Alternative Engagement Rings | Sapphire, Fluorite, and more!

[@sherrizanoli1398]

I was a nurse for years. I had a patient that was dying, he was in his 90's and from Russia. We bonded over gemstones, talking about them daily. One day, he had a person that was at the nursing home where he lived, bring him a small package. He gifted me a 1.80 CT Russian Alexandrite that had been in his family for decades. He passed away 2 days later. I still have the gem stone in my safe and am afraid to have it set. Most jewelers send things out to have them mounted. I have found a small family owned jewelry store just recently that does everything in house. I have an appointment to see the owner, as he is the metal man, as they call him. Wish me luck.

[@gems]

Good luck!

[@sherrizanoli1398]

@@gems Any suggestions?

[@2PrincessWarriors]

What a great gift and story, i hope you wear it often

[@bendirval3612]

I bought my wife moissanite and the fire is absolutely amazing--every color of the rainbow. People who casually see it say it's the sparkliest diamond they have ever seen, not realizing that's not what it is. Stays cleaner than a diamond too because it repels oil. I would definitely recommend it.

[@ultramarinewaters9325]

Sapphire is the best engagement ring in my opinion. I would love Opal but it’s too fragile.

[@erin7821]

More of Preston!! He is so well spoken 👏 ❤️ 🙌

[@aglenrios]

To be honest, I greatly prefer the colored gems over diamond (the exception being brightly colored diamonds).

[@ResortDog]

I did too, but her way, I bought a radiant that was very prismatic so i got colors besides sparkle, before the shaft LOL

[@BlackHoleForge]

It's always good to see more of the team.

[@Mike_Jones1980]

Great video. I got my wife a thin band with an inlaid stripe of crushed opal for our engagement and a hammered Damascus band for our wedding.

[@parkerlynne]

I have moissanite in my ring! I prefer colorless and it's an amazing alternative. It's so beautiful :)

[@parkerlynne]

​@Kahel Diamante If you say so, my ring is easy to clean and looks perfectly fine after 6+ years. Diamonds and moissanite are BOTH non-porous...

[@largent45]

That was interesting. Most people dont stop to think of alternatives as worthy. I think the alexanderite is a beautiful alternative to diamond for an engagement ring. Its rare and tbe color is exquisite. But to often, unless you really know your stones or have a way to test them on the spot, you can end up buying a lab created stone or treated stone without knowing. But its would have to be my favorite alternative. The sapphire is also lovely but again, you would have the same problem with buying a lab crated stone, over a natural gemstone.

[@badarock177]

Curious here: what's wrong with lab made gems?

[@Elizabeth912-v6o]

You can look at any sapphires and tell if there real or not!!!!!

[@gmariet1391]

I wish you could've seen the alexandrite I was supposed to inherit . My mother just happened to not be wearing it the day we had our home burglarized, and it was taken . It was large and my great grandmother wore it beautifully . It would change between bright violet and deep blue. It was a beauty !

[@gems]

That's so sad!

[@heatherdiditknitandcrochet]

I love how you picked Alexandrite but they did a close up of fluorite lol - all beautiful

[@gems]

Oops!

[@largent45]

I saw that too!

[@earlaker]

I was like, "Wth??"

[@truffleflowers]

They show it later on. They show all of them. Her moissanite pick also comes later.

[@starlightvampire]

My beautiful, wonderful husband knows how much I adore pearls, so he got me... a pearl engagement ring. Ahhhhh 😅 I don't wear it at all because I scratched it within the first few months of having it. Breaks my heart because I love it so much!

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

That's sweet, though.

[@ccrisc100]

You could reset a cabochon of some kind on the ring (that won't scratch) and use the pearl for a pendant (on the nonscratched side). I think jtv sells the mountings and lose gems at super reasonable prices. Just an idea.

[@hannagyllensten475]

All amazing, the only problem watching your channel is finding all these beautiful stones to want all the time. Now I just have to save up for an alexandrite 😀

[@kimwallace1170]

I have a blue sapphire with diamonds engagement ring. I didn’t know Princess Diana had a similar ring when I went shopping with my now husband.

