small stones for stacking rings

[LtlFirecracker]

I love the stacking rings that have been posted over the last few days and would love to create a few as my next project. I think it would be fun and not quite as expensive as the previous projects I have done over the last 2 years.

I really want to find the stones myself and than get the setting made....it is more fun for me that way . I have looked everywhere online and have not found many great quality, small stones (3-5 mm). The few I have found are sold as soon as they are put up. I work all day, and waiting for a site to post new stones is not really an option for me.

Any suggestions on the best way to go about this? I am pretty open to the type of stone assuming it is hard enough to be in a ring. I love shades of pink, purple, blue and green.

Thanks .

 

[Harriet]

Not many retailers carry melee. Your best bet would be to call your dealer and ask him or her to get you a parcel from a wholesaler.

 

[arjunajane]

Hey there, I bought a small violet spinel from John B at gemrite - 0.35ct, which is about right for the stacking rings you are talking about. Last time I checked he still had a couple round that size, plus they''re cheap

I will most likely have it set in a rose gold stack ring, one I become un-lazy enough to post it to Canada during the hols, lol !
Seeing as they''re all custom jobs, you can pretty much do whatever sizes you want - they certainly don''t need to be as small as melee.

hope you find what you want !

 

[Fly Girl]

I have been looking for similar smaller stones. I picked up a chrome red garnet (ant hill) from Gene at Precision Gem recently, and a small blue sapphire from Barry Bridgestock at ACStones. I think from reading what Barry had to say, is that he is interested in cutting more of these smaller size stones.

 

[katiedid]

I just bought 2 4mm sapphires from Simply Sapphires. They''re gorgeous and reasonable.

 

[innerkitten]

That sounds like a fun project. I do see stones between 4 and 5mm on some of the sites. Have you checked mountlilygems? I think they have some small sapphires. Gemrite has a couple of small stones too.

 

[LtlFirecracker]

Well, I just saw the suggestions you all have....I just got ofg of 30 stressful hours in an intensive care unit....that will be one of my more memorable nights of residency....glad to come back here and forget about it for a few minutes.

Harriet...I was thinking about doing that, my sapphire ring needs a re-plating...maybe a 2 in one trip???.

Fly Girl...I saw that sapphire you bought and clicked on it and saw it was sold, than came on here and saw that you grabbed it....glad it went to a pricescoper. I am glad to hear that Berry is interested in cutting more of those stones . I would love to see more pics of that blue beauty.

arjunajane, katiedid, and interkittin: All places i have not looked at closly. Thanks for the suggestions. I will check all of them out.

 

[Kelli]

I saw some small pretties on the gemrite site too.