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This little topaz has been sitting in mum''s jewellery box for years. My grandmother bought me a ring for my 13th birthday that had this stone in it. It fell out not long after, and I thought I''d lost it, and had it replaced. I was sad that I couldn''t replace it with one the same shade of blue, but managed to get one I liked. A few days later I found the original stone on the floor of the car! Not long after my birthday my grandmother, who I was extremely close to, suddenly and unexpectedly passed away in her sleep at the age of 66, so quite young. So there''s sentimentality attached to this stone for both of us, so I decided to have it set for mum for her birthday, which is on Valentine''s Day. We''re surprising her with dinner at a local winery and the set stone!

The stone is nothing flash, really, but a very pretty baby blue and quite sparkly. Mum adores classic, fine solitaire settings, and I managed to find this premade one online. My jeweller set it for me, and there she is! Mum hates it whenever we buy her gifts for her birthday, so at least I can argue that she already had this one
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I''m sure she''ll really like it.

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The setting is 14ct yellow gold, and a decent quaility for what I paid for it!

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Side view:

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Another:

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The band isn't scratched like it appears in this pic, I think I got food on it because I was eating while I took the pix
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Must rectify that.

Sorry these are so dark, it's almost midnight here!

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What a stroke of luck to find the original stone!
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Enjoy the stone. There is a lot of emotion and sentimentality behind it.
 

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Very pretty, what a nice find!
 

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How pretty! What a lovely birthday present for your mother.
 

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It''s a very pretty stone and I really like the setting. It''s a lovely sentimental piece that your mother is sure to love!
 

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How wonderful that you found the original stone. What a pretty sentimental piece that she is going to love!
 

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I love yellow gold settings! It is so sweet of you to put this ring together for your mom, it is beautiful
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What a sweet thing for you to do! And it''s a beautiful ring!
 

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That is a very special ring. Your mom is going to really love it!
 

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That is a lovely stone and setting, I''m sure she will love it!

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Fly Girl

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Lovely little topaz ring. Your mom is going to be quite pleased!
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Very pretty ring and I am so glad you found it. I am sure your mom will treasure it.
 

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What a sweet gift! Your mum will love it:)
 

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Beautiful - what a sweet present for your mum
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What a sweet story! I''m so sorry you lost your grandmother. I bet your mother will be touched by that gift!
 

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Thankyou so much for your lovely words Chrono, tourmaline_lover, Kismet, Catmom, cushioncutnut, whitetulips, Brown.Eyed.Girl, mochi, got2goldens, Fly Girl, marcyc, Kelli, AmberGretchen and glitterata!! You are all too kind
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