My Scapolite is coming home on Saturday! Woooo!

[Catmom]

What a gorgeous stone. I love the color!!

 

[blueroses]

HOLY

MOLY.


Seriously. It''s incredible.

 

[packrat]

Hey-I just now saw this! What a gorgeous ring!! Are you going to do the same to your aqua then? How big is it?

 

[LaurenThePartier]

Thank you Catmom, Blueroses, and Packrat! I seriously thought this thread was dead, but maybe I''ll take some more pics of the Scap this afternoon and post!

Packrat, the aqua is 2.9 ct. and I believe it''s about 8mm. Really huge for me, so I think I''m going with a solitaire setting, or maybe even a couple of step cut trap sides. I NEED a ring with step cut traps since that was my first love and what I had hoped for with an Asscher for a while.

 

[D&T]

I don''t know how I missed this thread But Its Gorgeous.. I saw your ring elsewhere on PS.. and I''m gald it came up again... Gorgeous LTP... I love all your asschers...can''t wait to get my very own asscher gem

 

[LaurenThePartier]

Date: 5/29/2009 6:58:53 PM
Author: D&T
I don''t know how I missed this thread But Its Gorgeous.. I saw your ring elsewhere on PS.. and I''m gald it came up again... Gorgeous LTP... I love all your asschers...can''t wait to get my very own asscher gem

Thank you, D&T! I''m wondering if I should have posted it in SMTR.

Oh, well. I have no projects under my belt for a while, so I can just take pics of my existing collection to fill the time.

 

[PinkTower]

Lauren,
That is the ring I was thinking of! Did you change your photograph? That is so pretty and you have quite an asscher family. I see PT cut that for you. I have his latest Danburite asscher. They really are hard to photograph. You do a better job than the professionals with the photography. The Danburite I got from him is so brilliant I cannot tell for sure, but it may have a slight pink cast. (PT thought the same.) I may have it set in a pink gold for that reason. Is the gold on this ring colored? It looks like it may be. Thanks for sharing.

 

[gailrmv]

Lauren, I am just loving your ring - and your entire collection! I'm still thinking about my aqua project, thinking about doing a bezel instead of the prongs. Would you mind telling me the mm of the scapolite, and your finger size? Thanks so much! Also, in case it helps you - whiteflash won't set my aqua in a bezel, but they'll do it in prongs.

 

[Indylady]

....................wow...*faints*

 

[LaurenThePartier]

Date: 6/9/2009 2:35:58 PM
Author: Pink Tower
Lauren,
That is the ring I was thinking of! Did you change your photograph? That is so pretty and you have quite an asscher family. I see PT cut that for you. I have his latest Danburite asscher. They really are hard to photograph. You do a better job than the professionals with the photography. The Danburite I got from him is so brilliant I cannot tell for sure, but it may have a slight pink cast. (PT thought the same.) I may have it set in a pink gold for that reason. Is the gold on this ring colored? It looks like it may be. Thanks for sharing.

Pink Tower - have you posted a picture of your Danburite? I''d love to see them if you have! I''m sure it''s lovely.

My Scap is in white gold, mostly for the sake of my own personal taste as opposed to what may have worked best for this stone. I considered yellow gold for a minute, but once I realized I would never wear it, the choice was easy.

 

[LaurenThePartier]

Date: 8/4/2009 10:36:39 PM
Author: TanDogMom
Lauren, I am just loving your ring - and your entire collection! I''m still thinking about my aqua project, thinking about doing a bezel instead of the prongs. Would you mind telling me the mm of the scapolite, and your finger size? Thanks so much! Also, in case it helps you - whiteflash won''t set my aqua in a bezel, but they''ll do it in prongs.

My scapolite is 2.61 ct., 8.26mm x 8.27mm x 6.15mm and I had the ring made in a size 5.

I''m sorry to hear they won''t set your aqua in a bezel, but it''s good to know they''ll prong set it.

 

[LaurenThePartier]

Date: 8/4/2009 10:45:40 PM
Author: szh07
....................wow...*faints*

*pokes szh07* . . . . *poke*

 

[VRBeauty]

Late to the party, but not too late to say...


WOW!

 

[PinkTower]

Hey L.,
Nope, I can't photograph the danburite. Too difficult.
He has a pretty high quality photo of the stone on his website, if you look under Danburite, I think it is the only one. 1.99 carat.
I am actually getting my asscher Aqua set next, I think. It really reminds me of this scap. of yours. I am pretty worried about the depth. I am planning to ask her to recess the stone like you did. I am going to use JuliaKay Taylor fir the first. time.
She said she is going to do a bezel with an open pavillion. It will be interesting to see what that means. I will post once I get a sketch. She said it is going to be a while, as she is backed up.

