Watermelon

Certainly no one has benefited from my connections to the diamond industry more than my dear sister. There seems to be a standing order now whenever I travel to a stone-buying opportunity that I should purchase something wonderful for her. It’s kind of a fun project really – creative license abounds! Here is what I picked up at the big gem industry show in Vegas:

Watermelon Tourmaline from Brazil and a grown out manicure from New York

This is a variety of tourmaline commonly referred to as ‘watermelon’ for fairly obvious reasons. You may be familiar with tourmalines in some of the other common colors such as pink, deep green, and blue. Fact is, they come in several of these colors as a result of how they form. You will often see it sold in slices or raw crystals because of how badass they are in a somewhat natural form – check it out:

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Not gonna lie – did a lot of flirting and eyelash batting with the Brazilian men to get a good price. Since my sister has pretty a pretty classic aesthetic, I opted for a fairly simple setting with emphasis on the stone:

Finished Ring

Side View

This is also an example of 18KT Green Gold which I explained in my earlier post on metal colors. This particular casting company prefers it to yellow gold, so I went with it, but I do think it coordinates nicely with the green in the stone. What do you think?