The Stone Is Beautiful
My first impression upon opening the box (very nice presentation) was, “Oh! This is pretty!”. The long rectangular stone is beautiful, a cloudy, moody labradorite as beautiful as any I’ve seen in the Maritimes. The setting is a disappointment. My expectation was gold. I knew it wouldn’t have the soft, natural look of my “real” jewelry but I didn’t expect it to look like yellow dime store jewelry. This does. BUT the band is narrow and the bezel setting really makes this ring special so I decided to give it a wear. The band felt really soft as I put it on, so soft that it had actually bent slightly simply by putting it on. I wore it to dinner that evening and was surprised by how deformed the band was after being worn to a virtually zero-activity event. I wore it one more time (I really love the stone and style) out shopping for shoes. The setting somehow snagged on the laces of a pair I was trying on and bent about 45 degrees; the vertical stone was now diagonal AND the setting twisted almost to breaking on the band.<br />I’m very disappointed. I wasn’t expecting anything special at this price point but the quality is far below even a modest expectation. My local jeweler will help me find a different use for the stone.
Rating: 1 stars