Stones that are appropriate for full eternity bands

[annadragon]

I was thinking about a full eternity style band with tsavorites, tourmalines, well with green stuff In this setting Annette''s U-Prong or something similar. Additionally, I wanted a veritable rainbow of green from mossy, grassy, limey, olivey.
I e-mailed Barry asking about this and he said he doesn''t cut for this style and advised against stones with a hardness <8 MOH.
Has anyone put stones softer than 8 in this style of setting? What were your results? Are emeralds my only choice for green, 8 MOH stones?

Anna

 

[Kismet]

Chrysoberyls, but I think they're tougher to find in green than in yellow or brown.

eta: or you could hunt down green sapphires.

 

[chrono]

I would not do garnets (tsavorite) or emeralds. Emerald is a vanadium/chromium bearing green beryl and would be a poor choice as an eternity ring. Your best bet is sapphires.

 

[annadragon]

Darn it! What is it with me, green stones and settings that just won''t work with what I pick?!?!?

Kismet I will search out some chrysoberyls to see what is out there.
Chrono Thanks for the advisement against tsavorite as that was another option I was looking into.

Perhaps picking out impossible combinations is a sign

 

[chrono]

Garnets are perfectly fine in rings but not eternity rings because they tend to get a lot of abuse.

 

[oldmancoyote]

Ummm - irradiated green diamonds or olive green (brown-yellow-green in all sorts of combinations) can be relatively cheap and easy to source, particularly if you want variety of colour rather than consistency, and they are hard...

 

[ma re]

Vanadium chrysoberyl is the minty green variety (the regular one is similar to peridot). Alexandrite can be green, but only about half the time

Andalusite can also be green, but it tends to have some other colors mixed in as well. All of these are very durable stones, and green sapphires or diamonds were already mentioned, so there''s quite a few options. Although, I''m not sure which of these stones can be easily found in the size/shape you''re after. Good luck!

 

[Stone Hunter]

Well I love the setting and your idea is really neat. Maybe you''ll be able to mix green diamonds and green sapphires?

Good luck!