1.75 Grams of Gold in a Lorique Ring?

[Miss Kitty]

3.55ct AAA Tanzanite & Diamond Lorique 18K Gold Ring - SQVJ98. Sold for £849, which is a great price. However, using 1.75g of gold is not good. It's so lightweight it will bend or snap. It is a knife edge design but does not need to be so thin. Poor show.

 

[Sazza]

Surely that weight is a mistake??? You can't have a Lorique with so little gold!!!

 

[Miss Kitty]

Well, it did look thin. And with 18ct gold being much softer than the 9ct type I can only imagine what it will look like after a couple of wears. :sad:

 

[Miss Kitty]

[h=2]Something suggested as suitable for an engagement ring. Closed at £649, so again a good price. However, only 1.45g this time. Not something that will hold up for everyday wear.

Design Description[/h]
An elegant Ring from the Tomas Rae Collection, set into 9K Gold & featuring a 0.50ct I1-I2 Grade Diamond from South Africa, E-F colour. Each Ring comes with its own unique Authenticity Card from EGL.
[h=2]Design Details[/h]

Design Code	JRKS11
Style	Ring
Precious metal	9k Yellow Gold
Weight	1.45g
Number of Gemstones	1
Total Carat Weight	0.50Cts

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[Sacha]

3.55ct AAA Tanzanite & Diamond Lorique 18K Gold Ring -
SQVJ98. Sold for £849, which is a great price. However, using 1.75g of gold is not good. It's so lightweight it will bend or snap. It is a knife edge design but does not need to be so thin. Poor show.

Most definitely! With such a large stone set in this minimal amount of gold, it must look top heavy? As Tanzanite is a rather fragile stone anyway, its setting should be suitably robust!

Not being a fan of flimsy low metal weight rings I haven't been tempted for over a year....:angel:
except for a couple of pretty silver rings in the early spring!

 

[jinnyjamjar]

They do seem to have a profusion of massive gems teetering unsteadily on a whisper of metal lately....

I only really like the Tookalon range - lots of nice chunky silver safely holding a stone - other than that, I'm distinctly unimpressed with what Gems are doing, especially those bleedin' accent diamonds that look like gravel!

Jinny x

 

[gemgem]

Excuse my ignorance but what kind of weight should you look for in different types of gem-set rings? I was looking at VBPS36 on Gems and it only has 1.46g and I am expecting delivery of GFSV35 tomorrow (to match a pair of earrings) which has 1.9g. Should I be worried?