My new Paraiba-type tourmaline ring

[gemnut]

It''s finished at last! I just picked up my Mozambique "Paraiba" tourmaline ring from the jewelers and I''m jumping for joy!
They did wonderful work and the truth is that when I first saw it, I just stood gaping at it for a few moments.
Anyway, here is a pictured of the finished project:

 

[gemnut]

I got the design idea from poshpepper in the following post:

https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/design-advice-please.66923/

Here is the original ring I copied:

 

[Elmorton]

Your new ring is GORGEOUS! More pics, hand pics, please!!!!!

 

[gemnut]

Of course, I couldn''t affors the 0.60 ct diamonds on the original, so I had to settle for 6 diamonds total weight 0.25 cts, FVVS1. I also had them platinum-plate the side stone areas to create the illusion of continuity.

Here is another picture on my hand. I didn''t have a good camera, so these pics don''t even come close to depicting the beauty of the ring, the brightness of the diamonds or anything, really, but I couldn''t wait to get better pics before I posted!

 

[gemnut]

...and here is the side view.

Enjoy!

 

[diamondseeker2006]

I love the yellow gold with the green stone! Very pretty!

 

[Linda W]

Very pretty ring. I love the color of the stone.

Linda

 

[gemnut]

Thank you, Diamondseeker. I had a long argument with my jeweler about the color of the gold. He wanted to set it in white gold but I was afraid that the green of the stone would not show up well and it would make it resemble an aquamarine too much. I didn''t want that, since I already own two aquamarines.

It was gratifying that he admitted that my choice of YG was the best decision when he saw the finished ring!

 

[gemnut]

Thank you very much, Linda. I chose the stone for its color alone and even pretended I didn''t see the small flaw and the little window on it! Since at arms length these two flaws don''t really show up, I think I got the better part of the deal

 

[gemnut]

Oh, and did I mention how impressed my jeweler was by the COLOR of the tourmaline? He said he had never seen a tourmaline of that color.

Not that he has ever seen a Paraiba!