A citrine for my first project

[Supers]

After a bit of thinking, I decided to get a madeira citrine from Doug at Bespoke Gems for my first project.
Here she is! It's a 7 x 9 mm, 1.35 carat pear.
Sorry about the smudge on the stone. I had it on my hand, ready to walk outdoors to take the photo when I dropped the citrine. My heart leapt and I scrambled round the floor for a minute on hands and knees trying to find it, and in the process, put some prints on it.

Anyway, I hope you like - it's my first foray into colored stones.

 

[minousbijoux]

Congratulations on the start of a new addiction!

I think you did very well for a first stone - it is a great color

 

[Treenbean]

You can't go wrong with Bespoke or citrine. Doug cuts are wonderful. Congrats! My pair of Bespoke citrines are in my new stone thread if you want to see them.

 

[SB621]

congratulations! I still remember my first stone! It was a tanga garnet cut by Barry. Oh how my bank account has become depleted since then!

Welcome to the world of CS- your citrine is gorgeous!

 

[Supers]

Now, I actually bought a white gold halo semi mount off it ebay for it.
I'm not normally a WG person, but thought I would experiment and the going price was good.
But... do you think this citrine is calling out for yellow gold or can I get away with the WG?

 

[Lovinggems]

Lovely, congrats on starting on your first project!

 

[virgoruby]

Nice stone!
I love looking at Doug's website... lots of beautifully cut stones to drool over.

 

[chrono]

Citrines generally look better in yellow gold although some might be fine in white gold. My heart dropped when I read about your dropping the stone. I’m glad that it wasn’t chipped or damaged. Do be careful in handling it and only over a soft padded surface.

 

[LaurenThePartier]

Lovely, Supers! Which setting did you buy?

I'll just let you know now; my coloured gemstone craze all started with my Madiera Citrine project back in 2006 or 2007 I think, so I can't wait to see your completed piece!

My Madiera is in a 3 stone with white gold, and if I had to do it alll over again, I would have had my jeweler make a yellow gold basket for the citrine. Just thought I'd echo Chrono's suggestion because I've already done it the way that I thought would make it more wearable to me (I used to never wear any yellow gold and wasn't a two-tone fan), and ended up emphasizing the brown in it by setting it in white.

 

[Arkteia]

It is a beautiful stone and a very nice cut.

 

[Supers]

Ah, ok, so it sounds as though YG is the preferred setting for a citrine.
Back to the drawing board then...

The semi mount I bought was this http://cgi.ebay.com.au/46CT-SOLID-14K-W-GOLD-DIAMOND-SETTING-SEMI-RING-MOUNT-/400172008308?pt=Wedding_Sets&hash=item5d2c1c4374

 

[LaurenThePartier]

Ah, ok, so it sounds as though YG is the preferred setting for a citrine.
Back to the drawing board then...

The semi mount I bought was this http://cgi.ebay.com.au/46CT-SOLID-14K-W-GOLD-DIAMOND-SETTING-SEMI-RING-MOUNT-/400172008308?pt=Wedding_Sets&hash=item5d2c1c4374

If you've already bought it, what about just having the halo made in yellow gold; or even just the prongs/basket like this one; http://cgi.ebay.com/Pear-5-7mm-SOLID-14kT-TWO-GOLD-DIAMOND-SEMI-MOUNT-RING-/270665233291?pt=Diamond_Three_Stone_Rings&hash=item3f04e7b38b#ht_4058wt_1139

 

[GliderPoss]

Yummo! What a lovely stone with such a rich colour. Can't go wrong with Bespoke gems...