[@tracyfrederick5606]

I don't care for white diamonds at all. I love fancy colored stones. It's hard to imagine Fluorite would be a good choice. It's so fragile. I'm so clumsy. It'd be bad. Tragic even 😩

[@michelperez4100]

Fluorite is fantastic for Objects, pendants, earrings, head pieces. I hope as we move forwards in fashion and society we learn to appreciate the genuine rarity of ALL gemstones

[@tracyfrederick5606]

@@michelperez4100 it's very beautiful and I do own some . But it's very fragile.

[@Grand_Works]

@@michelperez4100 Yeah, it's just not good for hands, we're always grabbin' things with our mitts.

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

I would have destroyed a fluorite stone by now. I went with white sapphire.

[@roberttyrrell2250]

Clumsy or not, some stones just aren't a good ring choice. Apetite is also soft. Make better pendants. I specialize in colored stones. My personal favs. Surprised they didn't show Padparadscha sapphire. Very rare.

[@tamasi952]

Mine is alexandrite! Although the shape that it’s in doesn’t allow in the most light, I LOVE that my ring changes ‘moods’ depending on the season bc of seasonal lighting and it just makes my ring that much more special! ( I do get a lot of ‘is it amethyst?’ when under fluorescent lighting 😅)

[@ruclvr.]

Love this video! An alternative white stone engagement ring video would be great too! (like white sapphires, white topaz, zircon, danburite, etc.

[@renaissancenovice7202]

Nice! I've been wanting to see more videos out there on the topic. They're are so many other great choices out there that might even be less expensive than a big diamond.

[@sandmaker]

I love them all. Rach for a different, mood or occasion. Thanks for sharing.

[@neeko4676]

I chose to get a moissanite cut be an artist. I absolutely love it. More brilliance and fire than a diamond and significantly cheaper.

[@TobiasTurkelton]

My wedding ring has a lovely honey-coloured topaz! I love it so much more than any diamond 🥰

[@philodendron6]

Most formative, any stone other than 'white' diamond. Surprised Imperial Topaz, natural, did not make a show. Again, an excellent production.

[@anivelto]

Star Sapphire my favorite ring for this video. I could also include gems like Ametrine, Tsavorite, Opal for this type of rings

[@jackrobertson1679]

That carborundom specimen looks real close to a specimen I have but was a result of running an electric currant through a oil well drilling bit to clean it. The material would crystallized making it easier to break off the bit. Sorry if I spelled the name of that last specimen wrong.

[@keithyinger3326]

I actually have about a 5 inch piece of that black carborundum. My grandfather brought it home from somewhere and it lives in a flower bed at their house for 30 years. They both passed and I took a lot of the rocks grandma had scattered around decorating flower beds. It did take a couple of trips through the Sonic cleaner to get all of the Moss off of it, but it looks really nice again now. One of my other favorites is just a big round, orange and white Rock about 10 inches across. It has a rough surface and Grandpa called it his petrified Sasquatch brain lol

[@baileywright1656]

I loved this video! I have a colour change sapphire for my engagement ring. A fluorite ring would be neat. Too bad it is so soft. Might have to find a cut fluorite for my collection anyway:D

[@michellel564]

I would like to have a pear cut kunzite. I think that's a beautiful stone...beside sapphire of course. There are so many!! Something for everyone 🥰

[@ZaDussault]

Not finished, but alexandrite would abe a choice of mine, as well as moonstone. I LOVE the blue layer of iridescence in moonstone cabochons and I think they would make for a great stone for a ring. I would make is as the pearl of a dragon and use alexandrite for the eyes

[@michaeltrudell9356]

Those are all amazing stones!

[@jenniferaddison3829]

I have an Ametrine ring and it’s BEAUTIFUL!

[@lorawaring883]

Can you do a video on the different cuts? One hears of Rose cut, and Esser and European,,,and many others. The only one I'm sure of is cabochon :) Thanks folks. Another really good video.

[@gems]

Great idea!

