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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 306691, member: 5833"]Contradicting Any Jewelry makes me feel I'll be struck down any moment for hubris, but style of setting says to me no older than 1950s. Love the stone, & not usually fond of blue sapphires.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, if jeweller did not note any fine chips at the edge, either stone has not been in a ring for over a century or ring has been worn very little. Even diamonds, when worn regularly, get dinged where the table of the stone meets the girdle. Hardness in minerals is gauged by what can scratch what, not by how easily they fracture.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 306691, member: 5833"]Contradicting Any Jewelry makes me feel I'll be struck down any moment for hubris, but style of setting says to me no older than 1950s. Love the stone, & not usually fond of blue sapphires. Also, if jeweller did not note any fine chips at the edge, either stone has not been in a ring for over a century or ring has been worn very little. Even diamonds, when worn regularly, get dinged where the table of the stone meets the girdle. Hardness in minerals is gauged by what can scratch what, not by how easily they fracture.[/QUOTE]
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