Can Anyone Identify The Stone In This Ring?

[Persephone]

I just bought this ring, but no one at the store was able to tell me what kind of stone it is. The picture isn't as clear as I would like, but it is a faceted trillium cut & the stone is green/blue and very clear. It looks like it may be a clear stone treated to change the color. Asking price was $70 if that helps identify it.

Thanks!

[Phoenix_Blue]

My first guess would be lab-manufactured emerald. . . what's the stone's weight?

Most jewelry stores could probably tell you for sure, if you ask them nicely. :cool:

[Melysande]

**shakes head** Looks more like Mount Saint Helen's stone, and it's in keeping with the price for that stone.

http://www.jaxworld.com/shop/enter.html?target=Black_Hills_Gold_JewelryGold_and_GemsGold_and_Gems_zn_1.html

A lab manufactured emerald of that size would cost more than $120. (At least it would around here.)

[Danustouch]

It may be a type of Sapphire. Most of us are familiar with the very blue sapphire, however, sapphire comes in a variety of colors. Including Blue/Green.

http://www.minerals-n-more.com/Info_Sapphire_Types.html

It might also be a type of topaz.

[Danustouch]

Hmm..how about tourmaline. Scroll down, and you'll see what I mean. This green tourmaline looks very similar to your stone.

http://www.minerals-n-more.com/Loose_Tourmaline.html

It may also be a form of Flourite.

Browse through these pages, for a look at many differen't gems and stones. Maybe you'll find one that looks like your stone, and be able to figure out what the value is.

http://www.earthstone.com/Info/Beads/

[tainted echoes]

that could almost be a sapphire..i've seen them that color. i'll research it around and tell you if i find any information. =)

[Flaire]

Hmm..how about tourmaline. Scroll down, and you'll see what I mean. This green tourmaline looks very similar to your stone.

I was going to mention tourmaline. 8O But I'm no expert.



Most jewelry stores could probably tell you for sure, if you ask them nicely.

:) I agree with PB.. someone should be able to recognise the stone.

[Mithrea]

So was I, Flaire ;) :D

[*~*Chary*~*]

:)

[Old Witch]

Tsavorite is a green stone.........but I think it's way expensive.......

[Persephone]

Wow, thanks for all the help! I don't know what the weight is, the store had no information on it at all. It's a pretty light ring though, especially for the size.

It does look like the sapphire and the tourmaline and the Mt. St. Helen's stone, but given the price I'd have to guess Mt. St. Helen's.

I had been looking for a ring to wear to help with my 'magic work' and finally obeyed the promptings to visit this store to look for one - even though it isn't a jewelry store. I balked at the price though, and asked the saleslady to try to find out what it was. Some invisible helper prompted me to say that I'd just go ahead and buy it if it were $30, but not at $70. So the lady said it was her favorite ring and she'd like it to go to someone who really liked it... so she'd sell it to me for $30!

With the solstice coming up, I'll be programming it and thought it would be helpful to know what it was.

Thanks, thanks, thanks!

[kblackthorne]

Color alone is a poor way to identify a stone. I've seen garnets that look like rubies, and vice-versa. (Also rubies that look like rose-quartz! :( They were rubies -- just poor quality.)

If you go to a small (as in, not a chain) reputable, local jeweler, they should be able to tell you. Not a chain store -- they won't have the equipment on hand -- you want someplace where there's an actual jeweler on-site.

They'll put a flat facet of the stone against a light & measure the refraction -- they can tell what it is from that.

The other method -- which you'll probably have to pay for -- is specific gravity. They'll take the stone out of the setting, and measure the exact density of it. From that, they can tell you exactly what it is.

I need to get this done to my engagement ring. It was a family heirloom that my husband believed to be a topaz, but may actually be citrine. (In generations past, citrine was called "Topaz Quartz".) So now we're both dying of feline curiosity to find out what the stone really is -- if for no other reason than so we can correctly tell our heirs (when we get them).

Problem is, I never wear it any more (I can't wear it with my wedding band, and it doesn't fit well on my right hand -- too small), so I have to REMEMBER to wear it to the jewelers...

There are a number of stones I've seen of the color of your ring -- including tourmaline & iolite (sp). And there are a number of relatively "new" stone varieties coming out of places like Africa, some of which are clear until treated with heat -- it could be one of them.

In any event, you now have a ring you love, that was a real bargain from the sounds of it! :-)

[Kaylara]

maybe aquamarine? (I think that's the stone I'm thinking about...)

Kaylara

[Persephone]

I understand the difficulty of remember to wear the ring to the jeweler! I keep thinking I'll take mine in and ask, then deciding not to. And yes, it doesn't matter that much what it is, 'cause I like it!

It's mostly green, but when you aren't expecting it, you see a fair amount of blue too. I don't know if aquamarine comes in green, but it sounds likely, doesn't it?

I think I'll just call it the mystery stone for now!

[Silver]

I'm a jewelar and while that picture is fuzzy I'd say that it's teal. I haven't seen much jewelry using it of late but if it was a couple years old it fit perfectly. plus teal is only semiprecious and even in a 12-14 carat gold would fit the price nicely

[Mythrel]

Originally posted by Old Witch
Tsavorite is a green stone.........but I think it's way expensive.......

Tsavorite is part of the Garnet family...it is expensive

[Mythrel]

Originally posted by kblackthorne
Color alone is a poor way to identify a stone. I've seen garnets that look like rubies, and vice-versa. (Also rubies that look like rose-quartz! :( They were rubies -- just poor quality.)


gems are really interesting, garnets come in almost every color...I know this due to the fact that my mother's birthstone is the garnet and she's on a quest to get every type out there...I've been to more jewelry stores in the last 10-15 years than I care to admit...

[Persephone]

Silver, I have looked in my books and online, but I can't find any information on Teal. Can you tell me a bit about it?

Some of the other stones sound close, but the pictures I find don't quite match - or are too expensive to be the ring. Interesting mystery!

[Bahamut04640]

Looks like either a turquise(SP?) Topaz or an green sapphire

[Semele]

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