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I wish this happened when my brain was gassy.
My new toy from Jeff Davies! Ring made and set by him too.
I send him these vague descriptions and a picture and he makes it happen. I'm in love with it so much! Although I kinda regret finding him because I keep wanting to commission new rings and I have been so good all these years of not buying new stuff.
Looking at your bangle I just got an idea for a bracelet.
What stones are in these two rings? Gorgeous! Love halos...
We never see heliodor on ps! I love your ring! I have s heliodor I need to set. That looks like a raspberry rhodolite. There were some that color on WSF gems a while ago, but I think they were mostly set in earrings. I’m sure you can find your dream garnet.
Very pretty! The setting is lovely!
We never see heliodor on ps! I love your ring! I have s heliodor I need to set. That looks like a raspberry rhodolite. There were some that color on WSF gems a while ago, but I think they were mostly set in earrings. I’m sure you can find your dream garnet.
I didn’t realize that heliodor was so difficult to wear. Good luck coming on your quest for a garnet. Four yo five carats is actually quite large for most garnet species. I’m not sure if this holds true for the color you are seeking though.Ha, ha - there's a reason you don't see much of it.
It's UNWEARABLE! Hence my present quest.
Yellow is a very difficult color to wear and, at least in my experience, clashes with just about everything piece of clothing. You are guaranteed to turn into some kind of flag - at least I am.
My husband did ask me last evening..."but why did you choose it at the time"?
Well...I guess I didn't know any better.
At the time, I wanted a large, natural stone that nevertheless had to be very affordable.
That's because I wanted a heftier, more prominent ring to avoid the classical, dainty, diamond solitaire e-ring which was never for me.
I thought the hardness was good...and I had seen quite a few rings with canary yellow diamonds...and thought the white/yellow combination looked good.
Plus I thought yellow would be closest to the white of a traditional diamond. At that time I WAS interested in diamonds - but they had to be very large to make for a chunky, serious ring .
The diamond size I like (4-5 carats) was way out of our budget and always will be. So we were done there.
Over the years I discovered I actually look much better in colored stones with deep hues than in a diamond; and that wasn't even "sour grapes".
I tried on many diamonds over time and I even wore a 4-5 carat, very well-cut, real-looking CZ-s ring around the house which I got from a very nice middle-eastern lady in Turkey.
We were taking a boat tour on the Bosphorus strait and I saw her wearing what looked like a high-carat, super sparkly amazing diamond ring and of course, I couldn't help staring at her hand.
At some point, she came to me and gave me the ring and told me to keep it!!
I obviously understood immediately this was not real...but even so, it was a VERY pretty ring that could fool many. This was so unexpected, I refused - but she insisted...so I ended up with a ring that allowed me to get an idea of how I would look in my ideal size diamond.
It finally dawned on me that a diamond - as expensive and magical as it is - does much less for my brunette appearance (dark brown hair, light olive skin with very dark-brown eyes) than a colored gem would.
So even if I had an unlimited budget today... I would pick a 5-7 carat killer sapphire over a diamond.
But since budget is STILL an issue...I hope to find a gorgeous garnet for this ring...and soon get a separate sapphire ring as well.
But yeah...heliodor...it's a nah.
I'd' be curious to hear about how ladies wear their yellow stones (of any kind). Maybe I will start a new thread.