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I purchased a pinky purple spinel off eBay last year. The purchase included some diamond and spinel earrings. I eyed the ring forever as spinel rings don’t come up often on eBay - but the photos were terrible so it took me a while to convince myself to pull the trigger.
Here is one of the listing photos.
When she came I was pleasantly surprised. The stone on the ring (not as much in the earrings but those were extra anyways lol) was vivid and bright. Well cut. The setting was clearly a conversion as the ring head was a pendant in a previous life. Either way. I knew she was a keeper.
I had planned to reset it eventually but the setting wasn’t terrible for a while I left it as is.
I finally sent it to dk with a completely different idea. I had planned a lot of metal floral designs in tri color gold. But a number of lovely ladies pointed out it was a bit “black hill gold” and we went a different direction.
After unsettling the stone it turned out to be 3.67 cts. I sold the setting and I kept the earrings as they are quite cute when I load my ear up with gold.
After selling the setting- the spinel was essentially free.
Here are a few iterations of my cad- as I think it helps people to see the process. I messed with the shank a bit to get exactly the petal design I was after. I also couldn’t decide between e/w and n/s. I decided on e/w
This was the first idea
The initial idea
The finished idea
I received the final photos today. I will share in a SMTB thread when she’s home. The stones are set in his antique 18k gold to match my antique 22ct band and the halo stones are old cuts totaling 1.76 cts
Here is one of the listing photos.
When she came I was pleasantly surprised. The stone on the ring (not as much in the earrings but those were extra anyways lol) was vivid and bright. Well cut. The setting was clearly a conversion as the ring head was a pendant in a previous life. Either way. I knew she was a keeper.
I had planned to reset it eventually but the setting wasn’t terrible for a while I left it as is.
I finally sent it to dk with a completely different idea. I had planned a lot of metal floral designs in tri color gold. But a number of lovely ladies pointed out it was a bit “black hill gold” and we went a different direction.
After unsettling the stone it turned out to be 3.67 cts. I sold the setting and I kept the earrings as they are quite cute when I load my ear up with gold.
After selling the setting- the spinel was essentially free.
Here are a few iterations of my cad- as I think it helps people to see the process. I messed with the shank a bit to get exactly the petal design I was after. I also couldn’t decide between e/w and n/s. I decided on e/w
This was the first idea
The initial idea
The finished idea
I received the final photos today. I will share in a SMTB thread when she’s home. The stones are set in his antique 18k gold to match my antique 22ct band and the halo stones are old cuts totaling 1.76 cts
this is just SO gorgeous! Wow what a fabulous find and gorgeous reset!
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