Miss Confused
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Nov 23, 2018
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Hi all,
Helping a friend to find an engagement ring and the lovely lady in question really wants a ruby. While I would be comfortable selecting modern cut diamonds from afar, coloured stones are an entirely different beast. Considering the extreme price differences due to nuance I am pushing for the couple to do some browsing and see the same stones IRL to be able to evaluate what they find attractive and what they can compromise on. The caveat is that they live in Sydney and I have no clue where to window shop or shop for that matter there. Any leads? Basically anywhere with a decent selection or at least a couple nice stones
If anyone has seen something that fits the following bill please do guide me in the right direction. And do let me know if we are living in La La land regarding budget haha. Budget is around the USD 10k mark for the stone but there is some flexibility. Current request is 1.xx ruby, colour is key and the wish is for as close to true red as possible (needs to work with clothes in bright reds as she wears that a lot, so no stones that appear pink in most lights), shape is very open as long as not heart shaped nor sharp corners, native cut is fine as long as its not too terrible, heat is fine, decent clarity aka clearer stone is preferred
Thank you!
Helping a friend to find an engagement ring and the lovely lady in question really wants a ruby. While I would be comfortable selecting modern cut diamonds from afar, coloured stones are an entirely different beast. Considering the extreme price differences due to nuance I am pushing for the couple to do some browsing and see the same stones IRL to be able to evaluate what they find attractive and what they can compromise on. The caveat is that they live in Sydney and I have no clue where to window shop or shop for that matter there. Any leads? Basically anywhere with a decent selection or at least a couple nice stones
If anyone has seen something that fits the following bill please do guide me in the right direction. And do let me know if we are living in La La land regarding budget haha. Budget is around the USD 10k mark for the stone but there is some flexibility. Current request is 1.xx ruby, colour is key and the wish is for as close to true red as possible (needs to work with clothes in bright reds as she wears that a lot, so no stones that appear pink in most lights), shape is very open as long as not heart shaped nor sharp corners, native cut is fine as long as its not too terrible, heat is fine, decent clarity aka clearer stone is preferred
Thank you!
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