Suggestions for golden gem..

[arjunajane]

I know it will help to see more photos, but just wondering if anyone has an opinion on the prospect of setting this
gen in sterling silver..any negative effects obvious there..?

 

[bling addict]

beautiful stone AJ! Love the colour!

I can''t think of any reason that it couldn''t be set in silver --- but I''m no jewellery/stone expert. I like the idea of a two tone bezel ring too.

 

[arjunajane]

Date: 3/20/2009 8:21:27 PM
Author: bling addict
beautiful stone AJ! Love the colour!

I can''t think of any reason that it couldn''t be set in silver --- but I''m no jewellery/stone expert. I like the idea of a two tone bezel ring too.

Hey BA -
thankyou hon!
Yes I would really love to do YG..but I''d also like to wear it now, not in a year, lol

 

[ma re]

Date: 3/20/2009 11:40:54 AM
Author: arjunajane

Hiya ma re - I will be very happy to add lotsa pics in different lighting tomorrow - any particular requests?

No requests, just whatever you can think of, and is not too much trouble (incandescent, sunlight, shade, flourescent, overcast, direct/indirect...). I also love golden gems (my favorite) and when I get my first one it'll probably be a yellow sapphire, so I'd like to know as much as possible about potential differences in appearance in different lights (so that I can choose the right shade of golden).

Regarding setting it in silver, I don't see any problems there, just make sure you go with something simple (prongs) since this would be a temporary setting, and I'm sure you wouldn't like to risk damage by setting it in, say, bezel. Six prongs might not be a bad idea to give it a good deal of protection until it moves to a "proper home".

 

[arjunajane]

Date: 3/21/2009 4:18:13 AM
Author: ma re

Date: 3/20/2009 11:40:54 AM
Author: arjunajane

Hiya ma re - I will be very happy to add lotsa pics in different lighting tomorrow - any particular requests?

No requests, just whatever you can think of, and is not too much trouble (incandescent, sunlight, shade, flourescent, overcast, direct/indirect...). I also love golden gems (my favorite) and when I get my first one it''ll probably be a yellow sapphire, so I''d like to know as much as possible about potential differences in appearance in different lights (so that I can choose the right shade of golden).

Regarding setting it in silver, I don''t see any problems there, just make sure you go with something simple (prongs) since this would be a temporary setting, and I''m sure you wouldn''t like to risk damage by setting it in, say, bezel. Six prongs might not be a bad idea to give it a good deal of protection until it moves to a ''proper home''.

Good point about the temp setting ma re.

I am about to make a new thread with more pics, but these are basically all to make my gems look as nice as they can, lol..
I will be happy to take some more varied ones for you later and post more here.