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Hi everyone,
I just made my first colored gem purchase and it is a lovely tsavorite that I'm hoping to put into a moi et toi ring. Upon receiving the stone I tried it on with those temporary tension ring to see how it would look when worn. I've only dealt with diamonds before this so I didn't know that this might harm the stone - I know they are less hard vs diamonds but I thought they should be fine being tried on this way.. So after I popped the stone back out my heart sinked where there is a white scratch from when the prong hits, and when I saw ut under 10x loupe, it looks like a nick I love this stone and its the perfect cut and size for my project.. is there any way to save this stone? Maybe a repolish? I will try to add photos soon but any thoughts will be much appreciated. Thank you!
I just made my first colored gem purchase and it is a lovely tsavorite that I'm hoping to put into a moi et toi ring. Upon receiving the stone I tried it on with those temporary tension ring to see how it would look when worn. I've only dealt with diamonds before this so I didn't know that this might harm the stone - I know they are less hard vs diamonds but I thought they should be fine being tried on this way.. So after I popped the stone back out my heart sinked where there is a white scratch from when the prong hits, and when I saw ut under 10x loupe, it looks like a nick I love this stone and its the perfect cut and size for my project.. is there any way to save this stone? Maybe a repolish? I will try to add photos soon but any thoughts will be much appreciated. Thank you!