Cehrabehra
Super_Ideal_Rock
- Joined
- Jun 29, 2006
- Messages
- 11,071
My mom got this ring 20 years ago from a boyfriend I wouldn''t trust at all who gave it to her as an Emerald. Now, I think the gold nugget is real haha - but I''m wondering if there is any possibility the stone is. I know you can''t tell online, but if there are any ideas? I swear it used to be a richer yellower green way back when... and I think the ugly setting could possibly hide a flaw of some sort.... the stone measures (eyeball and ruler) about 7-7.5 by 5-5.5. The table is about 5x3 and that was much easier to measure.
I''ve recently learned that aquamarine and emerald are both beryl so it seems that this could be in that family - but I don''t know if it is yellow enough to truly be emerald. It isn''t cloudy really but it seems to have some sort of striations that makes me think maybe it is tourmaline? I dunno - I''m a real newbie at this... but I''d love to hear your thoughts. Feel free to make fun of the nugget setting LOL

I''ve recently learned that aquamarine and emerald are both beryl so it seems that this could be in that family - but I don''t know if it is yellow enough to truly be emerald. It isn''t cloudy really but it seems to have some sort of striations that makes me think maybe it is tourmaline? I dunno - I''m a real newbie at this... but I''d love to hear your thoughts. Feel free to make fun of the nugget setting LOL
