This very pretty ring marries together a red gold and diamond, "halo" (floating) setting, embracing a beautiful, briolette-faceted, cushion cut, pink tourmaline and a white gold diamond shank.
Sticking with the "pinks"... (and I'm always so surprised at how vibrantly PINK these can be)...a combination of rubies and diamonds set in yellow gold. When I was a weee little girl, I always thought the "precious gemstones" namely rubies, emeralds and sapphires were sooo lovely. Later, when I became a jeweller I realised that these red, green and blue (most well-known colour of sapphire) gemstones were of the most unflattering variant of those three colours! In fact rubies aren't really red, and more often a dark cerise pink, emeralds are grass green, and blue sapphires are generally of a navy hue. I would much rather recommend garnet and rubelite (for the reds), tourmaline, green amethyst and peridot (for the greens), and definitely blue tanzanite, lapis lazuli, and iolite (for the blues and purplish blues).
This being the peridot I mentioned above. A simple birthstone pendant.
And this being the iolite I spoke of. Such a lovely "warm" blue, with subtle purple undertones. Quite similar in appearance to a tanzanite of medium quality, when glanced at. When perusing more intently, one would be able to deduce a difference between the two. But iolite is certainly a very close and economical (much more affordable than a AAA grade tanzanite) substitute.
A very large, round citrine, with browner (as opposed to yellower) undertones, accented with trillion-shaped, diamond settings.
As you can see, this is a reversible, silver, hinged, bangle. It is specifically designed for both "day" and "evening" wear. During the more casual hours of the day, it boasts (left to right) amethyst, blue topaz, iolite, pink tourmaline, and blue sapphire. At night, when one wants to "dress up" a bit, one simply flips the bangle 180 degrees, and flaunts a sparklingly brilliant, diamond.
These emerald cut, aquamarine earrings were made to match the existing ring (in the background). Again, a case of either wearing them simply (as is) or attaching their versatile, detachable, diamond frames.
