HELP morganite rose gold engagement ring

[Portia00]

Hi all,

desperately in need of some advice! FH and I are off to purchase my engagement ring tomorrow after spending today meeting with various jewellers. The ring that I cannot stop thinking about is rose gold, halo set diamonds with a morganite stone as the centre piece. I absolutely love it but the jeweller has done her utmost to deter me from buying it as an every day ring, insisting that it is not a durable enough design.

Although I know a diamond would be more hardy I am unsure wether she is mainly so insistent as my alternative choice is £5000 pricier! I have found mixed info online as to wether a morganite stone in a thinnish rose gold band will withstand normal every day wear.

Would love to hear your thoughts, on the durability of the design below!

Thank you!

 

[RTFrog]

Hi Portia00,

As someone who designed a morganite e-ring, I'm not sure it would be durable for every single day wear. While the bezel set will help protect it, Beryl's are often not perfect for everyday, 24 hour rings. I made an asscher morganite in rose gold, and it has held up very well - but is only worn casually.

The one you attached the picture from is priced at $2250 us - which also seems a bit high. If it is this one found here: http://www.astleyclarke.com/us/14-carat-rose-gold-morganite-and-diamond-ring-d29620

I found a very similar one at Etsy for much less: http://www.etsy.com/listing/153238054/single-halo-14k-rose-gold-8mm-morganite?ref=sr_gallery_16&ga_search_query=morganite+engagement+round&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery

I'm not sure about your timeframe, but there are other options and choices that may help. Pastel pink sapphires or spinels are harder and may work.

Depending on your budget, I would make this a secondary engagement ring - or a colored stone engagement ring for casual but not everyday wear. Plus, there seems like other vendors offer a very similar product for much less. Hopefully I have not deterred you from that particular ring, as it is very nice (however I'm not aware if it has precision faceting), but there are multiple other options out there that may work. Good luck with the hunt!

 

[RedSpinel]

I agree that a small Morganite in a 14k diamond ring with .25cts of diamonds is a bit too expensive for $2,200. Look at it this way. I would price the semi mount ring at roughly $600-$700 give or take(with just .25cts dias) at todays gold prices, because its a thin, lightweight ring. That means the Morganite is being sold for around $1,500 for a very small Morganite in the common salmon-peach pink color. Thats too high. I watched a wonderful 16.33ct, deeply saturated peach-pink Morganite sell for $900 earlier today, and it was cut in a perfect Portuguese round cut, with zero eye visible inclusions and among the best luster and brilliance I've seen in Morganite. Then you could buy a nice semi mount with at least .50 cts or diamonds for $1,000- $1,300 and you'd be in the same price range as here^.

The point is that Morganites can be had without spending a bank, and you can get big ones too! Also, nice semi mounts can be had as well, meaning that for $2,200 you should be able to get a large, blazing Morganite in a nice ring mount.

 

[FrekeChild]

Here you go:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/172506298/2-carat-precision-cut-padparadscha?ref=shop_home_active_2

https://www.etsy.com/listing/161467708/untreated-peach-pink-sapphire-in-rose?ref=shop_home_active_15

https://www.etsy.com/listing/172515...ion-peachy-pink-spinel?ref=shop_home_active_3

https://www.etsy.com/listing/161662...f-peachy-pink-sapphire?ref=shop_home_active_3

Spinel, and especially sapphire ARE hardy enough for every day wear, so long as you're careful and take the ring off when doing strenuous things with your hand. I would not suggest a Morganite for an engagement ring for reasons mentioned above, although I've been seeing them EVERYWHERE lately. Also, Morganite is a pretty cheap stone, so that particular ring has a lot of profit built into it.

All of the above rings are cheaper than the one you posted, and I think they'd all be great stones with the same look as what you want in a Morganite.

Good luck!

 

[Niel]

Here you go:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/172506298/2-carat-precision-cut-padparadscha?ref=shop_home_active_2

https://www.etsy.com/listing/161467708/untreated-peach-pink-sapphire-in-rose?ref=shop_home_active_15

https://www.etsy.com/listing/172515...ion-peachy-pink-spinel?ref=shop_home_active_3

https://www.etsy.com/listing/161662...f-peachy-pink-sapphire?ref=shop_home_active_3

Spinel, and especially sapphire ARE hardy enough for every day wear, so long as you're careful and take the ring off when doing strenuous things with your hand. I would not suggest a Morganite for an engagement ring for reasons mentioned above, although I've been seeing them EVERYWHERE lately. Also, Morganite is a pretty cheap stone, so that particular ring has a lot of profit built into it.

All of the above rings are cheaper than the one you posted, and I think they'd all be great stones with the same look as what you want in a Morganite.

Good luck!

I was thinking if you had time to have the ring made ...

this spinel

https://www.etsy.com/listing/167281879/precision-cut-ceylon-peachy-pink-spinel?ref=shop_home_active_5

would be lovely in this setting (i prefer the print vs mil grained bezel, or keep the bezel and remove the milgraining)

https://www.etsy.com/listing/167673918/custom-design-legacy-inspired-diamond?ref=shop_home_active_7

 

[JewelFreak]

The first one linked by Freke is a beautiful ring. Looks like the sapphire is the color you want & it's much much more durable than morganite for an e-ring. I'd go for that one in nanoseconds. Before somebody else does!

 

[endless_summer]

Yes, +1! That first ring that FrekeChild linked is quite beautiful, nice color, and it looks like the stone is well cut - for an e-ring, if sapphire is a choice, I would definitely go for it over morganite - as pretty as morganite is, the durability of a sapphire would be well worth it for me

 

[digdeep]

Just a clarification...........the first ring I see on the list is a "padparadscha" peachy pink spinel.......not sapphire. Just a clarification as spinel seems to have been lost with the term "pad" used in the description.