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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 312442, member: 5833"]Great grab for 10 bucks! Had not heard of Belais before so of course did a bit of Googling. I can see no reason the mark would not be genuine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you know how it was determined the citrine is genuine? I like the sharpness of the edges on the bottom but am bothered by the degree of scuffing on the top edges. Think a citrine would be more likely to accrue small chips rather than get scraped this way. When gold was not so pricey it was common for rings to be real gold with a glass stone. There are some other things you might call circumstantial that also raise doubts for me. Are you confident in the assessment of the stone?</p><p><br /></p><p>Either way, beautiful ring & a really great deal. </p><p><br /></p><p>For [USER=6344]@colleenL[/USER], here's another <a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/fine-jewels-l17052/lot.234.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/fine-jewels-l17052/lot.234.html" rel="nofollow">citrine cameo</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 312442, member: 5833"]Great grab for 10 bucks! Had not heard of Belais before so of course did a bit of Googling. I can see no reason the mark would not be genuine. Do you know how it was determined the citrine is genuine? I like the sharpness of the edges on the bottom but am bothered by the degree of scuffing on the top edges. Think a citrine would be more likely to accrue small chips rather than get scraped this way. When gold was not so pricey it was common for rings to be real gold with a glass stone. There are some other things you might call circumstantial that also raise doubts for me. Are you confident in the assessment of the stone? Either way, beautiful ring & a really great deal. For [USER=6344]@colleenL[/USER], here's another [URL='http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/fine-jewels-l17052/lot.234.html']citrine cameo[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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