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there is a Premier Tanzanite TSV on the 09/05/16
They were trotting out the heirloom piece malarkey this morning but that's nigh on ****** impossible to predict. Of course it can be passed on through the generations but whether it will be perceived to be valuable or desirable to future generations is just unknown.
I'm the family magpie so I have a lot of jewellery from previous generations but there are several pieces I just don't wear and some that I do. It tends to be the most simple pieces that I wear regularly. And two of the highest value pieces are never worn because they are just so obviously dated and somewhat OTT.
Lord knows how many of these rings they have available. It`s on sale in 11 different sizes and I daresay they have quite a few in each size too. That`s a heck of a lot of tanzanite for something they say is rare. In fact its so rare ( NOT ! ), lots of places now flog it set in silver. If I wanted to buy an heirloom I wouldn`t want a ring which is trotted out on selly telly and of which probably hundreds were available. For my just under a thousand squid, I`d sure as hell find something better or if I really wanted tanzanite then I`d buy a loose stone and have it set how I wanted.
I am very wary of what constitutes "premier Tanzanite" as there is no Jewellery Industry-wide standardised definition. A load of hype about double A grade, triple A grade and so on, but all of it seems to be subjective. Is this "premier" version just another name Q have given to the range? I have concerns about how these jewellery channels (and Q) define certain gemstones, their supposed rarity and so on.