Bleu Agate Alhambra Pieces
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Someone passed on blue agate special order magic earrings last year and my SA contacted me. They were $7400. I am still hoping vintage size will be released soon. But also kick myself everyday for not buying these.
Were you able to get your Blue Agate repaired? Do you know if you had “gaps” between the blue and the gold?
I got mine in 2018 because of its durability and being easy to maintain (and the lovely pop of color!!).
I have worn it stacked with Cartier pieces almost everyday since - to the gym, shower, sauna, etc.
Mine was delivered to my home. I was over the moon to open it but became underwhelmed when I saw “gaps” between the stone and gold motif. My only other pieces at the time were all Guilloché, so I didn’t have anything to really compare it to.
My SA was away so I called various VCAs and kept getting different answers on whether the gap should be there or not. Eventually I was told that Blue Agate would crack if it didn’t have “breathing room”.
I wonder if that was the case with yours - it didn’t have enough space?
Gaps are normal & are done on purpose especially with Blue Agate. If there’s too much tension the stones can crack much easier. All of their Alhambra jewelry with colored stones have gaps between gold and stone to some degree. I haven’t seen this on earrings as much as bracelets and necklaces.
was so hard to choose between these two
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Pick the ones that has less gaps between stone and gold. All have gaps but some of the stones are way too small for setting these days and it looks funky.
Same boat re: picking between - ended up picking the one on the right because of how bright it was, but the more translucent one on the leg was also beautiful and soothing to look at.
