Minimum weight of a ring?

[MRHIGHTOWER11]

Hi all,

New to the forum. Been a jewelry junkie for several years now. I buy a lot of jewelry for both my personal collection and friends and family. I am fairly knowledgeable, but always itching to learn more. Anyway, quick question for those more wise than me...

I recently purchased a 14k gold ring. It features 9 marquise cut diamonds (VS2/G/1.0 TCW). I paid $250-300 for it, and it will be shipped to me from a reputable online estate wholesaler. My only concern is that the total weight for the gold is 2.3 grams...meaning the gold metal probably weighs closer to 2.0-2.1 grams. I weighed my other similar 14k rings and they all weighed between 3.0-6.0 grams. So, this will my lightest ring by a pretty fair margin.

Will this ring be very weak and prone to breaking? Is a 2.0 gram gold ring fairly common? Are my concerns valid at all? Any comments, concerns or critiques are welcome! Thank you for your time.

 

[Arthur Kennedy]

Hi all,

New to the forum. Been a jewelry junkie for several years now. I buy a lot of jewelry for both my personal collection and friends and family. I am fairly knowledgeable, but always itching to learn more. Anyway, quick question for those more wise than me...

I recently purchased a 14k gold ring. It features 9 marquise cut diamonds (VS2/G/1.0 TCW). I paid $250-300 for it, and it will be shipped to me from a reputable online estate wholesaler. My only concern is that the total weight for the gold is 2.3 grams...meaning the gold metal probably weighs closer to 2.0-2.1 grams. I weighed my other similar 14k rings and they all weighed between 3.0-6.0 grams. So, this will my lightest ring by a pretty fair margin.

Will this ring be very weak and prone to breaking? Is a 2.0 gram gold ring fairly common? Are my concerns valid at all? Any comments, concerns or critiques are welcome! Thank you for your time.

Did anyone ever get around to answering THIS question? I'm actually very curious myself.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Hi all,

New to the forum. Been a jewelry junkie for several years now. I buy a lot of jewelry for both my personal collection and friends and family. I am fairly knowledgeable, but always itching to learn more. Anyway, quick question for those more wise than me...

I recently purchased a 14k gold ring. It features 9 marquise cut diamonds (VS2/G/1.0 TCW). I paid $250-300 for it, and it will be shipped to me from a reputable online estate wholesaler. My only concern is that the total weight for the gold is 2.3 grams...meaning the gold metal probably weighs closer to 2.0-2.1 grams. I weighed my other similar 14k rings and they all weighed between 3.0-6.0 grams. So, this will my lightest ring by a pretty fair margin.

Will this ring be very weak and prone to breaking? Is a 2.0 gram gold ring fairly common? Are my concerns valid at all? Any comments, concerns or critiques are welcome! Thank you for your time.

is your ring hollow ?

 

[Arthur Kennedy]

is your ring hollow ?

By hollow do you mean those areas of the ring (usually toward the top of the shank underneath ) where there are hollow grooves on either side?

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

By hollow do you mean those areas of the ring (usually toward the top of the shank underneath ) where there are hollow grooves on either side?

excuse bad wording, i drinking blackberry cider on a hot day
hollow of the actual round part of the ring that goes around the finger

 

[Arthur Kennedy]

excuse bad wording, i drinking blackberry cider on a hot day
hollow of the actual round part of the ring that goes around th

I was aware of the existence of semi-hollow chains (which I avoid like the plague due to their structural weakness), but I didn't realize hollow ring settings were a thing. Sounds like a terrible idea! I bet you one good knock against a hard surface would bend those instantly.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

I was aware of the existence of semi-hollow chains (which I avoid like to plague due to their structural weakness), but I didn't realize hollow ring settings were a thing. Sounds like a terrible idea! I bet you one good knock against a hard surface would bend those instantly.

i almost brought one but beleave it or not the lady from the mall jewejler stopped me doing it
i am releaved your ring is not hollow
i am sorry i cant be more help other than to bump our thread and hope someonemore knowledgable comes along
good luck
excuse bad spelling, its friday night here !!

 

[Arthur Kennedy]

i almost brought one but beleave it or not the lady from the mall jewejler stopped me doing it
i am releaved your ring is not hollow
i am sorry i cant be more help other than to bump our thread and hope someonemore knowledgable comes along
good luck
excuse bad spelling, its friday night here !!

I was actually just bumping the original question that Mrhightower11 posted waaayyyy back in 2017. He asked a good question about the total weight in grams of HIS ring setting and I was curious if anyone had an answer. But thanks for responding! I appreciate it. Oh, and I'm glad you were warned off of that semi-hollow chain. From what I understand those things are almost ridiculously prone to snapping.