Originally, the ring was $120, including matching earrings and a necklace, but it was a little over $500 after getting it reset and sized.

I fell in love with it instantly! It is a 8 mm (2 caret) white sapphire originally set in sterling silver, but we paid for it to be sized and reset in white gold. DH and I thought we would get a moissanite, but we were at Zales last month, and we saw this gorgeous white sapphire ring. So awhile back, I posted a thread asking what ring was good for an anniversary. These lab-created stones often have a blue-to-purple color range making them an excellent option for to-be-weds looking for a colorful engagement ring.Hi bees! This is for those of you considering white sapphires. Because of that, jewelers mostly use lab-grown gemstones that have the same properties as natural alexandrite. The price of a single-carat genuine alexandrite can reach up to $15,000. Today, alexandrite is found in minimal supplies in Tanzania, Brazil, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, making it the rarest gemstone in the world. Alexandrite became a symbol of Russian royalty because of its rarity (the Ural deposits have since been depleted) and also because two of the stone's distinct colors happened to be the colors of Russia's military uniforms at the time-red and green. First discovered in the Ural mountain range of Russia, the gemstone was named after Czar Alexander II, the heir to the throne at the time. What Is Alexandrite?Īlexandrite is a variety of the mineral chrysoberyl.

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