I haven't been online in a disturbingly long time. Summer exams followed by moving into new uni house where there was no internet etc. Also I have just been super busy with my birthday (I am so old now) and stuff that I should probably blog about but I will probably not get round to.
So here is a little post about a very special birthday present I received on my 18th.
This is probably my most precious possession.
(As in material possessions and not including my kitten because I wouldn't describe her like that)
So here is a little post about a very special birthday present I received on my 18th.
This is probably my most precious possession.
(As in material possessions and not including my kitten because I wouldn't describe her like that)
The engraving inside says 'Yasmin 25.09.2007
My mum designed this ring for a surprise birthday present for me using a sapphire that had been saved since I was born and recycling two diamonds from older rings.
Basically it is a large sapphire (I don't know the exact carat) accompanied by two diamonds. The stones are all set in 18ct white gold in a rubover setting and the shank is 18ct yellow gold. The diamonds are 'old cuts' therefore cut by hand and slightly mismatched because they were removed from older designs to recycle for my ring.
My parents purchased the sapphire from a dealer in Bangkok 1984 where my parents were buying stock (before they even had a company but in anticipation of having a business in the future!) but when I was born in September a few years later it was held back as my birthstone.
My mum says she chose to put diamonds either side to set off the deep blue of the sapphire to create something simple, practical and timeless for me to keep and be able to wear forever. This stone is particularly gorgeous because it has that really deep, velvety colour that is an intense blue without absorbing the light and becoming dull. Sapphires can actually come in loads of different colours from very dark inky blue to cornflower blue and also they are found in 'fancy' colours, yellow and pink and rubies are actually technically the same stone but it became the fashion to call the pinky-red stones 'rubies' and the blue variety 'sapphires'. Personally I quite like sapphires because they are a hard, durable stone (only surpassed by diamonds and 9 on the Mohs scale)
(I also love tourmaline.)
Hopefully I've given someone a new interest in this awesome stone but I am not a big expert on gemology - yet.
xxx
My mum designed this ring for a surprise birthday present for me using a sapphire that had been saved since I was born and recycling two diamonds from older rings.
Basically it is a large sapphire (I don't know the exact carat) accompanied by two diamonds. The stones are all set in 18ct white gold in a rubover setting and the shank is 18ct yellow gold. The diamonds are 'old cuts' therefore cut by hand and slightly mismatched because they were removed from older designs to recycle for my ring.
My parents purchased the sapphire from a dealer in Bangkok 1984 where my parents were buying stock (before they even had a company but in anticipation of having a business in the future!) but when I was born in September a few years later it was held back as my birthstone.
My mum says she chose to put diamonds either side to set off the deep blue of the sapphire to create something simple, practical and timeless for me to keep and be able to wear forever. This stone is particularly gorgeous because it has that really deep, velvety colour that is an intense blue without absorbing the light and becoming dull. Sapphires can actually come in loads of different colours from very dark inky blue to cornflower blue and also they are found in 'fancy' colours, yellow and pink and rubies are actually technically the same stone but it became the fashion to call the pinky-red stones 'rubies' and the blue variety 'sapphires'. Personally I quite like sapphires because they are a hard, durable stone (only surpassed by diamonds and 9 on the Mohs scale)
(I also love tourmaline.)
Hopefully I've given someone a new interest in this awesome stone but I am not a big expert on gemology - yet.
xxx