[@KrosanBeast315]

"Blue Moonstone"/"Blue Moon" Quartz is an outstanding alternative to a Diamond. Very affordable even in large stones, it looks like a Moonstone with a fire similar to Fire Opal. It only comes from Brazil.

[@ccvgems8754]

Awesome episode! Perfect examples of stones. I have to say, my picks were the same. Although, Alexandrite and Star Sapphire being a tie is about right-for hardness factor. Love the channel! Thank you for sharing and the hard work! Stay Crystal Mari

[@alyseandrews1066]

Mine is morganite in rose gold. It is a beautiful champagne color

[@cfrost87]

I prefer the main stone/stones in my rings to be colored. I don't mind small diamonds as accent stones. My favorite stones are amethyst, alexandrite, and sapphire. I love blues and purples.

[@GEMSofGOD_com]

Brit's hair piece is RICH

[@nickylonghurst2704]

This is the first time I've seen one of your videos, I found it quite informative and interesting. Alexandrite is truly beautiful. I believe it's mostly lab created these days as it's so rare and can be found nowhere else on earth. I'd be interested in seeing something about spinel - like sapphire it comes in all kinds of colours, and at at 8 on the Mohs scale is fairly durable. It's also less expensive than sapphire. Topaz is also around an 8, London blue topaz (a deep, almost inky blue) had a moment a year or so ago. A good alternative for the more budget conscious bride to be. 😊

[@T_double_U]

Love you guys

[@veronica0406]

Great video! Personally, I love my Moissanite ring.

[@renaissancenovice7202]

Too bad we only got to see star sapphires. They have great colors and clarity.

[@GothosRedux]

Preston, it’s good to see you here, since I mainly know you from TikTok. I really do enjoy your videos.

[@kemayoo4227]

I will choose Zircon. I like its nibbling like our life. Thank you for the gemmy story.

[@natalie_xyzanne585]

I love alexandrite.

[@quietthemind]

Another alternative engagement rings video pls!!!!!!!

[@berthaadamson1225]

What about demantoid garnet? A fine quality demantoid is just beautiful, with great dispersion.

[@mmichelle1192]

Thoughts on opalescent cloudy white diamond rings and “salt and pepper diamond rings”?

[@tammyphillips6299]

What about strontium titanate?

[@jasmynehofmann4809]

I am partial to sapphire and alexandrite myself. I wish you had shown more of the natural alexandrite stones that were in the box though. The natural specimen was stunning. The stone in the ring is clearly a lab created alexandrite and that wasn't mentioned at all. I like synthetic alexandrite because it's affordable but I think we should be clear when something is natural or synthetic. Since this is a channel made by a jewelry retail company I would expect them to be clear when something is lab/synthetic and when something is natural/mined.

[@2163quarter]

We have many rough Gemstones here in Ethiopia

[@ladyroselie]

Do ya'll sell the fluorite ring? or is it from another shop?

[@gems]

You can find it at JTV.com!

[@drpk6514]

Demantoid is my favourite

[@LDiamondz]

Ametrine would be a perfect engagement ring for a November/February couple! I love Alexandrite, but who could afford a natural stone? I have 2 small alexandrite rings, and even they were expensive!

[@9fiveb180]

I feel like they might be picking a ring out together on camera. Guess I’ll find out when I get back home and can finish watchin it.

[@breakeverychain7]

Icy jadeite is 25x tougher than diamonds. My understanding is colored jadeite doesn’t fade!

[@UmbraeNacht]

If you like the multicolored fluorite, but want something more durable, ametrine or tourmaline would be better for a ring you’d wear all the time.

[@KP-ty9yl]

That’s a great idea, there are some tourmalines with really strong pleochroism that have pink edges and peach centers

[@bonblue4993]

So how the heck do they get a Moissenite out of stuff from a smoke stack? Is it crushed and then heated somehow??

[@barbaraeidinger6826]

Ok, he passed his screen test.

[@mohammedouchen5404]

Why you donot make aprogram about zultanite(sultanite)

[@fromchasingtochosen]

The romantic tension is real af how is no one talking about this

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

I didn't want a diamond but couldn't choose a color and went with white sapphire. What I want to do is mine my own Herkimer "diamond" quartz and set it in a ring so I can have a piece of New York on my finger.

