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Unusual Aquamarine Eternity Rings

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Our top twelve Unusual Aquamarine Eternity Rings? Aquamarine is one of our best selling gemstones. With its watery blue green sea tones it makes the perfect companion to diamonds. At 7 on the Mohs scale it wears well and is hard enough to withstand daily wear. It is is the birthstone for March and the gemstone used to celebrate the 19th wedding anniversary.

Eternity rings are traditionally gifted on the 10th wedding anniversary and if you are looking for something a little unusual then aquamarine is the perfect choice. It cones in a wide range of gemstone cuts from round brilliant, princess cut, the very popular emerald cut and the art deco favourite the baguette cut. All the designs in our eternity ring catalogue are available in aquamarine, on its own or mixed with diamond. Try it with green Tsavorite for a vibrant unusual mix! aquamarine looks equally good in both platinum, rose gold or yellow gold.

 

 

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Princess Cut and round brilliant diamonds and aquamarines work well together as the cuts match well. mix platinum and gold to warm up you ring.

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All our rings are designed to fit with your existing rings if required. Often today the eternity ring is also worn on the right hand to allow for a more unusual ring that expresses who you are without the constraint of fitting with your wedding and engagement ring. Anything goes!

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Baguette cut and diamond full and half eternity rings                                                                                    Claw set and fitting aquamarine and diamond alternating eternity rings

Aquamarine is a fascinatingly beautiful gemstone, it’s name comes from the Latin for seawater not just for it’s colour but because it was said to calm waves and keep sailors safe at sea. The best Aquamarines combine high clarity with limpid transparency shining over an extraordinarily beautiful range of blue to green colours. It occurs in large crystals inspiring creative gemstone designers to create new artistic cuts again and again due to it’s many good qualities and it’s hardness makes it very tough and protects it to a large extent from scratches. It is almost as popular as the classics: ruby, sapphire and emerald. The more intense the colour of an aquamarine, the more value is put on it.

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Aquamarine Engagement Rings

Modern Aquamarine Engagement Ring

Aquamarine Engagement Rings are an unusual but increasingly popular modern choice. Perfectly matched with diamonds and platinum with a smattering of yellow, rose or even green gold. We design you a unique ring based on your personal style or iconography. From a traditional modern take on the classic cluster or art deco inspired engagement ring, through a simple contemporary classic to the creative and organic.

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Art deco inspired rings use the emerald cut or the baguette cut diamond and aquamarine. The rings like the gemstone cut have simple angled lines and clean cuts that give a geometric elegance that is just as fresh today as it was in the 1930’s.

The Edwardians popularised the classic cluster ring. A central aquamarine instead of the traditional sapphire really updates the look that had a resurgence in recent times when Princess Diana’s engagement ring was gifted to Kate Middleton by Prince William on their engagement.

 

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Contemporary engagement rings can take any form and its important that they express who you and your partner are. in the rings above an aquamarine and a diamond was set into a design based on our inwards spiky engagement ring to symbolise a couples love of astronomy and the study of the planets. The green and white gold aquamarine engagement ring symbolises a couples shared love of the beach and the sea.

As you put together your ideas for an ideal engagement ring to propose with it can be useful to think about the moments that you have shared together and if any of those themes symbolise your relationship for you both. An aspect of this can be used either boldly or subtly to make your ring a unique expression of who you are.

Talk to our designer Rebecca Smith about aquamarine Engagement rings online or instore.

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Aquamarine Jewellery The March Birthstone

Aquamarine Jewellery The March Birthstone

Aquamarine hues can range from blueish green, blue-green, greenish blue, to deep blue, and its tones can vary from very light to moderately dark. In Western cultures, due to its colour and name, it has a folklore strongly connected to the sea. Here’s a selection of the many varied looks of Aquamarine Jewellery The March Birthstone.

 

 

Stunning as a solitaire contemporary engagement or dress ring:

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Mixed with diamonds in platinum for a classic multi stone ring or eternity

 

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Mixed with multi coloured gemstones in fun stacking rings and pendants

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Giant included aquamarine cabochons make fabulous cocktail rings

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Blue Topaz is a less expensive gemstone with some shades resembling aquamarine. Some shades are more electric than you would expect of aquamarine like this swiss blue topaz stacking ring. Blue topaz tends to be heat treated where as Aquamarine is not. Pale shades or included material is less expensive than the stronger colours.

Redesigned Aquamarine Diamond Giant Cocktail Ring

Contact our designer to select you a beautiful aquamarine to view as a starting point to creating your own handmade bespoke Aquamarine Jewellery The March Birthstone. Book your appointment here

A little history:

Aquamarine has been used as jewellery for at least 3000 years and is referenced in Sumerian, Egyptian, Greek and Roman writings. The Greeks called it the sailor’s stone and The Roman philosopher Pliny suggested ‘the lovely aquamarine . . . . seems to have come from some mermaid’s treasure house’. In those days it was not called aquamarine but ‘sea-green beryl’ and in some ancient texts it was one of the seven sacred stones taken to sea to ensure a safe return.