Also, did you see that post by someone named Benell? He had a ruby that I thought would look good set like your ring. I posted that, but I guess you never saw it. I wonder what he ever did with that ruby?

 

[LamborghiniGirl]

How did I miss this thread?!!!!

*faints* that stone is unreal. The color is gorgeous and the cut is amazing. That setting is so clean and shows off the beauty of the stone perfectly. I am in love! Congratulations!!!

I haven''t read every post, but are you going to do the same thing with your aqua? Or try something else?

 

[cellentani]

I just want to know how you got your jeweler to bezel a scapolite - I don''t think mine would! I''m having a hard time convincing him to bezel a topaz!

 

[Barrett]

Lauren that stone is..pardon the language...badass!!! I missed this thread and I am sorry i did..love the cut and color the setting...that is an all around killer piece of jewelry...I am happy you got it and you have good taste girl....

 

[LaurenThePartier]

VRBeauty - thank you!

Pink Tower - I found it and wanted to link it for anyone else who wanted to see it - so pretty! It''s on his photostream, and I can''t link it here. I''ll be interested to see what Julia dreams up for you! She''s been in high demand around here lately! I never did see the post by Benell, I''ll have to go do some searching.

LamborghiniGirl - thank you so much for your kind words. The aqua is more than likely going to end up prob set. I haven''t settled on a final piece yet, but Ellen''s ring really stole my heart, so I may go in a simple direction like that. We shall see!

Cellantini - he wouldn''t have done it if he thought he would have damaged the stone. I''m pretty impressed with his work on this ring, and it''s really right up his alley so I wasn''t *too* worried about leaving it in his hands.

AmethystGuy - thank you for stopping by! I really love it, and I feel like this is my first real coloured stone heirloom quality ring. I''m beyond pleased with how it came out.

 

[Barrett]

Hey Lauren..good word heirloom..ithat reminds of a ring that a mother would pass down to a daughter..I love it..I have never really meesed with scapolite..I do have a nice purple crystal..I really don''t know what colors they come in other than the purple one i have which is what i was expecting when I saw your thread but I was way off..I love the color of your stone..it''s "regal"!

 

[Gailey]

Mea culpa!

How did I fail to respond to this gorgeous stone and ring??????? My only excuse is that I had just begun work for the season, which is no excuse at all. So please forgive my rudeness Miss Lauren, it was certainly not intended. It''s an absolute triumph of a project. Not least of all because it is such a soft stone. Of course Peter did a fantastic job on the cut - no surprise there, but your jeweler must be a master to take on and succeed with such a delicate stone.

It''s F.A. B. M''lady!

 

[LaurenThePartier]

Date: 8/7/2009 10:18:17 AM
Author: Gailey
Mea culpa!

How did I fail to respond to this gorgeous stone and ring??????? My only excuse is that I had just begun work for the season, which is no excuse at all. So please forgive my rudeness Miss Lauren, it was certainly not intended. It''s an absolute triumph of a project. Not least of all because it is such a soft stone. Of course Peter did a fantastic job on the cut - no surprise there, but your jeweler must be a master to take on and succeed with such a delicate stone.

It''s F.A. B. M''lady!

Awwww, Gailey, thanks for your kind words, my dear! I let this thread die a while back, so it''s nice to see that it''s back a bit.

 

[cellentani]

Date: 8/6/2009 12:32:38 PM
Author: LaurenThePartier

Cellantini - he wouldn''t have done it if he thought he would have damaged the stone. I''m pretty impressed with his work on this ring, and it''s really right up his alley so I wasn''t *too* worried about leaving it in his hands.

Lauren, is this the same jeweler you take all LOGR legacy settings to? I''ve got an 8mm topaz that I''d like bezeled in a legacy, but my jeweler is reluctant. Since he''s familiar with the setting (thanks to you!), do you think he''d be willing to take an out-of-state customer? It''s the same ring and stone as in my thread.

 

[LaurenThePartier]

Date: 8/7/2009 3:27:16 PM
Author: cellentani

Date: 8/6/2009 12:32:38 PM
Author: LaurenThePartier

Cellantini - he wouldn't have done it if he thought he would have damaged the stone. I'm pretty impressed with his work on this ring, and it's really right up his alley so I wasn't *too* worried about leaving it in his hands.

Lauren, is this the same jeweler you take all LOGR legacy settings to? I've got an 8mm topaz that I'd like bezeled in a legacy, but my jeweler is reluctant. Since he's familiar with the setting (thanks to you!), do you think he'd be willing to take an out-of-state customer? It's the same ring and stone as in my thread.

Yes, it's the same one. This is a link to his information - http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=0h&oq=jb+jewelers&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS318US318&q=jb+jewelers+plano+tx

I'm not sure how he would do with out-of-state customers, but it doesn't hurt to ask.