Dreamer_D
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Behold my tale of woe (it does have a happy ending though).
As some of you may recall, back in March of this year I purchased a star sapphire from Finewater Gems to set in a ring to celebrate my recent promotion to full professor. You can read the story here: Star Sapphire Ring Project
My sapphire was a lovely oval about 4ct and purplish-pink in color. Gary bought it in Sri Lanka during a buying trip as a favour to one of his buyers.
The star was very bold and showed itself with even the slightest hint of light.
I decided to set the gem locally because I didn’t feel like I had the stamina to go through the long-distance custom process again. It’s just so hard to communicate about design long distance. The local jewellers hand forged their rings in house and they had a sample in hand that I liked so I went for it.
Just four weeks later I had the ring in hand and I took photos to share here on PS.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get to enjoy my ring for very long. The very next day I noticed that the sapphire was damaged.
As some of you may recall, back in March of this year I purchased a star sapphire from Finewater Gems to set in a ring to celebrate my recent promotion to full professor. You can read the story here: Star Sapphire Ring Project
My sapphire was a lovely oval about 4ct and purplish-pink in color. Gary bought it in Sri Lanka during a buying trip as a favour to one of his buyers.
![IMG_0576.jpeg IMG_0576.jpeg](https://www.pricescope.com/community/data/attachments/907/907276-e0fbf4050d82d71a1c8c1a348665137c.jpg)
![IMG_0565.jpeg IMG_0565.jpeg](https://www.pricescope.com/community/data/attachments/907/907273-2fe7d382b1c45f5246928823d5f5c039.jpg)
The star was very bold and showed itself with even the slightest hint of light.
![IMG_0560.jpeg IMG_0560.jpeg](https://www.pricescope.com/community/data/attachments/907/907274-e39dc6e9aeb17b28adf702d1569f2572.jpg)
I decided to set the gem locally because I didn’t feel like I had the stamina to go through the long-distance custom process again. It’s just so hard to communicate about design long distance. The local jewellers hand forged their rings in house and they had a sample in hand that I liked so I went for it.
Just four weeks later I had the ring in hand and I took photos to share here on PS.
![IMG_0894.jpeg IMG_0894.jpeg](https://www.pricescope.com/community/data/attachments/907/907275-de1c010ccfc12ce72a5d63558b0fe856.jpg)
Unfortunately, I didn’t get to enjoy my ring for very long. The very next day I noticed that the sapphire was damaged.