ANTIQUE 14K GOLD AQUA BLUE ZIRCON SIZE 5.5 RING
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Features: This is a very beautiful antique to approx antique (1910 to 1920's c) ring. Made of rose yellow solid 14K gold with some platinum with round cut aqua blue zircon stone. Stone is set in a heavy raised platinum set bezel (platinum is a precious metal more valuable than gold) with raised platinum on both sides of upper shank. Ring is hallmarked: "14K". Far upper inner shank has another mark, too faded to read. Also, has marker mark: "OAC". Via much time with researching, thus far, OAC is a mystery maker mark which we were not able to identify. It's a beautiful stone. This type of aqua blue zircon stone, (during turn 1900's up to 1920's) was often used in place of diamonds as the sparkle and life that it gives has a similar quality. Though stone is birthstone for December, many adored the stone regardless of birth month. Some modern jewelers have mistaken stone as aquamarine but of course, it's not. This type of older zircon stone is highly collectible , due to it's type of cut. Stone is a older type of brilliant cut with pre-30's raised crown (raised from mid girdle to table). Table (top of stone) is oxygonal (8 fold axis). Stone is of very good quality (VVSI , few slight inclusions) but would of been considered very excellent quality (within VVS) before modern methods of cutting was involved with treatments riding natural
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