Poll - what stone replacement?

[PreRaphaelite]

Please help me be less confused and lost!


These are vintage earrings, two-tone 14k and sold to me as blue topaz surrounded by white sapphire.

5.6-5.8mm center stones but the setting will accommodate up to about 6mm easily.

But after a year of not wearing them, I’m either replacing the center stones or moving on. I do love them, but Blue Topaz doesn’t move my soul.

I’m leaning toward inexpensive opal or moonstone but very open to suggestion! Tell me what to do?

 

[PreRaphaelite]

Here are some tests:

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

im gonna go out on a limb and say onyn because onyx deserves some love

edit but i do actually like the blue topaz

 

[PreRaphaelite]

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

its the colour
but i love that random bead
is their a gemstone that colour ?

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

MooooOooooOoooooooonstone, I have a thing for moonstone.

 

[PreRaphaelite]

So far in the poll, moonstone is winning!

@Daisys and Diamonds the random bead is aventurine but it sort of looks like Jade or Jadeite to me.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

now that i remembered to vote two for onyx

 

[YadaYadaYada]

I voted moonstone or amethyst but I think moonstones would look gorgeous so they are my first pick.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

As we say here Go Black !



(because black is our national colour)

 

[PreRaphaelite]

As we say here Go Black !



(because black is our national colour)

I had to look up your team and came across this from Rhys Darby and so enjoyed this video!

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

I had to look up your team and came across this from Rhys Darby and so enjoyed this video!

thank you

i think a really nice thing about an internet community is learning about others

this is actually a thing
see down here we have our maps with the Pacific ocean in the middle

and nice to have things other than covid to think about

 

[Mreader]

Don’t hate me haha I think the blue looks the best!

 

[lambskin]

I would go with a royal purple amethyst

 

[prs]

Don’t hate me haha I think the blue looks the best!

Me too, except I would change out the stones to well cut blue zircons.

That would turn those earrings into something really special.

 

[yssie]

My 3c…

Not coral. There’s very little that could beat out your vintage carved roses, if you convert those [back?] to earrings.

Not blue. Because I think if you wanted blue… You would be wearing these more often regardless of specific shade of blue or type of gemstone.

Not moonstone. Personal preference. I think moonstone looks best with something sort of back plate that acts as a foil back, and that’s a lot more conversion work than just popping a new pair of stones in.

Not opal, only because you already have opal studs!

Not pearl for the same reason as moonstone - more work needed to retrofit the mounts than just popping a new pair of faceted gemstones in.

I’m loving the idea of bright turquoise - both because I think it’d be fab in this style and because I think it could play nicely in a few of your capsules

 

[RunningwithScissors]

Did you decide what to do?

I'm late to the party, but what about deep, rich garnets?

If garnets are a no, then I'd vote angel skin coral or turquoise.

 

[OdetteOdile]

It might be a bit of an unusual choice, but would you consider lapis? The color of lapis would look beautiful on you and against your hair.

 

[PreRaphaelite]

I ordered a few packets of cabochons (see pic below from amazon listing), and while none of them matched well enough to use, I like the idea. This is still a pending project and the topaz are still intact. I also considered just leaving them without a center stone and using them as jackets, but decided against it. I believe Angelskin Coral, Moonstone, Lapis, stabilised Turquoise, and Citrine are the strongest contenders, all cabochons.

Will update!

 

[maita13]

Another vote here for old cut blue zircon, and a close second is the moonstone.