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Rebecca Howarth
16th December 2009 15:40

Custom Cut Tourmaline Engagement Ring

 

This is a commission where we had the stone especially cut for the customers requirements!

Donna saw this beautiful aquamarine ready to wear engagement ring and loved the facetted topped stone. Unlike the more conventional oval cut this stone has what is called a chequerboard facetted top - the stone is still oval in shape but the top facettes are tessellating squares hence the name chequerboard. She loved these extra facettes as she wanted a very sparkly green stone!

She tried this other ready to wear ring on and loved the shape of the band. So with these two starting points we began to design her bespoke engagement ring.

custom cut aquamarine
custom cut aquamarine and shank
custom cut aquamarine engagement ring

Donna wanted an engagement ring with a green stone. She wears a lot of bright green and has beautiful red hair which just goes so well with green!

Firstly we talked about the cut of the stone. We combined the chequerboard facetted cut on top but with a more square proportioned shape rather than oval. Donna felt a straight sided square stone would be a little harsh so decided that she would like to have the stone with softened corners - this creating a square cushion shape with a facetted top! You can see the options are endless and when you are commissioning a piece, why compromise a thing when you can choose! Now finding a good quality bright green tourmaline with this cut is not impossible to find but can be tricky so we decided that custom cutting was the way forward. We searched for a green tourmaline of the right colour that could be cut to shape.

We custom cut the green tourmaline from a larger cushion stone to create the look. The lapidurist squared up the proportions and then facetted the top of the stone. The initial stone was 1.72cts and ended up at 1.05ct. after being cut. The twist engagement ring, simple in style holds the tourmaline for a modern design.

Not only can you have the design of the ring any shape you would like we can often cut stones whatever shape to like too!

Becky

Rebecca Howarth
 

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