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Help a guy make an important decision (between these two stones)?

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Rough_Rock
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Hi!

I'm about to purchase a stone for a custom engagement ring (will post photos afterwards!) and I'm having trouble determining which sapphire to get.

I've done my best learning what I can from the forums/reading for what to look for but ultimately I'm an amateur and I don't trust my eyes. (But I do trust the internet! :lol:)

The biggest difference to me is that Gem B has a more obvious zoning whereas Gem A's zoning is less noticeable as its blends and is centered more. Both are eye clean and similar in price/size.

I was hoping you all could help me make this important decision. Thanks in advance! Pictures below.

Gem A
A-1.jpgA-2.jpg

Gem B
B-1.jpgB-2.jpg

Both side by side:
B-A.jpg
 
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They are both beautiful stones, but I have a slight preference for Gem A particularly for an engagement ring.

Will the stone be set with prongs, or in a bezel ... do you know?
 
I too like A, but then I don't like yellow in parti sapphires. Are you wanting a blue, green or teal?
 
They are both beautiful stones, but I have a slight preference for Gem A particularly for an engagement ring.

Will the stone be set with prongs, or in a bezel ... do you know?

Thank you! Phew, I'm glad I'm on the right track. It'll be in a bezel. Specifically surrounded by a diamond halo.
 
Hard choice since both are unique and very pretty! I am personally drawn more to stone B, but I don't think you can go wrong here.
 
I too like A, but then I don't like yellow in parti sapphires. Are you wanting a blue, green or teal?

Ah two for A! I appreciate the opinion! I think I'm leaning more teal or blue.
 
Hard choice since both are unique and very pretty! I am personally drawn more to stone B, but I don't think you can go wrong here.

Thank you! You don't know how much it relieves me to hear I can't go wrong at this point hah!
 
A is definitely going to be green. B depending on the size may go teal/green. I read about a member saying he parti sapphire was on the smaller side and mixed into a green.
 
I'll edit. A will likely be green. Is it a Montana sapphire? It may turn more teal in different lighting. Hard to tell with Montanas just how they will shift some times.
 
Ok... so my dumb butt was looking at the pictures with the blue light filter on. :rolleyes:

They both are still beautiful, but it seems like B may be a little bit brighter, looks like A might have a bit of grey tone? It looks as if B will be more teal/blue and A will be more green maybe teal, based on the pictures.

You might want to ask about a video with them together, to see them in motion.
 
I like A. It seems more lively and B seems like it might go a little dark in a bezel.
 
Team A.
 
Ok... so my dumb butt was looking at the pictures with the blue light filter on. :rolleyes:

They both are still beautiful, but it seems like B may be a little bit brighter, looks like A might have a bit of grey tone? It looks as if B will be more teal/blue and A will be more green maybe teal, based on the pictures.

You might want to ask about a video with them together, to see them in motion.

Oh! That's a good reminder! I should make sure mine's off too when online gem shopping. Heh.

Yep! They're montanas, so I expect the color to shift around the teal-green-blue spectrum depending on the lighting. So I'm not too honed in on color as much.

I did happen to get video too. (Have to click the photos below) The quality seemed to deteriorated a bit though uploading...

Gem A

Gem B
 
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I like A. It seems more lively and B seems like it might go a little dark in a bezel.

Ah, that's a good point! Thank you!
 
So yeah, if they are Montanas, they will more than likely shift, so be prepared. I actually love it, but it may be a shock if you are expecting the same color all the time. Also make sure you like the stone's colors in all lighting.

And speaking of their colors a LOT of them have a grey tone to them. (Not sure the correct term, tone or hue, so forgive me if I'm using the wrong one.) Especially in greens. I happen to love grey, but that seems to not be a popular opinion.
 
Gem B!!! :kiss2:

I'm a sucker for teal-blue and Montana sapphires really do deliver. Both are beautiful, BUT the teal-blue in Gem B is much more teal-blue.

Both have zoning (bordering on intentional, like parti sapphires) so I wouldn't use that as the deciding factor. How dark they look once they're set depends on the setting so, for me, I would go for the one that has colors I like most. And that would be Gem B. Gem A, as others have said, would blend into green. Yellow gold would also make it lean greener.

But that's just me. I wear a lot of blues, and my coloring favors blue/blue-green so in your case, I'd consider that to decide if green-er or blue-er is better.

If you have a good buying experience, could you share the name of your vendor? Montana sapphires are on my wishlist and I'd love to keep an eye on good vendors :)
 
Based on the videos you , I'd choose A as B looks like its got a grey cast.
 
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