Rhodochrosite jewelry?

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lolakitten

lolakitten

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Mar 11, 2007
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Does anyone have any Rhodochrosite jewellry? I recently fel lin love with a ring that had a large faceted rhodochrosite on it, but it was in YG & it was way over my price range. I wish I could find something simpler but I've never seen this stone before! I tried a google search, but all I can find is inexpensive silver jewelry in it's natural unpure form (think layered turquoise vs a faceted stone). Any recs?

 
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I wish I did but it's hard to find in a gem quality stone. it's also extremely soft I think a 5 on the moh scale. hopefully someone can find you a gem quality stone.

have you considered contacting a gem dealer (online is best bet) and seeing if they can bring in the stone loose? then setting it in a custom or stock setting?
 
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Candice0985 said:
I wish I did but it's hard to find in a gem quality stone. it's also extremely soft I think a 5 on the moh scale. hopefully someone can find you a gem quality stone.

have you considered contacting a gem dealer (online is best bet) and seeing if they can bring in the stone loose? then setting it in a custom or stock setting?
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I guess that's why it's so expensive. There's 2 rings from Viani (??) at Birks that has it, but they're both in yellow gold.
I'll have to contact some dealers! TY! I wonder if jewelers won't work on it since it is so soft?
 
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mlopez149 said:
You can buy faceted Rhodochrosite loose stones at jtv.com, some look better than others but you can always return the item if you don't like it.
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Thanks!
Wow, the good ones are quite expensive. I guess the rings I was looking at were quite a deal then. Hmm...
It's the rich even coral tone ones that look nice - not the pale mottled pink ones.
 
#6
I agree the coral tone ones are the prettiest. Jtv.com is a good site to find gemstones that regular jewelry stores don't carry. I use them quite a bit. I hope you are able to find what you're looking for.
 
#7
Hm, I just spoke to my jeweler & he thought putting it into a ring would be very unwise because it's so soft... especially a bigger piece...

He did show me however a few garnets that were significantly less $$$ & a similar coral colour...
 
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