Pricing and origin:

Aquamarine can be found in fairly large sizes but it is color and clarity that make the price. Cutters remove the blemished or impure parts of the stone to create a smaller, strongly coloured stone. A small transparent stone of saturated deep blue will be worth a stone twice its size if it is pale with inclusions.

Although Brazil was once the prime source of the valuable Santa Maria aquamarine those mines have been exhausted and now it is only colour that really determines the value not where the gemstones come from. So long as they possess that strong blue colour they can be mined in Madagascar, Burma or Colorado! Original documented gems with good colour from Siberia or Brazil are highly valued.

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Aquamarine in Jewellery

Aquamarine in Jewellery

Aquamarine in Jewellery is extremely versatile. The colour of an aquamarine tends to vary along the blue-green colour spectrum. Like emerald, aquamarine is a colour variety of the mineral beryl. The majority of aquamarines are of light blue colour, but the most expensive and coveted aquamarines are dark blue. Most aquamarine has a greenish blue colour, this is often heated to make it a more intense blue. With a hardness of 7.5 to 8 on the Mohs scale, it is a durable gemstone as long as it is treated with care to protect it against scratching and hard knocks. It can be found in a full range of different cuts from rough cut to cabochon or faceted shapes gemstones for setting or beads for stringing. It can also be carved. It’s hardness means it is ideal for giving a little colour to an engagement ring or eternity ring. Aquamarine is the birthstone for March and the gem of the 19th wedding anniversary.

Blue topaz or aquamarine?

We use both in our jewellery and it is very hard to differentiate between the two. By using a jewellers loupe you can tell the two gemstones apart. If you see two refraction lines when looking through a jewellers loupe at a gemstone you will know that it is, in fact, a blue topaz and not an aquamarine. A light blue topaz is a lot cheaper than an aquamarine, as it is widely available and usually has been irradiated to turn it from clear to blue. Aquamarines are usually natural, occassionally they will be heated to bring out a more intense blue colour but this should always be pointed out to you. As long as you are aware of what you are buying this gorgeous sea blue colour can be made available for most budgets.

 

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Faceted rounds, ovals and pear shaped aquamarines. This fun collection of rings featuring aquamarines and diamonds set in platinum are versatile enough to use as an engagement ring, dress ring or eternity ring. we love the look of these smooth rubover settings framing these unusual gemstones.

 

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Emerald cut, baguette and princess cut aquamarines are often featured in Art Deco style rings. Here are a few typically “stepped” designs inspired by this artistic era. We’ve slipped in a blue topaz to this row. Can you tell them apart?

 

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Cabochons and rough cuts. Set in silver these lovely included aquamarines have the feel of the ocean about them. A cabochon often has a moonstone like quality to it. We love to aquire and use these giant pieces of natural art.

 

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Colour combining. Aquamarines don’t just look good in the white precious metals of silver or platinum, it looks equally creative in rose gold or with a yellow metal highlight in these mixed metal fun dress rings and stacking rings. Its forgiving colour combines well with a variety of other gemstone colours. Our colour palette for our collections when it isn’t being pared with diamonds often combimes it with lime green peridot and purple amethyst or the dark blues of sapphire or tanzanite.

See more of our aquamarine in jewellery here

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Unusual Fashionable Jewellery Designs for 2017

Just about to hit our website are these unusual fashionable jewellery designs for 2017. Featuring aquamarines, sapphires, diamonds white and rose gold. All trending jewellery looks for this years classic wedding jewellery. This years range of engagement rings will focus on sapphire and diamond.

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Rose gold and silver cuff bangle                           Aquamarine shoulder ring in platinum            Aquamarine and Diamond Moi et Toi ring

 

Bespoke engagement rings and wedding bandsDiamond and platinum twist earstuds five princess diamond deco ring front

Long awaited platinum twist earstuds to match the flat twist engagement ring. Perfect for that surprise wedding day gift.

From our contemporary deco range a stunning 2.5ct platinum and princess cut diamond ring.

rough diamond ringBlue topaz silver ringUnusual Fashionable Jewellery Designs

Ever popular our rough cut diamonds and gemstones set in silver and 18ct yellow gold with a hammered or reticulated finish.

Pictured here is a 1ct diamond set with six champagne rough diamonds. A blue topaz and silver ring. A platinum wedding band with 18ct yellow gold edging.

You’ll find many more New Unusual Fashionable Jewellery Designs appearing on the website in the next few months. Sign up to our newsletter to see them as they launch.