Finewater spessarite garnet finally here!

[Magenta]

Greetings everyone.

First of all, thanks to all who gave input on my threads last year. I'm now happy to present the finished ring!

The stone:
1.46 carat Spessartite Garnet from Finewater Gems
This is one of the acclaimed spessartite garnets from the 2007 find in Loliondo, Tanzania. A very bright orange color with a slight yellow secondary hue - it looks like a hot little ember! People will notice this one from across the room. Extremely clean for this material, excellent crystal, and cut into a classic Portuguese round shape.

1.46 carats, 6.5 x 6.5 x 4.6mm, VS clarity



The ring:
Stuller ribbon setting with 6 prong solstice head, courtesy of Winfields.

 

[diamondringlover]

Wow that is a cool looking stone, I like it

 

[Lady_Disdain]

I like the stone and the setting is perfect for it. A nice, clean spess in a Portuguese cut must be quite the performer.

 

[Magenta]

A nice, clean spess in a Portuguese cut must be quite the performer.

Very much so - it shines and glows in almost all lighting. Looks very nice outside too, but I haven't had a chance to go out and take photos there yet.

The 14k gold sets it off nicely - glad I didn't go palladium or platinum!

 

[Fly Girl]

Aren't those Loliondo's lovely? I love wearing the ring I have and the color just makes me smile. Yours is going to be a great performer, as well. Love the solitaire setting. Enjoy, and thanks for the pictures.

 

[T L]

I love it!

 

[packrat]

Yowza that's some orange now! It's just gorgeous!

 

[Aoife]

It looks like it's on fire! Thanks for the photos.

 

[Lovinggems]

Lovely ring.

 

[chrono]

Is your setting white or yellow gold? Glad you snagged a nice looking Loliondo as clean ones are now more difficult to find.

 

[Largosmom]

Congrats, very pretty stone!

 

[marcy]

It is very pretty!

 

[movie zombie]

nicely done!

MoZo

ps thank you for keeping the setting simple and yet unique to let the spess be the star of the show.

 

[Arkteia]

I did not say a word about it yesterday. I think I am jealous.

 

[Magenta]

*creeps out of the lurker cupboard again*

Is your setting white or yellow gold? Glad you snagged a nice looking Loliondo as clean ones are now more difficult to find.

It's 14k yellow gold. I've been trying to get a good picture of the stone in it's yellow phase - didn't really succeed, but I'll attach the best I got. More pictures are always good, right?

I get the wedding ring to go with it next week - more pictures will come of them together. Exciting!

 

[chrono]

Absolutely! More pictures are always welcome. The reason I asked about the metal colour is because I could not tell in your earlier pictures.

 

[Magenta]

Some of those pictures do rather look like they're in rose gold, don't they. I'd never noticed that before...

 

[chictomato]

Yummy a carat-size solitaire