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Help with setting Heart Spinel

Halo or no halo?

  • No halo, the stone stands out by itself!

    Votes: 4 16.0%
  • Halo - with diamonds!

    Votes: 13 52.0%
  • Halo - with the pink melees!

    Votes: 8 32.0%
  • Meh... get another design

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    25
Your spinel heart is gorgeous! The pink halo and white band you posted is great. Can't wait to see what you decide. Happy Birthday!
 
Here are some halos so you can see the halo colors (not necessarily recommending the setting designs)
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For single halo I vote for diamond
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Although, personally I love 3 stones too!
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I would LOVE to do double halos! However I've tried several big rings in store and it just doesn't look good on my finger :cry:
 
At the moment I have no plans on trying other colour melee simply because I am impatient and can't wait/search to source other colour melee and have them shipped over and get it made.
I think you should use the pink melee for bands. that stone pops a lot against white stones and I think with pink it looks a bit too blended in. @rockysalamander has a great idea of going non traditional on the melee.

As far as big, I've never seen sucha thing....:lol-2::P2 But this is going to be a big ring. Only you can really decide if you can handle that.
I'm definitely going to make one (or two!) with the 1.7mm pinks! I calculated it, even if I was to use pink for all halo and shank for this ring (which I won't :lol-2:), I still have enough left overs for future projects hehehe
 
@evil_unicorn,

I think I am going to have to be the devils advocate here when I say that for your specific stone and finger I would say no to haloing. At a size 3.5 finger 9.24 is a lot of finger coverage...your smallest melees are 1.22 in red and 1.5 in light pink...that's 11.68 and 12.24 respectively w.o any additions for potential air lines or metal...that might overwhelm your finger.

You mentioned that you like simple and like delicate rings. For you I would much prefer to see this as a three stone ring or as soli w. A pave shank.

That's what I'm worried about :( I have considered three stone, but the main stone is so big already, I don't think it can fit anything on the side other than a thin halo
 
Hi all,

Thought I might let you guys know that I'll be making a decision tomorrow. I've made an appointment to see a jeweler who can provide CAD with 2-3 weeks turnaround time to make the ring.

Question - If I were to go for diamond halo, how many mm diamond should I be looking at?
Would 1.5mm be too large? Some jeweler I spoke to suggest 1.2mm or smaller.
 
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