check it out! :)

[karee888]

woo hoo! i won this cool sapphire in a "secret stone" contest. it was hidden on a web page with instructions on how to claim it. from what i understand, there are ten stones to be given away [and this is the third].

i can’t give more information because it might disqualify me from winning future stones. the interval for secret stones is between one and four weeks.

here is a photo. it does have some natural inclusions, but it is eye clean. can you see the faint band of blue? i was told that it is quite bright and will work very well as an accent stone or even by itself.

how would you set it??

 

[kas baby]

Karee888: that''s really interesting. I''ve never heard of anything like that, I guess thats why its a "secret stone contest"

thats a really neat bicolor sapph, if I were to set it I would want to make sure that the blue band could be seen, although it is faint.
very cool

 

[D&T]

Cool! what a great find!

 

[Fly Girl]

Way to go. I love bicolor sapphires. And, yes, I can definitely see the blue band.

Assuming you don''t want to spend much on the setting, I''d take a look at Stuller. They have lots of possibilities for emerald cut stones. Personally, I''d get a simple split shank setting similar to this in 14k white gold. Your local jeweler can order the setting for you and set the stone. The setting comes in lots of sizes for different size stones.

 

[karee888]

ooh, very cool!!! do you happen to have a link? that site is hard to find exact items...

 

[chrono]

Yup, I see a bit of a blue band in one corner. I''d play it up as much as possible too with an open prong setting. Congratulations on winning the sapphire.

 

[Fly Girl]

Date: 7/6/2009 11:54:48 AM
Author: karee888
ooh, very cool!!! do you happen to have a link? that site is hard to find exact items...

Here you go. Link I just did a search for "emerald shape ring", and it came up on the third page.

 

[RubyCharm]

You''re very lucky! Nice gem!

This reminds me of hoofbeats garnet thread. These "secret stone giveaways" are very intriguing! (I googled it, but couldn''t find any information on this type of contests... they''re very secret indeed!).

 

[Linda W]

Karee, how lucky you are. The stone is really lovely. I love the hints of blue I see.

 

[cellentani]

Yay for you, Karee!! Here''s hoping you find another secret stone! Please post pics when it arrives, and let us know what you plan to do with it!

 

[chrono]

Date: 7/6/2009 2:52:29 PM
Author: RubyCharm
You''re very lucky! Nice gem!

This reminds me of hoofbeats garnet thread. These ''secret stone giveaways'' are very intriguing! (I googled it, but couldn''t find any information on this type of contests... they''re very secret indeed!).

It does remind me of Hootbeat’s secret giveaway prize too. Sounds like something really fun to do.

 

[stepcutnut]

Congrats on the new stone, how lucky are you!?!?!

 

[brandy_z28]

Lucky lady! Very pretty and unique stone!