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Date: 11/11/2008 9:23:28 AM
Author: Kismet
Date: 11/11/2008 2:54:35 AM

Author: lasscreative


Why would I wreck the aesthetics of my beautiful tourmaline centre stone by putting it near fakessssss!.


Well, mentally you may have an issue with it but visually I don''t think it would be a problem. Lab created sapphires are sapphires, just not made by mother nature.


What is your budget for the setting btw?

Hmmmmmm! So would you be able to tell they were made in a lab if .. just say I went to get it appraised?? I know unless I tell my friends and family that the sapphires were lab created, they wouldn''t know otherwise.

And how much cheaper would lab created ones be?

My budget is $1500 - $1800. Am I in dream land? Can I get anything more then just a solitaire for this money?
 
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Date: 11/11/2008 6:31:52 PM
Author: lasscreative
Date: 11/11/2008 9:23:28 AM

Author: Kismet

Date: 11/11/2008 2:54:35 AM


Author: lasscreative



Why would I wreck the aesthetics of my beautiful tourmaline centre stone by putting it near fakessssss!.



Well, mentally you may have an issue with it but visually I don''t think it would be a problem. Lab created sapphires are sapphires, just not made by mother nature.



What is your budget for the setting btw?


Hmmmmmm! So would you be able to tell they were made in a lab if .. just say I went to get it appraised?? I know unless I tell my friends and family that the sapphires were lab created, they wouldn''t know otherwise.


And how much cheaper would lab created ones be?


My budget is $1500 - $1800. Am I in dream land? Can I get anything more then just a solitaire for this money?

I don''t think you''d be able to tell that they were lab created just by looking at them, especially in the size you would need for the marquise. I would think you''d be able to get a nice setting for 1500-1800. When you said WF estimated 3x your budget I was thinking your budget was really low but 4500 for that setting seems way high. Did you check with Leon to see how much he would charge to redo that setting with sapphires (lab or otherwise)?
 
Let me begin by saying that if lab created stones would be so easy to detect, we sure wouldn''t need gem labs to check if they''re natural - we''d just take a look, saving time and money. No, people won''t know if they''re natural, especially when used in sides where they''re even less noticable. So I don''t see a reason why you wouldn''t have lab created ones, and replace them with natural ones if you wish so, once you save some money. But I don''t understand how no one can find you natural ones within budget, since there are things like THIS. I know they''re not marquise and they are treated, but they''re really affordable.
 
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