Where to buy LGD melees please?

[dk168]

Help please, knowledgeable folks, in that I would be grateful if you could point me in the direction of vendors that sell LGD melees please.

I am thinking of setting my 1.93ct Pink Sapphire 7.08 x 7.08mm in an Art Deco air line/gap diamond cluster setting, and am looking to use LGD instead of earth-mined ones, as I suspect they would need to be about 4-5mm or larger.

This is the stone:



This is the setting I have in mind, modified with no millgrain and a thicker shank at the top. The Emerald in this inspiration ring is 4.2mm in diameter:


Thanks in advance.

DK

 

[DejaWiz]

Melee is usually sold in bulk...and typically ungraded. Might be a good avenue to seek out a highly trusted/reputable jeweler that works with LGD melee that can get you (and actually deliver) the color, clarity, and cut quality that you want.

 

[Kim N]

Distinctive Gem sells high cut quality LGD melee.

 

[dk168]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions.

This pink Sapphire is my most expensive CS to date and it deserves a good setting in the design that would have been my dream ER had I gone down the aisle again which is not going to happen.

I shall ask my usual bench in China to price it up using earth-mined stones first to see if it is doable.

I may ask DK to make the ring for me using LGD if earth-mined stones are too costly for this project.

DK

 

[dkata]

Try maybe Ouros jewels on Etsy. He sells loose stones in every size, and if he does not have it in his shop listed, you could inquire.

 

[dk168]

Issue resolved...

The bench quoted for both earth-mined and LGD, and the difference is less than 400 GBP, therefore, I am likely to go with earth-mined stones, as this stone deserves a good setting.

DK

 

[dk168]

Update on this project...

I opted for LGDs in the end as they were big at 4.5mm and it would cost a lot more had I had the ring made with earth mined stones!



DK