamonds on the side that Freke has pictures floating around of is pretty much my ideal, so-fantastic-I-want-to-die color
Cut: I am looking for an emerald cut - I am open to other rectangle-ish options (radiant cut octagon, etc.)
Size: .75(ideal) to 1.5(MAX) carats. I would like to have a ring made with it and have little toddler hands and I feel like anything larger make me look like I am playing dress up.
Budget: I am not going to say money is no object, that's a lie, but I can spend what I need to for the right stone.
For some reason, I can't seem to find many emerald cut spinels or grey spinels and definitely not the two combined. That said, I am pretty new to the game, so I may just not know where to source from. Speaking of sourcing, is this the kind of thing I could tell a trusted jeweler and the would keep an eye out for me? If so, any recommendations of who that jeweler might be? I am not on a timeline. I just love the stone and have a really specific vision of what I want, so now I am calling in the big guns (you all!) to see if I can find one.
Thanks!!