So my bf hates diamonds and the whole industry--even the conflict free canada ones. I have accepted that I am not getting a diamond e-ring and we agree on a sapphire. I wear a 1.25 ct round solitaire diamond around my neck that is almost 7 mm in diameter (not to spite him but bc it was a gift from my parents)...so the sapphire on the e-ring will have to be bigger than that. The budget will probably be $8000. It will be a square or round sapphire solitaire--no diamonds decorating it. The thing is--I haven''t seen those kinds of rings sold anywhere: everything I have seen is either surrounded by diamonds or seems too cheap to be real (ie those $59 loose sapphire deals you see on some websites). How do we go about getting that? Do we go to a jeweler and ask him/her to guide us through the whole process of buying a loose stone and setting it?
Any advice would be much much appreciated.
Any advice would be much much appreciated.