Hello,
I had posted this over in antique jewelry but thought it might get more traffic here—and I have no idea if it is truly antique.
Can anyone help me identify what type of ring/stone this is? It was given to me after my grandma passed; however neither my mom or my aunt had seen her wear it and no one knows where it came from. They thought it might have been her mother’s but no one knows. I was told it was an amethyst; however I have no idea if it is natural or synthetic. It looks quite costume jewelry-ish to my somewhat novice eye, but, my grandma bought very little costume jewelry. They did also say she tended to buy a lot of stones on cruise ships and would then bring them back to have set later. Is this a temp setting from something like that? I never saw her wear it either. The cut is nice but almost looks too good to be true especially given the quality of the setting which seems to be some kind of strange wire setting—I am not sure if it is gold, gold fill etc, no identifying markers on the ring. Anyone seen any settings like this? The ring is super super light which also makes me wonder about what kimd of gem it is as it comes in at almost 9 mm, if I guess, but the whole ring feels like the weight of air.
Anyone have any thoughts or seen rings like this? I was thinking of resetting into a large ring or necklace but not sure it is worth setting in an expensive setting and may stick with something pretty basic.
Can I take this to a pawn shop or jeweler to get help identifying? Thoughts on what this could be both stone and setting?
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I had posted this over in antique jewelry but thought it might get more traffic here—and I have no idea if it is truly antique.
Can anyone help me identify what type of ring/stone this is? It was given to me after my grandma passed; however neither my mom or my aunt had seen her wear it and no one knows where it came from. They thought it might have been her mother’s but no one knows. I was told it was an amethyst; however I have no idea if it is natural or synthetic. It looks quite costume jewelry-ish to my somewhat novice eye, but, my grandma bought very little costume jewelry. They did also say she tended to buy a lot of stones on cruise ships and would then bring them back to have set later. Is this a temp setting from something like that? I never saw her wear it either. The cut is nice but almost looks too good to be true especially given the quality of the setting which seems to be some kind of strange wire setting—I am not sure if it is gold, gold fill etc, no identifying markers on the ring. Anyone seen any settings like this? The ring is super super light which also makes me wonder about what kimd of gem it is as it comes in at almost 9 mm, if I guess, but the whole ring feels like the weight of air.
Anyone have any thoughts or seen rings like this? I was thinking of resetting into a large ring or necklace but not sure it is worth setting in an expensive setting and may stick with something pretty basic.
Can I take this to a pawn shop or jeweler to get help identifying? Thoughts on what this could be both stone and setting?
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