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[Kismet]

So I got a bonus from work and it''s burning a hole in my pocket. I currently have 3 unset stones at home that I''m contemplating doing something with:

1. a cushion cut dark teal blue spinel (1.42 cts)
2. an oval cut green-blue chrysoberyl (1.19 cts)
3. a trillion cut yellow-green chrysoberyl (3.94 cts)


The spinel shows up pretty accurately but the oval chrysoberyl is more green than blue (unfortunately, it''s also a bit windowed) and the trillion chrysoberyl is yellow-green rather than gold.

I can''t decide if I should make a necklace with the trillion chrysoberyl, perhaps with a halo or sidestones or some type of ring with the spinel or oval chrysoberyl. What would you do with these gems?

 

[Lorelei]

Hee hee how fun! If that was ME I am rather partial to that purty blue cushion and would set that in plat or WG with either a diamond halo or two side stones.... trilliants maybe....YUM!

 

[widget]

Hi, Kismet! Such a problem!

I love the cushion spinel...either in a ring or a pendant, depending on what you "need".

What about a pendant like Matadora''s stunner???

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[valeria101]

I''ll never get tired of these moody blue spinels!

Have you seen the ''circle'' pendants from Good Old Gold with one larger stone on orbit... so to speak?

 

[Kismet]

The spinel with a clear lead so far.

Date: 1/6/2006 11:43:07 AM
Author: valeria101

Have you seen the ''circle'' pendants from Good Old Gold with one larger stone on orbit... so to speak?

I have not seen them. I did a cursory check of Good Old Gold''s website but didn''t see them there either. Do you have a picture or two?

 

[pricescope]

I "bezeled up" your stones into the pendent Val has mentioned.

 

[MINE!!]

My vote is for the spinel.. yummy blue

I love the design that was posted with the 3 stones though

 

[Kismet]

The eternity circle is very nice, but I don't think I'd set all three stones together though. I was cruising through the Rocky Talky forum and I was thinking that the spinel might look very nice in something like that Daniel K. split crown ring that mrssalvo tried on in Pearlmans (although that particular setting is probably out of my price range).

 

[Tacori E-ring]

Date: 1/6/2006 4:33:07 PM
Author: Kismet
The eternity circle is very nice, but I don''t think I''d set all three stones together though. I was cruising through the Rocky Talky forum and I was thinking that the spinel might look very nice in something like that Daniel K. split crown ring that mrssalvo tried on in Pearlmans (although that particular setting is probably out of my price range).

I love that setting. It would look stunning. You could always get something custom made!

 

[Kismet]

I really like the shape of this setting for my spinel, but do you think it would lose all it''s oomph if it was engraved as oppsed to the diamond pave? It''s not that I don''t like the diamonds, but I think I''d feel really silly putting a $25 stone amidst all those diamonds.