[@laurie_gemacosta6368]

I love fluorite but I would never in a million years suggest a fluorite engagement ring. An engagement ring by design should represent the strength and eternity of the relationship and fluorite wouldn't last enough to reach the first anniversary unharmed

[@phoenixadams9962]

For a durable and cheap diamond alternative, synthetic Moissanite is perfect. I bought a Moissanite ring just to wear and i get lots of compliments. My choice would be Padparadscha sapphire. Durable and beautiful color from nature.

[@cerberaodollam]

Anything by Patrick Adair works for me

[@williamm3503]

Cute couple :)

[@troyblueearth7450]

I’m confused as to why you want Alexandrite higher it’s less durable?

[@silverlover5817]

You guys should explore silver coins.......

[@cinnamonbeardstud]

My dream engagement stone is prasiolite green amethyst. But I'm a guy so I would want a really specific style and a band as thicc as a bowl of oatmeal.

[@DuncanL7979]

No emerald?

[@dannil9878]

Which gems could men wear on rings?

[@dylanfaire]

how about morganite...

[@kristenlee2357]

No Beryl!?

[@jairprado5538]

Eu tenho zircão

[@manuelvv7272]

I was gonna say carborundum. But then I was "nah it's impossible they brought something like that"

[@joshuablack2446]

Why not opal to teach couples to be more delicate in their treatment of each other

[@snufkinhollow318]

I was a little bit disappointed with this episode. It was interesting - your videos always are - but I didn't think the gemstones featured weren't really that different from the mainstream and although the fluorite was rather different - and beautiful - it was deemed impractical due to its fragility. Would it be true that the setting can affect the viability of a stone as an 'everyday' engagement ring? My engagement ring is a moonstone in recycled silver - only a 6 on the Mohs scale but it has survived three decades of environmental activism, vegetable growing/gardening and goat farming. In fact, it has survived longer than the marriage it heralded!😆

[@ResortDog]

nibbling? We call that bag burn from not protecting the product from people who think its gravel to run thru their fingers.

[@roberttyrrell2250]

🤣 See her face?. She just did a vid showing us how Lab diamonds are NOT the same in composition, structure, optics, fluorescence, luster to mined diamonds.

[@______IV]

That’s not a star sapphire. You just somehow managed to record video of it with the James Webb telescope.

[@metatron1980]

The girl looks like the sister of Wednesday in Addam’s Family though Wednesday’s only sibling is Pugsley.

[@hannagyllensten475]

Can someone block the fake accounts responding to everyone? I can't, apparently.

[@2163quarter]

am from Ethiopia Hi hi

[@mbsheisey]

Fluorite is way too soft to use as an engagement ring.

[@catienoble3191]

I cringed when I saw fluorite in the title 😖it's just so fragile, and I'm super clumsy, so I can't imagine wearing a fluorite ring every day. I would hate to see a beautiful gem like the one in the video get damaged!

[@eddyr5990]

Alexandrite is kinda tacky color changing. I prefer sapphire

[@JohnsonDaChumplie]

I’m in favor of alexandrite so much that that’s what I wear.

[@rawdawgpendants5490]

I love all gemstones, just not everyones pronunciation of the names. Peridough lol. Peridoe lmfao!! Theres a T at the end use it, cutting it off save you no time with speaking. Lol

[@Mike-md3sh]

The more I see 50min ads for this channel the more I tell people not to watch.

[@gabriellagalli8564]

To be honest, I’m not a big fan of diamonds. It’s overrated and cliche to me, if my partner and I talk about proposals I would tell him I would like a sapphire engagement ring.

[@coreymerrill3257]

That guy is... Idk what but it's super unpleasant .

[@gurdeepsinghsaran7709]

I have many gem stone so i want to know about price of this stones

[@rajabgemsandjewellers1600]

Do you have a Instagram and Facebook account.??

[@Acegemstones1]

I am also Gemstones Seller sir