need help choosing colored stones to go into diamond ring

[violet02]

I have an old half eternity band that belonged to my mother. It has six diamonds t across the top half, they are mid-range sized ie, not huge but about average for a band. My jewler said he could re-set the ring for me in a variety of ways, one of which includes maybe making a new ring and putting colored stones in between the diamonds.

My birth month is June (Pearl, Moonstone, Alexandrite), I''m also fond of the color purple. I was thinking it might be pretty to put something like moonstones in between each diamond.

Does anyone have photos of what this type of ring may look like - suggestions for a different setting - suggestions for what stones may look prettier instead - suggestions for what type of metal, platinum or white gold?

Thanks so much for your help!

 

[Pandora II]

I''m not sure you''d get the real beauty of moonstones in such a small size...

If you like purple, why not have a look at amethyst - not the washed out stuff you generally see, but the "siberian amethyst" type with the red flashes. It would really set the diamonds off.

 

[baby monster]

I would go with something like this https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/my-new-super-sparklies-accolades-to-mark-erd.80700/. You can have the colored stone bezel set to protect it and keep the diamonds in an open setting.

 

[violet02]

Both of these ideas are great, thank you!

I have another question. I saw the the price of stones like alexandrite are crazy. I like the amethyst idea... my jewler wants to know what types of stone I would like and if I want to do platinum or 14k white gold.

We''re getting married in October so this would be a right hand ring... considering all the money thats going out the door for wedding stuff and considering I don''t want to ''cheap out'' on a ring that contains my mom''s stones what would folks recommend?

Do most people get rings like this in platinum?

 

[Sparkles22]

Date: 3/17/2008 8:54:19 PM
Author: violet02
Both of these ideas are great, thank you!

I have another question. I saw the the price of stones like alexandrite are crazy. I like the amethyst idea... my jewler wants to know what types of stone I would like and if I want to do platinum or 14k white gold.

We''re getting married in October so this would be a right hand ring... considering all the money thats going out the door for wedding stuff and considering I don''t want to ''cheap out'' on a ring that contains my mom''s stones what would folks recommend?

Do most people get rings like this in platinum?

I would do platinum if it''s something that you are going to wear everyday. I think platinum holds up better as far as durability over time. But if you are going to switch it with other rings on different days, etc. I think I would opt for white gold. Have you seen the white x1 I think it''s called. It is supposed to look really white and not need platting with rhodium (this would help with maintance). Have you considered Pallidium?

Back to the original question... I don''t think it would be cheaping out on it to do white gold. If you can easily afford the platinum, I think I would choose that, as it is my personal preference.