opinion aquamarine/tsavorite/blue-green tourmaline

[Mlunzer]

Hi,

I would like to get a present for my wife. I would like to have the four birthstones of our family in a bezel setting as stacking rings. The stones should be round and between 5-7mm. The gems are amethyst (already bought), aquamarine, blue-green tourmaline and tsavorite. I found really nice contact to source the stones and to design the rings.

I am new in the gemstone world and need your opinion for the first selection. I would like to have nie color, saturation and cut. What do you think, should I replace any? Happy to get a lot of feedback regarding color, cut, windows...

Ciao Chris

 

[Desertrose]

Other than the amethyst, I can't say the others really stand out. Perhaps the photos are not great. I do notice that the middle blue stone (aqua?) looks either included or smudged. The left stone (tourmaline?) appears not perfectly round, but a setting may cover that.

My main concern would be how similar in color these stones are...there's not a lot of contrast or "pop" between them. That may be a positive or negative thing for your wife, but is something to be aware of.

Do you know what metal you are using for the settings?

 

[Mlunzer]

Hi, thx for your feedback. The left is a tourmaline, the middle the aqua and the right the tsavorite. The setting will be in white gold. The colors should be not a contrast, it should get from purple to blue, to blue-green and than to green. Green and blue are the favorite colors of my wife. Red, orange and yellow are least prefered.

 

[Tourmaline]

Since you are going to the effort of custom pieces, you can do a lot better than those three stones. They are not well cut, and they are dark but not very saturated. What is your budget for each stone? High quality tsavorites are very costly. What metal will the rings be made from?

 

[chrono]

The 3 stones are nice but rather ordinary looking (very muted). It is difficult to comment on quality without knowing the budget (could be fair for what you paid, a good deal, or overpriced). All the pictures are also not taken straight on (looking down the table), making it difficult to evaluate the cut properly.

 

[Mlunzer]

ok, thanks. I am looking for extraordinary AAA stones, not very muted ones. The stones are just an offer. I have no specific budget but the tourmaline is quoted 200, the aquamarine 300 and the tsavorite 750. The aqua should be blue or seafoam and the tourmaline blue/green (more into green). Pls see the picture of the logo for the color I am looking for the tourmaline. It must not be a 100% fit.

I searched the recommended PS dealers, but it is quite difficult to find round ones between 5mm-6mm... Any idea where to find some?

 

[Mlunzer]

the stones should be in a bezel white gold setting. I attached an example. I found an additional pic, same stones just the aquamarine is different...

 

[Mlunzer]

sorry forgot the additional pic... butI fear it will not change the judgement. I would be happy to see alternatives... btw the bezel setting in the picture was not in white gold, but my wife prefers white gold. We will get it custom made. Ciao Christian.

 

[chrono]

A, AA, AAA, AAAA, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA is a general in-house grading. There is no uniform standard as to what each category represents.

http://www.customgemstones.com
Dan doesn't have what you want in stock at the moment but most of the stones he cuts are rounds and tends to be in the size that you are looking for. I would reach out to him to find out what he might have for you.

 

[Mlunzer]

thanks for the link. I just said AAA to say I would like high quality. I just now it from the rating agencies where AAA is the best quality. What can I say alternativly to express a very good cut, color and saturation?

 

[chroman]

Over in you tourmaline thread i noticed you were considering cushions too. Here's a tsav cushion I saw to throw into the mix
https://www.etsy.com/listing/257443...orite-garnet-gemstone?ref=shop_home_active_42

 

[chroman]

Another tsavorite to throw into the mix:
https://loupetroop.com/listings/loo.../0-dot-79-ct-round-tsavorite-garnet-5-dot-8mm

 

[pregcurious]

The colors of your 3 blue/green stones are not saturated. I would look for colors that are more intense, and contrast with each other.

Have you considered pink tourmaline? It would look very pretty with the amethyst. Africagems sometimes has coupons.
http://www.africagems.com/calibrated-pink-tourmaline-round.html

 

[Mlunzer]

Hi thx for the feedback. I will look for alternatives which are more saturated and have more contrast just pink is a color my wife do not like. But I am discussing more red alternatives. I opened a new post to find a tourmaline. Ciao Christian