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Brilliant_Rock
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Hi, lovely PSers! I wanted to get a sapphire for a sterling bezel RHR (e.g. http://www.etsy.com/listing/110514409/green-tourmaline-ring-sterling-silver ) and have been mulling over the many color choices. I considered a padparadscha for an engagement ring stone a while ago, and have always loved that color. But jeepers, it's expensive to get a good, natural and unheated one (and my budget for this stone is about $500), in a carat size appropriate for about a 6-7mm band width.
I bought this sapphire from www.planetarygems.com (kind of mixed PS reviews, I know, and fewer reviews than I'd expect for a seller of natural/unheated stones!); here's its website photo and description:
It looks like a gentle pad, doesn't it? Sweet and sparkly and gently orangey pink? That's just the color I wanted, more pink than orange, and not in-your-face.
Then, I played in PhotoShop a little and came up with how I'd set it -- the setting above (that Etsy artist works with customers' stones), with a yellow or rose gold bezel and maybe some pretty milgrain (which, I know, looks yucky in the picture -- try to use your imagination!). This image is fairly well-scaled to my ring size.
So, going off the photo more than the description, I got a stone that looks more like the description than the photo. Of course. I didn't pay $480, but close.
In person, it's a pretty light pink color without much orange modifier at all. (These photos were taken on a background that's sort of a greyish Tiffany blue.)
It does have a pretty big window when tilted.
So, my questions are...
1. Well, what do you think? This is my first time seeing a non-blue sapphire of any description in person, unset.
2. Is this a normal window, or a bad one?
3. Would the window close if bezeled?
4. Could I encourage it toward a more pad color with a YG bezel (maybe even 22k)?
I think I like the stone. (I don't LOVE it, but I'm not sure I can find the pad of my dreams for $500. ) If the window mostly closes when set and a yellow gold bezel brings out just a little more orange, I think it'd be what I was looking for! I'd love to hear your thoughts -- thanks in advance.
I bought this sapphire from www.planetarygems.com (kind of mixed PS reviews, I know, and fewer reviews than I'd expect for a seller of natural/unheated stones!); here's its website photo and description:
It looks like a gentle pad, doesn't it? Sweet and sparkly and gently orangey pink? That's just the color I wanted, more pink than orange, and not in-your-face.
Then, I played in PhotoShop a little and came up with how I'd set it -- the setting above (that Etsy artist works with customers' stones), with a yellow or rose gold bezel and maybe some pretty milgrain (which, I know, looks yucky in the picture -- try to use your imagination!). This image is fairly well-scaled to my ring size.
So, going off the photo more than the description, I got a stone that looks more like the description than the photo. Of course. I didn't pay $480, but close.
In person, it's a pretty light pink color without much orange modifier at all. (These photos were taken on a background that's sort of a greyish Tiffany blue.)
It does have a pretty big window when tilted.
So, my questions are...
1. Well, what do you think? This is my first time seeing a non-blue sapphire of any description in person, unset.
2. Is this a normal window, or a bad one?
3. Would the window close if bezeled?
4. Could I encourage it toward a more pad color with a YG bezel (maybe even 22k)?
I think I like the stone. (I don't LOVE it, but I'm not sure I can find the pad of my dreams for $500. ) If the window mostly closes when set and a yellow gold bezel brings out just a little more orange, I think it'd be what I was looking for! I'd love to hear your thoughts -- thanks in advance.