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#743029 - 05/15/12 09:33 AM
Help with identifying a stone, lots of pics
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Curious
Registered: 02/25/12
Posts: 13
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Edited by nikkisim (05/15/12 09:37 AM)
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#743043 - 05/15/12 09:54 AM
Re: Help with identifying a stone, lots of pics
[Re: nikkisim]
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BTD Crown Jewel
Registered: 03/01/11
Posts: 11359
Loc: Canada
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I can`t tell, but I have a white sapphire. It throughs light in flashes, but does not sparkle as a diamond or CZ would. It is very white though, and it is pretty, but is not diamond like at all. A cz would be diamond like.
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#743593 - 05/17/12 04:36 AM
Re: Help with identifying a stone, lots of pics
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Omniscient
Registered: 04/23/09
Posts: 2938
Loc: London, UK
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I really think that your is a CZ. +1, judging by the pics, doesn't look like a sapphire.
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#743621 - 05/17/12 07:44 AM
Re: Help with identifying a stone, lots of pics
[Re: nikkisim]
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BTD Crown Jewel
Registered: 04/08/02
Posts: 18658
Loc: Northwestern NJ
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If it's not a white sapphire, and it is a natural stone, my first thought would be spinel. Decades ago, spinel was used as a stand-in for many gems including diamonds, sapphires and rubies because it has a high refractive index and came naturally in so many colors, including colorless. The Black Prince's Ruby in the Imperial State Crown of the United Kingdom is actually a spinel.
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#743630 - 05/17/12 08:36 AM
Re: Help with identifying a stone, lots of pics
[Re: nikkisim]
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Curious
Registered: 02/25/12
Posts: 13
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Thanks for the replies, Im leaning more and more towards cz myself due to the clarity and sparkle of the stone. Having compared pictures and seeing jcents sapphire mine really cannot be one. I dont know wether to just email the seller again, im kinda dissapointed because i dont seeem to have what he said it was but i love the setting because its so heavy! I was thinking of changing it for a moissanite stone and I still have my 5mm moissanite so rang a jeweller to see if that could be set in this ring, but as the setting holds a 6mm stone she said no, so i asked about having a 6mm mossy set and she replied in a rather snooty way i dont work with moissanite so im going to say no anyway! charming! Anyway i will more than likely end up changing the stone does anyone know where i can buy a loose 6mm moissanite stone in the uk? I actually missed one on ebay which would have been perfect, and im sure that i can find a jeweller somewhere that doesnt have a snooty attitude when it comes to setting a moissanite!
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