Amethyst Gemstone Ring, Gem Color Choice
Gold and 925 silver rings with amethyst gems grace the jewelry collection of most style conscious men and ladies. It is rightly said that love for the purple gemstone is universal, it crosses barriers of religion, gender, nationality, color, race and geographical locations. When choosing an amethyst ring, you will obviously seek everything that you desire in the gem - the most important feature being the color of the stone. You would most probably be aware that amethysts are found in a range of violet-purple shades. The lightest shade of amethyst appears in the form of a very weak pinkish-violet color, history had at one time referred to amethyst with this color as Rose De France. If you look at the amethyst gemstone image on this page, the stone on the right is a light colored amethyst but, this does not happen to be the lightest shade in which the purple quartz is found. Very pale amethyst gems hardly show any color tint at all, if you mounted one of these in your amethyst gemstone ring, you would see more of skin color through the top than the color of the stone! From our experience we would say that, the palest of amethyst stones are best retained in large sizes suitable for gemstone pendants. Keep the size really big because, the pale color does help deliver a uniformly colored amethyst with little or no visible occurrence of color zoning. This is not an easy thing to achieve because, amethyst by nature forms with a color zoned 'layered' format. Pale colored pieces in large sizes are best cut with fancy cuts and shapes, our suggestion would be to try the unconventional and aim for something unique. Basically we would say that, the light purple gem on the right should be a benchmark, for the lightest color amethyst that you should seek for a gold or 925 silver ring with amethyst. Having said that, we need to reaffirm that, Claddagh365 can procure any gem of your choice for the custom jewellery that you order from us. So if you desire to see your amethyst ring with a gem that is paler than the light stone shown in the image, we will deliver just that.
Now coming to a dark purple amethyst, where should the search for a dark amethyst color end. Too begin with most rings with amethyst stones for ladies and men, are ordered with medium to darker purple shades of amethyst. We will once again draw your attention to the amethyst image and the stone on the left. The gem has a substantial purple color show at the same time, you can see the light shining on the inner facets and reflecting back through the top of the stone. Gemstone lapidary might have been an art that developed over decades and centuries but, it embraces some concepts that are very scientific. The number of facets, their size, the angle of the facets etc are all mathematically calculated. Just one mistake in these aspects and even a moderately experienced gem enthusiast, can notice that something has gone terribly wrong. If the color of the amethyst was much darker than the stone to the left in the image, there would be no play of light inside the stone. Most of the light that would strike a very dark amethyst gem would be absorbed into the stone and this, would cause the stone to appear very dark - probably darker than it really is. So think twice before you request for the darkest purple stone available for your amethyst gem stone ring. Men have clear preference for gems with dark colors and this can be seen in the strong demand for, mens dark blue sapphire, black onyx, london blue topaz and even smoky quartz rings. But for a men's ring with amethyst gem, clearly state the 'degree' of darkness that you wish to see in the gem.
The above report was compiled by the style experts at Claddagh365, the leading online provider of fine custom jewelry. The information is geared to educate rather than to sell. But if you are planning to get a gold, silver or platinum ring for yourself or someone dear to you, check out our Amethyst Gemstone Ring Collection and discuss your requirements with our team at [email protected] Since we custom craft every jewel, you can request for the design, gemstone and metal of your choice for your requirements.
Now coming to a dark purple amethyst, where should the search for a dark amethyst color end. Too begin with most rings with amethyst stones for ladies and men, are ordered with medium to darker purple shades of amethyst. We will once again draw your attention to the amethyst image and the stone on the left. The gem has a substantial purple color show at the same time, you can see the light shining on the inner facets and reflecting back through the top of the stone. Gemstone lapidary might have been an art that developed over decades and centuries but, it embraces some concepts that are very scientific. The number of facets, their size, the angle of the facets etc are all mathematically calculated. Just one mistake in these aspects and even a moderately experienced gem enthusiast, can notice that something has gone terribly wrong. If the color of the amethyst was much darker than the stone to the left in the image, there would be no play of light inside the stone. Most of the light that would strike a very dark amethyst gem would be absorbed into the stone and this, would cause the stone to appear very dark - probably darker than it really is. So think twice before you request for the darkest purple stone available for your amethyst gem stone ring. Men have clear preference for gems with dark colors and this can be seen in the strong demand for, mens dark blue sapphire, black onyx, london blue topaz and even smoky quartz rings. But for a men's ring with amethyst gem, clearly state the 'degree' of darkness that you wish to see in the gem.
The above report was compiled by the style experts at Claddagh365, the leading online provider of fine custom jewelry. The information is geared to educate rather than to sell. But if you are planning to get a gold, silver or platinum ring for yourself or someone dear to you, check out our Amethyst Gemstone Ring Collection and discuss your requirements with our team at [email protected] Since we custom craft every jewel, you can request for the design, gemstone and metal of your choice for your requirements.