Jewelry

[gulf coast girl]

Is this one stone that fused together underground or ....well how was it formed like this? Is it real, is it discovered like this where it looks like 2 stones lumped together?

[SilleeMee]

The stone is all natural quartz. A single ametrine gem is cut from one single piece of quartz. This bi-colored stone is rare in nature so quartz from a specific mine in Bolivia is treated to give it the two colors you see. It is not two stones lumped together. It is a single stone treated to display two colors.

As far as I know there is only one mine, in Bolivia, that produces ametrine.

[gulf coast girl]

It's really eye catching isn't it, do you have any? Thanks for clearing all that up. I've been looking at it on JTV and it's calling out to me, I think I want some. I would prefer one in a gold setting but it's not in the budget this month nor next or the one after that either. LOL guess I can get it in silver.

[SilleeMee]

I'm glad I could help you. I do not own any ametrine @gulf coast girl. I have watched many jewelry shows that have had it featured though and it is very beautiful. Have you checked out  ShopLC dot com? From what I saw, there are many rings and a couple in white gold, no yellow gold that I could see. Prices of the silver rings are quite attractive.

Hope you find something you like.

[esmeraldagooch]

Here is some info.

http://geology.com/minerals/quartz/ametrine.shtml

[SilleeMee]

Forgot to mention...ShopLC has a 30%-off everything code on their homepage ending at midnight. @gulf coast girl

[esmeraldagooch]

The ring I purchased came from QVC. They called it sunrise ametrine. 

[SilleeMee]

Sounds very nice @esmeraldagooch. What cut is the stone in your ring? If I were to buy one, I think a step-cut  elongated octagon would be beautiful.

[Oznell]

 I have one piece that is a rather chunky, (as opposed to a slender) emerald cut ametrine that I got about 20 years ago at a local jewelers.  I love two-colored stones-- also admire

watermelon quartz... 

[JaneMarple]

Coincidently my two grandchildren's birthstones are amethyst and citrine. I gave their mother a beautiful ametrine pendent necklace from the LC a few years ago for her birthday, she loved it.