My Tourmaline is here!
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We are waiting!! Hurry up and find your digital camera!!!|
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I''ll do what I can... may have to get one from a friend... whoops...
In the meantime, I need all of your help! I LOVE this stone, but the more by BF and I look at it, the more we feel like maybe it''s more of a fashion ring piece... it''s so gorgeous and elegant and ohmygoshthecolor... but how can we set it so it looks more "like an engagement ring"? Any suggestions? |
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Great choices, Layne! I particularly like the first and third mountings.
Velourial...I hope you don''t change your mind about using the stone as an Ering!! I think use of white metal, engraved or mounted with tiny diamonds, sort of delicate, will DEFINITELY look like an Ering. And you can still have the stone bezel set and it will be magnificent!  widget |
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I really do LOVE this stone, I just wish it were a TINY bit smaller. Any tips for minimizing a stone size?
Thanks, Layne, those are all great inspiration. I love Leon Mege''s work, and anything from him is bound to look good... Thanks, Widget, for the encouragement, too. Tiny diamonds and/or engraving is probably the way to go. |
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Okay, so I got some pictures... none are very good... but I tried! It looks SO much better in real life.. more like acstone''s professional picture!
First, here''s one on my hand. You can''t see the stone, but you can get an idea of the size... and how it looks on my 7.25, short chubby fingers.
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Lovely stone. I love tourmalines, I think they''re very undervalued.
I bought a really pretty Russian demantoid garnet ring set in silver; same wonderful knockout green colour. The white metal really makes the vibrant green colour pop. I''d go for platinum for a e-ring.
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Yeah... but some "halo" settings are not really bezels. This one has the center stone prong set. The tourmaline is by no means "too big" for a ring ! It looks just right on your hand. 
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Thanks!  I love my coloured gemstones. This ring and a tourquoise pairaiba tourmaline were my most recent purchases.I love the idea of a coloured stone e-ring. Over here in the UK, many women wear coloured e-rings. I have a 25th anniversary ring - a ceylon sapphire and diamond oval - which I often wear as an alternative e-ring. The only trouble is that people think I''m trying to emulate the look of the late Princess Diana''s e-ring, which I''m not.  Here''s a pic to give you an idea of what quite a big coloured stone can look like on the left hand.
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Hi velouriaL
That is a gorgous stone. maybe since you want it to look like an engagement ring you could set it with a four prong setting and then have two side stones, maybe diamonds. I have seen some gorgous rings with a green center stone and then maybe trillions on the side or whatever cut you prefer. None the less it looks gorgous in my opinion. Good luck Phil |