Pandora II
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movie zombie|1296519272|2838713 said:Pandora, gotta love your grandmother: 1-she still remembers the ring as it was when it was given to her i'm betting and 2-sometimes it is a blessing for older eyes to be viewing a beloved object......
so, the color stone e-ring thing: apparently its in your DNA?!
MoZo
back on topic: alex is certainly pricey....i'm glad i'm not that smitten. i've seen a nice piece but not stellar and even that came with a really big price tag. nice piece = at a high end jeweler that knew high end gems.
The centre stone was originally an opal... bet you can guess how long that lasted!
Must be the DNA:
Maternal Grandmother - opal with 4 OEC side-stones. (Opal replaced with icky sapphire - icky before she recut it all by herself). Although when I spoke to her the other day she was asking if I could get it replaced for her. It's an odd shaped ring and the sapphire is in a bezel and is marquise shaped so it will a bugger to reset. As she's nearly 90 and no longer up to bashing her bling around I may suggest we go for another opal as it would be easier to cut to fit than a sapphire - and would be her original ring again.
Paternal Grandmother - stunning emerald with rb side-stones (OEC's possibly). My grandfather designed a lot of jewellery for her and she has some amazing pieces. I'm sort of hoping that she might leave me her e-ring...
Mother - blue sapphire 3 stone with two 5 pointers between each sapphire. Ring she currently wears (father gave it to ex-FI and then to my mother for 1st anniversary) - beautiful royal blue oval sapphire with 0.30ct OEC side-stones.
Sister - Oval blue sapphire with rb side-stones.
Cousin 1: pink sapphire with diamond halo
Cousin 2: Oval aquamarine with tapered baguettes (although she smashed up the aqua so badly it's had 3 recuts and now she only wears it for special occasions!)
Can't remember what my 3 aunts have but I'm pretty sure that they're all coloured stones. Only person I know of in my family with a diamond e-ring is my brother's wife...
Oh freewheelin, thanks for the 'condolences' on my poor wounded ring! I'm not actually very worried as I knew I'd probably need a repolish every 5-10 years unless I was very lucky and I know some great cutters who will happily do it for me. The PITA is having to have it reset afterwards - double claw prongs don't care for being bent about!