'Balmoral' Cairngorm Quartz & Elie Ruby Scottish Gold & Silver Ring
The centrepiece of this unique ring is a genuine faceted .6ct Cairngorm Smoky Quartz, Scotland's beloved national gemstone, with a companion fiery Elie Ruby.
The craftmanship on this ring is spectacular - it has been painstakingly hand-finished with highly detailed carvings and intricate Celtic knotwork, including a Celtic Trinity Knot on the reverse of the band. Design details and gemstone collets are in natural hallmarked 14ct Scottish Gold, on a 925 sterling silver base.
Ring is slightly adjustable due to open design of the band. The ring will easily fit sizes O-P (UK sizing) or 7¼-7¾ (US sizing), without compromising the original design concept. Band is 4mm wide and ring face is approximately 12mm diameter. Gemstone sizes: Cairngorm Quartz is 6mm, and Elie Ruby is 2mm.
Ring will come with a presentation box and accompanying Scottish Gold & Cairngorm Quartz pamphlets.
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Introducing the official national gemstone of Scotland! A particular type of smoky quartz found exclusively in the Cairngorm mountain range, it is known as 'Cairngorm quartz', 'Cairngorm stone' or simply 'Cairngorm'! 'Morion' classed Cairngorm Quartz is of a very dark colour and rarely found, thus more desirable (and expensive!). It was extraordinarily popular during the Victorian age and was a favourite gem of the queen herself. Whole families of prospectors nicknamed 'diggers' worked on the mountains throughout the 1800s searching for this rare crystal. Nowadays the land is protected by the Cairngorms National Park Authority, making the beautiful Scottish smoky quartz even harder to come by. However, Two Skies managed to obtain rough material from a private historic collection, which when cut made such high quality faceted stones that even we were amazed. Our contemporary settings are highly unusual when most Cairngorm jewellery pieces on the market are antiques - get your own piece of Scottish history with a twist!
