Settings for pink spinel, green tourmaline & citrine? Help!

[mochiko42]

So, I recently made my very first purchase of loose gemstones and now want to decide how to set them so I can "study" them safely all day long.. I am a pretty clumsy person, so I'm thinking that it might be safer to halo or bezel the stones. Any suggestions on what to do that could be a simple yet sturdy ring setting? I'm not in a hurry to set them but it's nice to start thinking about it!

Here are the details:

1. Pink Namya spinel cushion, 1.5ct, 6.5 x 6 x 4.5 mm deep - lively and fiery despite a few inclusions near the girdle,could be covered by prong or bezel, or offset by halo (?)
2. Green tourmaline from Afghanistan, 3.11 ct, 8.7 x 6.6 mm deep, Portuguese RB - very sparkly!
3. Brazilian Citrine, Portuguese oval, 5.34 ct, 12.7 x 11.9 x 7.8 mm deep - clean. not that sparkly except in sunlight (looks more brown than gold in standard office lighting) but has nice color overall for the price..


My initial thoughts:

Spinel - maybe in 14k rose gold with a simple milgrain bezel with rope band? Or...... ? I would like to cover or minimize the inclusions.

Tourmaline - 14k yellow gold in a simple bezel ring, I kinda want to halo this one with white zircon but do you folks think that it may seem like a bit too busy since it's already a Portuguese-cut tourmaline? I guess my main priority would be to provide sufficient protection as it will be in a ring.

Citrine - it's kinda big... not sure if I should put it in a pendant, ring, or just hold off on it for now. no idea what to do with it.. maybe a cocktail ring..?

I would welcome any suggestions for settings that would help these stones really "pop" yet provide more protection. Thanks in advance for any advice!

 

[dk168]

Re: Settings for pink spinel, green tourmaline & citrine? He

Issue with bezel setting is that they usually cost more due to the need to be custom-made, unless the stone is a calibrated size,

However, the upside of bezel setting is that they provide better protection to the stones.

How about tension setting by the likes of Boone Rings instead of bezel-set? The spinel would look lovely in his Helix setting.

Or try semi-mounts from the following list, cut and paste from the CS Recommended Vendor thread:

Ebay Setting Vendors
American Set - http://myworld.ebay.com/americanset/?_trksid=p4340.l2559
Lan.bo4 - http://www.ebay.com/sch/lan.bo4/m.html
diamondmounts - http://myworld.ebay.com/diamondmounts/
jewe2004 - http://stores.ebay.com/jewe2004
LOGR (Lord of Gem Rings) - http://stores.ebay.com/Lord-of-Gem-Rings

DK

 

[mochiko42]

Re: Settings for pink spinel, green tourmaline & citrine? He

Thanks so much for the suggestions. I will look into it!

 

[redwood66]

Re: Settings for pink spinel, green tourmaline & citrine? He

Those are lovely! I like bezel settings but DK is right about the need for custom if they are not exact. Love yellow gold with that tourm!