An astonishing natural gem ruby and fine sparkly earth mined white diamond cocktail, engagement or anniversary ring in the shape of a swan and crafted in solid 18K gold.
This ring is a spectacular piece and was commissioned as a custom design in the 1980s.
It is currently a size 6 1/2 US. It can be resized.
In total it weighs 12.35 grams.
Underneath the ring is is marked clearly "750" for 18K gold.
The swan itself measures approximately 1 1/16" long by 7/8" wide (27mm x 22mm) with the ring rising 3/8" high off the finger (9mm).
It is set with a gorgeous natural red cabochon ruby and the swan has a ruby necklet and a bright red ruby eye. The swans feathers sparkle from every which angle and are covered with gorgeous natural white diamonds.
Set gems are as follows:
A cabochon ruby measuring 6.7mm x 5.2mm x 3.2mm and weighing 1.2 carats.
One round brilliant cut ruby as the swan's eye measuring 2.2mm and weighing 5 points
Three square cut rubies measuring 2.5mm by 2.5mm and weighing 10 points each
The total ruby weight is 1.55 carats.
There are 1.43 carats of diamonds of F color VS clarity which range in diameter from 1.3mm to 2.1mm.
The total ruby and diamond weight is 2.98 carats.
It is in beautiful condition being ready to gift or to wear.
This is such a beautiful, exuberant and luxurious ring!
Full appraisal papers accompany this ring.
It will be sent in a presentation box ready for gifting and for safe keeping.
Unfortunately, in the last two decades many rubies seen in modern jewelry and rubies set as replacements in vintage and antique jewelry have had the color induced by high temperature heating in chemicals such as beryllium. This is called diffusion treatment and includes surface diffusion, bulk diffusion, lattice diffusion and deep diffusion. There are also sapphires treated heavily with beryllium treatment to imitate rubies. In recent years rubies have been clarity enhanced by filling any fissures or cracks with molten lead glass, sometimes the glass is colored as well, with time the filler falls out or goes cloudy ruining the stone. Polymer resins can be used in a similar way. Oftentimes this clarity enhancement may appear on certificates as the note(s) “residues” or “minor residues” or perhaps “foreign substance”. Colored coatings can be applied to the back of a ruby. These treatments are unacceptable and such treated stones are of very low value. We do not sell rubies with these treatments.
The photos form part of the description. Like all colored stones there is a color variation that occurs in different lighting conditions both inside but also outside, even the time of day can make the color of a stone appear a little different. We do our best to show colors as we see them. Color perception is highly individual and some people can perceive more colors than others, also colors can appear somewhat different on different screens and devices due to variations in screen hardware and device display settings.
