18k Yellow Gold Cultured Freshwater Pearl & Opal Dome Cocktail Ring
- Size 8.518KT yellow gold ring with a bright polish finish
- Condition is good.
- Ladies 18KT Yellow Gold Cultured Freshwater Pearl and Opal Ring
- Size 8 1/2The ring features a tapering bouquet of cultured freshwater pearls and opals supported by an elaborate lattice under gallery
- Supported by a five and one-half millimeter wide band.Trademark is B.D.C.Identified with markings of "18K"Containing:
- 24 cultured freshwater pearls, 6.0 mm in size. The pearls are cream and black in color with a high luster, mostly round, lightly spotted with good uniformityIndications of resin residue on the setting area.This resin is a usual & customary setting tool for pearls.Amount of residue is minor.
Freshwater Cultured Pearls are farmed in freshwater lakes and grown in mussels. In China, most pearl farms use the indigenous Hyriopsis Cumingii mussel. The irritants and the mussels used in making freshwater pearls are smaller than all of the saltwater pearl oysters. Freshwater pearl cultivating techniques can produce multiple pearls in one mussel. Freshwater pearls take from at least 3 years to as long as 6 years before they are ready for harvest. Freshwater pearls can be found in almost any shape.By adding very small quantites of additives into the water on a pearl farm, the color of freshwater pearls can be manipulated to almost any color of the rainbow including black. Freshwater pearls are almots seedless, because they are tissue nucleated, using a piece of mantle tissue only, without a bead. The pearl develops around the mantle tissue, which can over time degenerate, leaving a pearl that is compose almost entirely of nacre.Twenty-two crystal opals that are cut in an oval shaped cabochon and are prong setMeasure 6.00 mm long x 4.00 mm wide and 1.40 mm thickThe approximate weight is 4.62 carats.The opals have a bright, multicolor play of color (fire) in a flashfire patternA low dome; a good cut; no inclusionsSlight variation in base in their brightness and patternSlightly directional.Graded in the setting.Total Weight of Opals = 4.62 ctTotal weight of ring = 32.66 gramsTotal Retail Replacement Value = $9,600.00A Great Deal!The appraisal certificate is not included with the item.
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