Setting help for beautiful Barry pink tourmaline

[sruizaroo]

I''m so confused! I recently acquired a beautiful 2.69 carat Barry Bridgestock oval pink tourmaline. It is 9.3x7.9mm. Originally I had wanted to set it east/west in rose gold, with a diamond halo. Now I''m not so sure about the east/west. I have long, thin fingers, and I think the oval set north/south would suit my fingers better.

I''ve been in touch with Sally at Etsy and she suggested to do a ruby halo in 18k yellow gold, 2 mm rubies. I kind of like the idea, but I''m not sure.

I like this daphne setting by Janish Jewels on Etsy and would do it in yellow gold. She doesn''t work in rose gold. And I would have her do it north/south instead of east west.

Should I just get a LOGR diamond halo setting in rose gold? It would be less than $500. The Sally setting with rubies would be around $800. I''m not really sure what to do! Advice? Ideas? I''d appreciate it. Thanks!

 

[sruizaroo]

Oh, another thing, I really like MakingTheGrade''s Malaya Garnet ring with her rose gold LOGR setting. It''s just that my pink tourmaline is an oval and I almost thing her setting would look best with a round stone. (I''m going to have to find me a pretty round colored stone so I can get that LOGR setting!) Does anything think I can do an oval stone with that setting? I''m not the greatest jewelry designer on earth.... haha

 

[T L]

Do you have a photo of the pink tourmaline? Some have an orange secondary, so it would be good to see to determine metal colors and the like.

 

[sruizaroo]

let''s see if this works...

 

[sruizaroo]

the jpg wouldn''t attach so i did a pdf. can you see it? sorry, it''s not the best quality image....

 

[VapidLapid]

here

 

[sruizaroo]

thanks, vapidlapid! awesome

 

[brazen_irish_hussy]

Date: 6/13/2010 11:07:48 AM
Author: sruizaroo
Oh, another thing, I really like MakingTheGrade''s Malaya Garnet ring with her rose gold LOGR setting. It''s just that my pink tourmaline is an oval and I almost thing her setting would look best with a round stone. (I''m going to have to find me a pretty round colored stone so I can get that LOGR setting!) Does anything think I can do an oval stone with that setting? I''m not the greatest jewelry designer on earth.... haha

I think that would work fine with an oval. As someone with long, thin fingers, I would really suggest a north/south ring. Have you ever tried on a ring with an east/west stone? I think you would find it looks very clunky on your finger and that a n/s will look more like what you probably want.
I also thing with the tone of your stone I would go with yellow gold rather than rose gold. I feel like your pink is a little more of a dusty color that will pop with the y gold but compete with the r gold. The ruby halo would be amazing in my opinion, but that would also make it bigger, and I don''t know how substancial you want it to be.

 

[sruizaroo]

first, i gotta say, how cute is your pic, brazen irish hussy?? adorable!

i love yellow gold, personally, but i was thinking of doing rose gold b/c i do like it, too, and i don''t have any rose gold pieces. (while i have tons of yellow gold!) however, i want what would suit this particular stone best, so if the consensus is yellow gold, i''ll go with that. i''m not against the ruby halo, i guess i just can''t really visualize it. and i''m wondering if i should go simpler. . . . i have bold rings and i have simple, dainty rings. not sure which way to go on this one. the stone is rather big, so i''m guessing i have to go the bold route, huh? stone would look silly in a delicate setting, i think.....