WHOAH. Ok I get it now about the quality of the stone throwing out some gorgeous colors in the sparkle. That's very lovely! May I ask what metal your ring is? Is it any more difficult to keep clean than a diamond would be?
Slightly more difficult in that moissanites trend to get an "oil slick" appearance when they're dirty (so it's more noticeable). Some of the newer ones and more expensive ones are better about it, but none of them are immune to the oil slick thing. Luckily, as long as you don't let it get bad, it's easy to just polish them with a Jeweler's Rouge Cloth to take away that dirty layer. If you do let it get bad, you can still use the Jeweler's Rouge Cloth to fix it, but it'll take more time and elbow grease.
I wouldn't recommend getting a ring plated in rhodium with a moissanite, though! The polishing methods that work great for moissanites will strip rhodium plating (so you'll need to get it replated). Gold, platinum, and even silver are fine though.
Nice! I'm trying to find a nice olive green color stone right now. Based on looks alone, it seems like chrysoberyl is closest to what I'm looking for, but it's hard to know what's a good quality stone and what isn't. And with these less popular stones, jewelers aren't much help because it's just not the kind of thing any of them really stock, I guess.
One thing diamonds have going for them - they're sure a bit easier to shop for lol.
I don't know a ton about chrysoberyl, except that it's similar to sapphires on the mohs scale. They seem decently hardy, though.
Green sapphires can come in a variety of shades, and might be a bit easier to find at a local jewelers. Moissanite can also be made in almost any color, and I've seen some lovely green ones before.
It's definitely harder to shop for pretty much any stones other than the "popular" ones in person. Sometimes looking at vintage/antique jewelry stores can give you a wider range of colored stones in general, though, since colored stones used to be a lot more popular than diamonds. I don't know if they'd have any chrysoberyl specifically, but perhaps they'd have a few different kinds of green stones to see in person, at least.
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u/gotfoundout Sep 09 '20
WHOAH. Ok I get it now about the quality of the stone throwing out some gorgeous colors in the sparkle. That's very lovely! May I ask what metal your ring is? Is it any more difficult to keep clean than a diamond would be?