My fiancee and I had been looking for a pink sapphire for a while and finally settled on having something cut by Precision Gem. The stone ended up being something completely different from what we originally had in mind when we started our search, but we both absolutely adore it. The experience was wonderful and it was really excellent to be able to see photos of the rough material to choose from before we committed to having something cut. The resulting stone is gorgeous and shows a great variety of color from deep red/orange flashes to vibrant pink to a very slight lavender hue depending on the lighting. It came from a primarily Ruby area, so I guess depending on the lab it might be considered either a ruby or a sapphire. I plan to have it graded/assessed locally here soon.
Here''s the info from Gene, who cut the stone:
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The stone is an unheated, no treatment pink sapphire from Lake Baringo Kenya area.
The weight is 1.32 cts. and it measures 7.38 x 5.35 mm.
I have it graded as:
Color: 10 (of 10)
Clarity: 8 (of 10 - Eye Clean)
Brilliance: 5 (of 5)
Total Quality Rating: 9.3 (of 10)
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We had been very interested in an antique band but were having problems finding something we liked that would be appropriate for the stone, so after a lengthy search we ended up finding a semi-local company in Harrisonburg, VA that will cast platinum on special order from original early 1900''s molds and we decided on a very beautiful open filigree piece. It was a little tricky and our jeweler had to request a couple of different white gold samples for us to see what would be best with the stone as they only cast at specific stone sizes (whatever they have for each mold in each style).
We just got the ring from our jeweler at the end of last week and she can''t stop staring at it, it''s pretty hilarious. These photos were taken the night we got it under somewhat dim fluorescent light and the stone is a bit lighter and more toward the truer pink end of things in natural sunlight. This color is pretty true to indoor artificial light in our house.
Here''s the info from Gene, who cut the stone:
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The stone is an unheated, no treatment pink sapphire from Lake Baringo Kenya area.
The weight is 1.32 cts. and it measures 7.38 x 5.35 mm.
I have it graded as:
Color: 10 (of 10)
Clarity: 8 (of 10 - Eye Clean)
Brilliance: 5 (of 5)
Total Quality Rating: 9.3 (of 10)
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We had been very interested in an antique band but were having problems finding something we liked that would be appropriate for the stone, so after a lengthy search we ended up finding a semi-local company in Harrisonburg, VA that will cast platinum on special order from original early 1900''s molds and we decided on a very beautiful open filigree piece. It was a little tricky and our jeweler had to request a couple of different white gold samples for us to see what would be best with the stone as they only cast at specific stone sizes (whatever they have for each mold in each style).
We just got the ring from our jeweler at the end of last week and she can''t stop staring at it, it''s pretty hilarious. These photos were taken the night we got it under somewhat dim fluorescent light and the stone is a bit lighter and more toward the truer pink end of things in natural sunlight. This color is pretty true to indoor artificial light in our house.
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