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BE/ERD Anniversary Ring - about 4 years late...lol

Arcadian

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I won't go into a lot of long boring commentary, because its all about pictures right? :tongue: Anyway the stone was purchased 4 years ago from Swala Gemtraders as my 10 year anniversary stone. Life and health got in the way for both of us, so it was put on the back burner until last December. I contacted a few custom ring makers but decided to go with BE to set the stone after seeing really great examples of their work here. Looked through what they had on the website and fell in love with Doris from the Opulent Collection.

Mark is fantastic to work with, his whole team are very professional and I will be using them again in the future for other projects. I'm pretty hands off when it comes to this stuff, and I liked how we worked together. He's not pushy, lets you decide how to proceed. I also got a lot for my money and that makes me very happy. :$$): Not to mention even after louping the hell out of my stone, not a scratch :dance: . Being we're roughly in the same region (I'm in Massachusetts, he's in New York) we both pretty much had enough with all this crazy lil thing called snow. Where the hell is spring anyway?

Deets on the stone Per AGL:
2.34ct Mozambique (non cuprian) Tourmaline
8.15x8.09mm
Blue-Green
Treatments: None

Deets on the setting:
18K White gold
22 ideal french cut square diamonds VS/ F/G .90cts
26 Single cut diamonds VS F/G .30cts
Shank size 2mm
ring size 8.5 *yes I'm a giant...lol*

Anyway here's a few pics, enjoy :mrgreen:

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What a beautiful ring and a gorgeous stone! Happy Belated 10th Anniversary!
 
Arcadian - this is a beautiful ring and looks incredible on your hand. Enjoy!
 
Yay! I was hoping you would create a separate thread for your ring. Congrats!!!
Your ring is stunning and definitely worth the wait. BE did a great job.
Yours is a sister ring of my Paraiba ring with french cuts. I am sure you will enjoy it to the max :wavey:
Please post a lot more handshots.
 
Thanks to you all :twirl: Even though I haven't been posting I have been lurking :Up_to_something: So I got to see lots of really beautiful projects.

I'm on a conference call :shhh: to which I'm asking myself why did they even need me here? :eh: I figured I'll go ahead an post a few more pics since its not even about me anyway.

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SOOOOOOO beautiful!!!! :love:
 
Gorgeous! I love it! I love your whole collection!
 
Beautiful ring and OMG your collection is stunning! Do you have threads for the others? :love:
 
quite beautiful!!!!
 
WOW!!!!! Happy belated anniversary!
 
Oh that's beautiful... Like the ocean... Wear it in health and happiness!
 
Obviously a case of better late than never!!! :lol: Beautiful coloured stone and beautiful ring!!!
 
Thank you all so much.

ricezo, I'm pretty sure I have threads on the other ones, but it would have been some time ago, but here's a few deets

from left to right:
1ct blue zircon
1.8ct Vietnamese reddish pink spinel
3.47 ct spessartite garnet (it doesn't like to take great pictures but its extremely good color...lol)
2.34 ct Mozambique tourmaline
3ct Afghan green tourmaline
1.74 ct Afghan pink tourmaline (it shifts from pink to purple)
1.31 ct tsavorite garnet
2.33ct red Tanzanian Spinel (its very silky and glows in sunlight)
6.05ct Pakistani peridot
2.2ct sapphire (heat only)

I seriously had to pare down the rings I had as there were many that weren't even being worn. Some I sold, others I gave to my nieces (they're old women now, it was time. :mrgreen: )


@yanaazul its very liquidly (fluid) to the naked eye and depending on how you turn it, you get more blue or more green. That unfortunately can't totally be captured with a camera, but its pretty darn mesmerizing! :lol:

@arkieb1 and he's still on the hook for 15 year one too! Id be remiss to let that slide! :saint: :lol:
 
Wow beautiful! You have fantastic collection. Doggys super cute too!
 
I'm swooning over your ring! Gorgeous :love: What a beautiful collection you have :appl:
 
Beautiful ring and I love your whole collection! :love:
 
How Wonderful! ALL of them! :love:
 
Totally beautiful collection.
 
Really beautiful ring. I'm so glad you were able to realize this project. And I love the dog picture. :D Happy Anniversary!
 
Gorgeous!! :love: :appl:
 
OMG GORGEOUS. :love: Happy belated anniversary!!! :appl:
 
Lovely new ring and collection, thanks for sharing, and happy anniversary!

DK :love:
 
Wow- beautiful stone, and the ring was worth the wait!

I love your sweet puppy- what gorgeous eyes!
 
Missed this when it was first posted.

BEAUTIFUL!! The prongs and the French cut diamonds make up a great setting that doesn't detract from your center stone!! :appl::appl::appl:
 
Wow. That is spectacular. :love::love::love: Congratulations on such a successful project. What an amazing addition. Your collection of colored stones is out of this world.
 
Arcadian can we please have more photos? I love your whole collection. Stunning. :love:
 
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