Hi,
I am in the process of getting a custom set made (ring, earrings, necklace, bracelet) similar to the Tiffany Legacy collection. I was at Tiffany''s today looking at different sizes of stones. I want pink sapphires for my set. The store didn''t have many sapphires in stock so I had to try different stones on (tanzanite, aquamarine, tourmaline, diamond) to get a feel for what size I wanted.
What I was noticing was a 2.0 ctw of a diamond was a totally different size than a 2.0 ctw of a pink sapphire. And a 1.50 ctw of an aquamarine was a totally different size than a 1.50 ctw of a tanzanite. And so forth. The sales associate said the different gems of same ctw have different measurments (and are therefore of different physical size even though they have the same ctw size).
Now this makes my custom made process even harder, since not many jewelers are available by me and I am going to do this process through the internet. I was hoping to tell whomever I chose to do my set specific ctw sizes ...but if I base the ctw size off of say, a diamond, I will end up with a "smaller" pink sapphire than expected.
**My question is what other gemstones would be equivalent to the ctw ''size'' of the pink sapphire. (the Tiffany''s sales associate wasn''t able to answer). I was hoping to base my desired ctw sizes off of diamonds (since there is an abundance of those for me to try on), but now I need to base my desired ctw size off of another stone that is equivalent to the measuring guidelines of a pink sapphire. My local Tiffany''s only had 2 pink sapphire legacy rings for me (one size was not even close to the size I am looking for and they didn''t have any other pink sapphires in rings, earrings, neclaces, or braelets in the store for me to compare).
It seemed that the pink sapphire was smaller than an equivalent ctw size of a diamond.
Thanks in advance for any advice out there!
I am in the process of getting a custom set made (ring, earrings, necklace, bracelet) similar to the Tiffany Legacy collection. I was at Tiffany''s today looking at different sizes of stones. I want pink sapphires for my set. The store didn''t have many sapphires in stock so I had to try different stones on (tanzanite, aquamarine, tourmaline, diamond) to get a feel for what size I wanted.
What I was noticing was a 2.0 ctw of a diamond was a totally different size than a 2.0 ctw of a pink sapphire. And a 1.50 ctw of an aquamarine was a totally different size than a 1.50 ctw of a tanzanite. And so forth. The sales associate said the different gems of same ctw have different measurments (and are therefore of different physical size even though they have the same ctw size).
Now this makes my custom made process even harder, since not many jewelers are available by me and I am going to do this process through the internet. I was hoping to tell whomever I chose to do my set specific ctw sizes ...but if I base the ctw size off of say, a diamond, I will end up with a "smaller" pink sapphire than expected.
**My question is what other gemstones would be equivalent to the ctw ''size'' of the pink sapphire. (the Tiffany''s sales associate wasn''t able to answer). I was hoping to base my desired ctw sizes off of diamonds (since there is an abundance of those for me to try on), but now I need to base my desired ctw size off of another stone that is equivalent to the measuring guidelines of a pink sapphire. My local Tiffany''s only had 2 pink sapphire legacy rings for me (one size was not even close to the size I am looking for and they didn''t have any other pink sapphires in rings, earrings, neclaces, or braelets in the store for me to compare).
It seemed that the pink sapphire was smaller than an equivalent ctw size of a diamond.
Thanks in advance for any advice out there!
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