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Help me decide on keeping this sapphire ring please

Lisa Loves Shiny

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Help me decide please. I paired it with a sapphire band that I don’t wear because the stones IMHO are too dark for comparison.

The sapphire is more lively than the sapphires in the band with good flashes of medium blue but it’s dark. Too dark? Send it back? Keep it to wear when I’m in a bad mood? I love the setting. It’s 7 grams platinum and the diamonds are all clean under a 30x loupe. Keep it for the setting and switch out the stone?

The price was very good. With tax and authenticity it was under $560.

Thanks!
 

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Is it too dark for you?

Will you look at it, think it's too dark and leave it in the box, like you're doing with the band?

Or will you look at it and feel like you can stare at that deep blue for hours undisturbed?

I'm in the second camp. I can feel my gaze sinking into the depths of the blue, and it brings me great enjoyment. But if you're in the first camp, it won't matter how much you love the setting, you're never going to love the stone. And in that case it would be better to return it, unless you want to add a new resetting project to your queue.
 
Is it too dark for you?

Will you look at it, think it's too dark and leave it in the box, like you're doing with the band?

Or will you look at it and feel like you can stare at that deep blue for hours undisturbed?

I'm in the second camp. I can feel my gaze sinking into the depths of the blue, and it brings me great enjoyment. But if you're in the first camp, it won't matter how much you love the setting, you're never going to love the stone. And in that case it would be better to return it, unless you want to add a new resetting project to your queue.

Thanks for the input. :) I like that you find enjoyment looking into your gemstones. I feel like my jewelry emotionally connects with me too.

I think I will give it a few days. I am kind of thinking of keeping it as my "bad mood ring" because it is pretty but dark. I had one that I lost years ago. It had "I hate everything" engraved on the inside of the shank. If I keep it, I will have it engraved with that.
 
I like it but do you like it? More important!!!

I would keep it but for completely different reasons. I have some giant monstrosities but have entered a new life stage where I may be needing more modest rings on certain days and I just love the look and price point of this ring so I’d definitely keep it and wear it lots.

You need to wear these things though! That’s always my test! Heck I even have things I don’t like but are so wearable!
 
I like it but do you like it? More important!!!

I would keep it but for completely different reasons. I have some giant monstrosities but have entered a new life stage where I may be needing more modest rings on certain days and I just love the look and price point of this ring so I’d definitely keep it and wear it lots.

You need to wear these things though! That’s always my test! Heck I even have things I don’t like but are so wearable!

You have such beautiful rings and good taste so hearing you say you like the way it looks is reassuring to me. Thank you!
 
I think it’s very beautiful too. I am also cautious about blue sapphires but I think the quality of the crystal really matters. If it looks like the pictures and has nice crystal so you can see internal flashes sometimes and depth to the color I would love it.
 
I think you’re making the right call to consider it for a few days. I also like my sapphires lighter but that is a good deal…
 
Oops I'm too late then. It's a pretty stone. The halo is kind of busy and the prongs are intrusive for a petite stone, imo.

But the sapphire looks very pretty!

I was thinking the opposite: keep it for the sapphire and maybe switch out the mounting?
 
This is ridiculous and irrational but your ring makes me want to make a yellow gold ballerina with a royal blue sapphire! My favourite bench will have a meltdown though! They have strong views about YG and blue sapphires and hate ballerina settings :lol:

I vote you keep the ring as is but wear it as a set with that band! OMG now I want a band too!!!! But they make me itch when they go all around……but you make me really want a band……
 
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