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9.90 ctw Smoky Quartz and Seed Pearl Ring - 14KT Yellow Gold

Currency:USD Category:Jewelry / Fine Jewelry Start Price:1.00 USD Estimated At:1,700.00 - 2,225.00 USD
9.90 ctw Smoky Quartz and Seed Pearl Ring - 14KT Yellow Gold
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550.00USDto floor+ buyer's premium
This item SOLD at 2017 Jan 24 @ 08:49UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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One electronically tested 14KT yellow gold ladies cast smoky quartz and seed pearl ring. The featured smoky quartz is set within an elaborate filigree frame with seed pearl accents supported by three-way split rope style shoulders, completed by a four millimeter wide band. Patterned finish. Condition is good. Containing: One prong set modified shield cut natural smoky quartz, measuring 20.00. x 13.10 x 7.10mm, approximate weight of 9.90ct., clarity is eye clean, medium, slightly grayish, brown color, (GIA Br 5/2), cut is good. Transmitting light with no distortion, transparent. Colored Stone Grading Report attached. Graded in the setting. Six seed pearls, 2.0mm in size to 2.0mm in size. The pearls are white in color with a very good luster, round to near round, mostly clean Graded in the setting. A seed pearl is a small natural pearl, formed in either a saltwater oyster or fresh water mussel, that is usually less the a one-quarter grain in weight and smaller then 2mm in size and off-round in shape. In jewelry they are used as decorative borders, tiny accents in small patterns or in larger clusters woven together to make up an entire piece of jewelry. One of the most historically famous examples of seed pearl jewelry is that of a seed pearl suite (a necklace and two matching bracelets) purchased on April 28, 1862 from Tiffany and Co. for Mary Todd Lincoln from President Abraham Lincoln to wear to the first Lincoln inaugural ball.. Total Weight of Colored Stones 9.90ct.. Total Weight of Ring 11.95gm. AIG Appraised at $2,225.00.