How to set a chrome tourmaline

[gingercurls]

Hi everyone! Its been a long while since I last started a thread and this time I am coming seeking some setting advice. I recently purchased a chrome tourmaline from Jeff Davies. I am generally not a fan of green or tourmaline but something about the color in Jeff’s video grabbed my attention and when I first saw it in person, the stone really exceeded my expectations. It is a bright and vivid green that is quite dispersive and it is around 9.5 mm in diameter.

The vivid green color is a departure from what I usually go for and I am struggling with ideas for how to set it. I am open to either a ring or a pendant but don’t know what metal color would be best and I want to do some smaller colored stone accents in this piece. I was thinking that vivid red melee stones, like spinel, would nicely compliment the color, but I’m not sure. If anyone has advice or wants to show pictures of their chrome tourmalines that have been set that would be wonderful!

 

[elle_71125]

Oh, how exciting! I love setting projects.
I think red spinel melee may bring it over to the Christmas side of things. If that's what you like than I say go for it! If not, what about a vivid pink?

 

[theredspinel]

Chrome Tourmaline is a rare, gemstone quality variety of chromium-bearing green dravite. This color of chrome tourmaline is so intense that high-quality stones are found only in smaller sizes. Chrome Tourmalines over two karats tend to be dark and overcolored, and larger specimens with a brighter color, such as those shown above, are rare and valuable. http://sleepdelivered.com/purple-mattress-review-in-a-class-of-its-own/

What?!

 

[Bluegemz]

Lovely! Personally, I would go for a rose or yellow gold, or possibly a cool based green gold for a more monochromatic look. I can imagine also yellow gems around, or just a few small diamonds.

 

[elle_71125]

What?!

Troll. I reported them already.

 

[gingercurls]

That is a very good point about it becoming Christmas-y with red side stones, Elle! I have attached another photo that is more accurate in terms of the stone's color.

 

[elle_71125]

That is a very good point about it becoming Christmas-y with red side stones, Elle! I have attached another photo that is more accurate in terms of the stone's color.

God, that's gorgeous!!!

 

[thorstedswife]

I am not exactly sure if mine is chrome but it is the deep green color I have mine set in 18k white gold . Good luck

 

[elle_71125]

Have you made any decisions @gingercurls?

 

[mahaha]

Oh wow, nice! I was thinking about grabbing it. Seems like it is still on his website? Congrats, it's a really nice stone!

For this size, I think it would be great on a pendant. I think white metal/diamonds is pretty safe. To be more fun, what about paraiba tourmalines? Red would definitely give it more pop, but I think it would be too christmas-y.