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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 9929, member: 56&quot;]On the wanted board, I said I was looking for 3 rhinestones.&nbsp; Marie was kind enough to supply some.&nbsp; This thread will show why I needed them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought I had carefully looked at this brooch before I bought it but, when I got it home, I noticed a missing stone on the inner, recessed, ring.&nbsp; You can see it at about 2:00 o’clock.&nbsp; This was why I needed the ruby colored stone.&nbsp; Well, it was difficult to measure and maybe I got the size a touch too small, but I think the replacement will do.</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/hoozzatt/Temp/Dscn3045b_zpsdb54dc17.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This brooch, I have shown here previously.&nbsp; It looked good to me until I took a side shot of it and noticed empty prongs pointing up into the air.&nbsp; All the stones seemed present, but a closer look showed one to be smaller than the others (probably someone else’s replacement).&nbsp; It was small enough that it had fallen down inside its “pillow” setting, and was small enough that it was in danger of falling out completely.&nbsp; I pinched down the prongs to hold it in place… but then the prongs looked pinched down.&nbsp; This was why needed the amethyst stone.</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/hoozzatt/Temp/JewellryPinBroochAustriaRhinestonesABAmethystPinkPillowStarFindings-ab_zps9d7367f0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>This shows top and side views before replacement:</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/hoozzatt/Temp/JewellryPinBroochAustriaRhinestonesABAmethystPinkPillowStarFindings-y_zps94d38379.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And this shows after:</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/hoozzatt/Temp/JewellryPinBroochAustriaRhinestonesABAmethystPinkPillowStarFindings-z_zps290c3bd6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s a comparison of the stones side by side (the original on the left and its replacement on the right):</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/hoozzatt/Temp/JewellryPinBroochAustriaRhinestonesABAmethystPinkPillowStarFindings-zz_zps24f6bc49.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, there was the Christmas tree brooch missing its teardrop topper:</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/hoozzatt/Temp/JewellryPinBroochChristmasTreeRhinestonesTearDropTopper-a_zps38eda2db.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I must have mis-measured again because the 10mm X 6mm replacement is simply too small to be usable.</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/hoozzatt/Temp/JewellryPinBroochChristmasTreeRhinestonesTearDropTopper-z_zps5bf12748.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>All in all, the lessons to be learned are: don&#039;t buy pieces that need to be repaired and, repairs can be trickier than is warranted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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