Hi Everybody: I wasn't sure I was going to post this recently completed ring project. It didn't turn out as hoped.
The stone is gorgeous, its huge and the true Fanta color; 7.49 ct, concave cushion cut by Andrew Gulij/Gemfix. I bought it in 2010 at Tucson. The economy was in the dumper, no one was buying anything that year so great deals were to be had by those who would pony up $. Andrew made me an unbelievable price on the stone and I didn't buy it. Left the show. Tossed/turned all night, bought it the next day.
5 years go by, trying to figure out how to set it and who to set it.
This project was unpleasant enough that I'm not going to say much about it other than Andrew, 5 years after selling me this stone, took hold of the situation and once I got my stone back from the first jeweler, Andrew hand carried it to a jeweler (Ashod) in his building (A-Z Jewelry in San Diego). Ashod did an excellent and quick job with what was given to him to work with (the unmounted stone and the setting itself, unpolished/unplated, wrong sized head so the prongs came out poorly). I can wear it and admire the stone now, so that is a plus. I'd like to re-set this wonderful stone in the near future, though.
I'm going to post quite a few pics just because I love this stone so much, so thank you for viewing. I can't figure out how to post more than one in a reply so I apologize for the multiple postings.
So if you love colored stones and would like to see an enormous Fanta spess, here we go!
The stone is gorgeous, its huge and the true Fanta color; 7.49 ct, concave cushion cut by Andrew Gulij/Gemfix. I bought it in 2010 at Tucson. The economy was in the dumper, no one was buying anything that year so great deals were to be had by those who would pony up $. Andrew made me an unbelievable price on the stone and I didn't buy it. Left the show. Tossed/turned all night, bought it the next day.
5 years go by, trying to figure out how to set it and who to set it.
This project was unpleasant enough that I'm not going to say much about it other than Andrew, 5 years after selling me this stone, took hold of the situation and once I got my stone back from the first jeweler, Andrew hand carried it to a jeweler (Ashod) in his building (A-Z Jewelry in San Diego). Ashod did an excellent and quick job with what was given to him to work with (the unmounted stone and the setting itself, unpolished/unplated, wrong sized head so the prongs came out poorly). I can wear it and admire the stone now, so that is a plus. I'd like to re-set this wonderful stone in the near future, though.
I'm going to post quite a few pics just because I love this stone so much, so thank you for viewing. I can't figure out how to post more than one in a reply so I apologize for the multiple postings.
So if you love colored stones and would like to see an enormous Fanta spess, here we go!
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