Quick question about blue sapphire

[PreRaphaelite]

Speaking of “ew!”
This is how the stone looked in the seller’s pics:

 

[Bron357]

Speaking of “ew!”
This is how the stone looked in the seller’s pics:

This is an “unearthed” treasure, my favourite way of scoring a great buy.
Many many years ago I bought a “metal and marcasite“ ring which had been cut. Price $2.
The underneath of the ring gallery was solid gunk, probably decades of gunk. I soaked it for about a week and using a needle basically gouged all the gunk out.
Hmm, was actually an antique Platinum diamond set eternity band.
Nice.

 

[stracci2000]

Speaking of “ew!”
This is how the stone looked in the seller’s pics:

Hey darlin', WHEN are we going to see the entire ring.....hmmmm?

 

[PreRaphaelite]

I’ll post a new thread tomorrow. Need good light for new pics! Also want to give credit to @Austina for pinpointing the maker‘s mark. That info all by itself helped me date the ring to a very specific time period and suddenly raised the possibility of natural sapphire (I hadn’t expected that).

 

[PreRaphaelite]

This is an “unearthed” treasure, my favourite way of scoring a great buy.
Many many years ago I bought a “metal and marcasite“ ring which had been cut. Price $2.
The underneath of the ring gallery was solid gunk, probably decades of gunk. I soaked it for about a week and using a needle basically gouged all the gunk out.
Hmm, was actually an antique Platinum diamond set eternity band.
Nice.

Naturally I find this the equivalent of winning the lotto! Is there a thread on this ring already?

 

[Austina]

This is really exciting @PreRaphaelite, I’m happy to have helped.

 

[ringo865]

Ooh, so exciting! The stria is straight and not curved and color zoning. Prolly natural. I can’t wait to see the “after” pics. Geez, you coulda done a dna test on all that gunk under the stone. Eek... And also the “marcasite” ring, what a great find!! Keep us updated, there’s hope for all of us to find a beauty covered in gunk...

 

[Roselina]

Please show us... I can’t wait!

 

[PreRaphaelite]

Sorry for the delay. Here's Beverly:

Meet Beverly

“And then he was suddenly overwhelmed. It was as if a thousand bolts of lightning had converged to lift him. All he could see was blue, electric blue, wet shining warm blue, blue with no end, everywhere, blue that glowed and made him cry out, blue, blue, her eyes were blue.” ~ Helprin, Winter’s...

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[PreRaphaelite]

Bumping this thread to see if anyone would volunteer an opinion on a synthetic Ruby strand?