I''m Getting Overwhelmed...Help!

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Date: 12/22/2009 7:47:11 PM
Author: Nacre
Hi Phoenix!

I think you should go for the Morganite.

There are less durability issues with Morganite than with Tourmaline as Morganite is a Beryl, like Aqua, and is actually quite durable at 7 1/2 to 8! Tourmaline is softer at 7-71/2.

Morganite is a great stone, exactly the colour you are looking for, lovely high lustre an are usually very clean.

You are going to pay a lot more for a sapph at that colour, but sapphs are much harder for an engagement ring.

Happy hunting!

Yes morganite suits in terms of color, but it''s questionable if morganite of that size would show any hint of color.

 

[Bella_mezzo]

That''s going to be a gorgeous ring

My first choice would be to contact a cutter like Jeff White (I

his stones).

Here are some already cut options if you prefer, though I''m not sure how low you want the budget to be so there''s a wide range

. Also, I wasn''t sure if you preferred unheated or if heated was ok. (My e-ring is a sapphire, I didn''t mind about heating, but my DH did, so he got my unheated sapphire at the natural sapphire company.)

These are both vendors who I''ve known people to get some beautiful stones from, if you call them and ask about specific stones they''ll ....

http://www.thenaturalsapphirecompany.com/Sapphires/Pink/P2308/Round/stoneid=P2308

http://www.thenaturalsapphirecompany.com/Sapphires/Pink/P2296/Round/stoneid=P2296

http://www.simplysapphires.com/html/imagespink2006/pinkr107-sm.html

For what it''s worth though, IMO I think Morganite is fine for e-rings as long as you aren''t super rough with your hands.