Sapphire recommendations please...

[lizzyann]

Hi there colored stone pros! I need your help. A friend of mine has a ring that she bought in St. Maartin. It was an oval sapphire surrounded by rubies and diamonds. Well, her sapphire fell out and she would like to replace it. I am not knowledgeable about colored stones at all and was hoping you could send me a link to a recommended supplier where she could get a sapphire to her specs. Thanks!

 

[minousbijoux]

I'm sorry your friend lost her stone - yeek!

Without knowing the details about the stone and what the setting would dictate in the way of size and shape, I will give you the list of vendors that is a pinned thread at the top of the CS page. Here you are and hope this helps:

Precision Cutters and/or Gemstone Dealers

Barry of Artistic Colored Gems - www.acstones.com
Marc Sarosi - www.africagems.com
Arnold & Rung of AJS Gems - www.ajsgem.com
www.andrewsarosi.com
Rick Martin of Art Cut Gems - www.artcutgems.com
Doug Menadue Bespoke Gems www.bespoke-gems.com
www.bkkgemstones.com (mainly Sapphires but some other colored gemstones and jewelry)
Bob Kast - www.bobkast.com
Steve Green (fine Briolettes) www.briolettes.com
Lloyd A. Forrester of Clear Cut Gems - http://www.clearcutgems.com
Richard Homer of Concave Cut - www.concavegems.com
Dan Stair of Custom Gemstones - www.customgemstones.com
David of Diamonds by Lauren - www.diamondsbylauren.com (mainly fancy coloured diamonds but also coloured gemstones)
www.djraregems.com
Dutton's Diamonds (and colored gems) http://www.diamondexpert.com/
Leibish - www.fancydiamonds.net (specializes in fancy colour diamonds)
Gary Braun of Fine Water Gems - www.finewatergems.com
Jerry of Gem Art - www.gemartservices.com
www.gemcal.com
Andrew Gulij of Gemfix - www.gemfix.com
John of GemRite - www.gemrite.com
Constantin Wild - www.gemstone.de
Lisa Elser - www.lisaelser.com
Gem Line - www.litnon.com
Dana of Master Cut Gems - www.mastercutgems.com
David Wein of Multicolour Gems - www.multicolour.com
http://www.thenaturalsapphirecompany.com/
www.NaturalUnheatedRuby.com (exactly that!)
Ulli of Osiris Gems - www.osirisgems.com
Pala - www.palagems.com
Paraiba International www.paraibainternational.com
Robert Genis http://www.preciousgemstones.com/
Gene Flanigan of Precision Gems - www.precisiongem.com
Jaimeen Shah - www.primagemsusa.com
David Dawson & Cathy Dolson http://rough2refinedgemstones.com/
Jason Brim of Selectgem www.selectgem.com
Josh at www.serenity-diamonds.com (specialises in Emeralds but also has other gemstones)
John - www.simplysapphires.com
Roger Dery of Spectral Gems - www.spectralgems.net
Steve Perry www.steveperrygems.com
Eric of Swala Gems (specializes in Mahenge spinels, tsavorites and other African Gems) www.swalagemtraders.com
Brad Pailey of The Gem Trader - www.thegemtrader.com (specializes in rare and unusual stones)
www.topgem.co.uk (UK gemstone dealer specialising in unheated sapphires and rubies)
Peter Torraca www.torraca.net
Bruce Bridges Tsavorite USA Inc. www.tsavorite.com
Jeff White of White's Gems - www.whitesgems.com
Edward Bristol of Wild Fish Gems - www.WildFishGems.com (Unheated Sapphires and other untreated gemstones)
Ryan Quantz (mostly does cabochons, but also some faceted gems) - http://www.etsy.com/shop/RyanQuantzStudios



Ebay Stone Vendors
Gemsthailand http://stores.ebay.com/naturalsapphirecompany (NB: this Ebay Store is not affiliated to The Natural Sapphire Company)
Tan of Gemcatalogue http://stores.ebay.com/GemCatalogue
Tan of Odysseygem http://stores.ebay.com/OdysseyGem
Tan of VVS1gem http://stores.ebay.com/vvs1gem
Tan of Thegemology http://stores.ebay.com/thegemology
Weblorn - http://myworld.ebay.com/weblorn&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSX:SELLERID&_trksid=p3984.m1543.l2533
Jeff Davies of Fine Gemstones and Jewelry- http://stores.ebay.com/finegemstonesandjewelry

Ebay Setting Vendors
American Set - http://myworld.ebay.com/americanset/?_trksid=p4340.l2559
Lan.bo4 - http://www.ebay.com/sch/lan.bo4/m.html
diamondmounts - http://myworld.ebay.com/diamondmounts/
jewe2004 - http://stores.ebay.com/jewe2004
LOGR (Lord of Gem Rings) - http://stores.ebay.com/Lord-of-Gem-Rings
leejewelry
beyondjewelry3

Etsy Setting Vendors
Daniel M (Dan) - http://www.etsy.com/people/danielmjewelry
Adzia - http://www.etsy.com/people/AdziasJewelryAtelier
Sally of Heart of Water - http://www.etsy.com/people/HeartofWaterJewels
Julia Taylor (JKT) - http://www.etsy.com/people/juliakaytaylor
Kyleanne - http://www.etsy.com/people/kyleannemetals
Maddie of OneGarnetGirl - http://www.etsy.com/people/onegarnetgirl
Jill of janishjewels - http://www.etsy.com/shop/JanishJewels?ref=ss_profile

Custom Setting Vendors
Brian Gavin Diamonds (BGD) - www.briangavindiamonds.coom
Victor Canera - www.victorcanera.com
Michael E - http://gemshoppe.com/
Green Lake Jewelry - www.greenlakejewelry.com
Steven Kirsch http://www.timelessluxury.net/
Quest Fine Jewelry http://questfinejewelers.com/
Hunt Country Jewelers http://huntcountry.com/
Peter Lees Jewelry http://peterlees.com/

Other sites
Opal Auctions - www.opalauctions.com
Diamond Bistro - www.diamondbistro.com
www.jewelsbyericagrace.com
Pearlman's www.pearlmansjewelers.com

 

[lizzyann]

Thank you for the info Minousbijoux! My head is still spinning with all of the choices!

 

[chrono]

I am sorry about the loss of the stone. Given that it has to fit the setting, it has to be of a certain mm size. The first step is to determine this. Secondly, knowing her tolerance for treatment, colour and budget range will be helpful. Blue sapphire price is at an all time high at the moment, which doesn't help.