Help with Star Sapphire Ring
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If you can see the back of the stone, look carefully for a little engraved stylized letter "L." If you find it then it''s a synthetic star corundum made by Linde. The date is approprite for Linde material.
If it''s not present the stone could still be synthetic since a few foreign manufacturers began to enter the U.S. market about that time. Except in the case of really expensive star gems, the easiest way to determine natural vs. synthetic is the perfection of the color and star. If the color is very even and the legs of the star are sharp and perfect, be suspicious of a synthetic. Natural star stones are seldom perfect and usually have inclusions, color zoning and somewhat imperfect stars. Only a trained gemologist can say for certain, of course, unless you see the Linde brand. Richard M. |
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I'm afraid I would be VERY suspicious of that one.
The star just doesn't look right to me for a natural stone and the colour is a just too good to be true, and too even in tone and colour throughout the stone. You'd need to get a gemologist to look at it to be sure - or a jeweller with a lot of experience ie not the sales assistant in Zales... |
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As Richard M. Said: "Only a trained gemologist can say for certain, of course, unless you see the Linde brand." These Linde Synthetic Star Sapphires are very good Synthetic Sapphires and no one is going to be able to tell with any type of certainty if it''s real, from a top view picture, regardless how good the picture is. By the way Shiloh, that was a good picture, and I like your Star Sapphire ring. I am afraid that the only way you are going to be able to know for sure if it is a natural Sapphire is (like Richard said) to find an expert . Just one other thing, IMHO the Linde Stars look nicer than the natural stars... Joker....
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This style of ring is exactly what would have been sold at jewelers in the mid-1970s.The oval shape,shade of blue and placement of the 6 rayed perfect star echos the Linde stars used so often in the 1970s.My mother recieved a ring that looked so much like this as a gift in 1975/76...i would expect it to be a syn. star unless proved other wise by gemological testing.Keep in ming that these star stones came in several colors...blue,polar blue,red and mint green(yes mint green) were very popular in both white and (the very hip) yellow gold.
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I''ll go out on the limb and say that I''m probably 95% sure that your picture is of a synthetic star. I sold hundreds of Linde''s in the late 60''s and as several people have pointed out, the inexpensive setting and the solid color/perfect star are all indicative of a synthetic stone.
For a natural star sapphire to have that depth of color, no zoning, and a perfect star, the value typically would have dictated a more expensive setting. Just an opinion of course. |
