I inherited a ring. How can I tell what the stone is?

[PlaymobilPirate]

It was my grandmother's - she'll have got engaged 1940s I think but I've no idea whether it's as old as that or whether she replaced her original.

I think it's cubic or glass but it glowed blue under uv lights today when I got my nails done and heard that might mean it's real?

It's hugely sentimental so I'm only bothered in case I need to insure it. Would glass still be very shiny after all these years?

Ah, thank you kaytee.

This has reminded me that I have a ring I need to get valued. No one knows where it came from originally other than it was my grandmothers.

It's the ostentatious diamond and sapphire one. At lease I assume its diamond and sapphire. It appears to be 18k white gold

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I love that soul dragon. Op I would say yours is a diamond because it has a yellowish tinge and fake diamonds are usually very very white

I hope the OP's is real as it's in such a pretty setting.

I love all the rings in this thread, and only partly placemarking really.

It has got me wondering about my engagement ring though. All we were told is that it's 1920s, diamond and 18ct gold. It has been resized in the past and I don't see any hallmarks but it's a very thin band. There was a bit I thought said "lov" next to the resized section but thanks to this post I've realised it says 750. The setting around the stones is a silver colour and I always assumed it was silver but would they have been more likely to use platinum then?

CZ, Zircon, White Sapphires etc, are not as hard as diamond, and will tend to accumulate scratches over time, which dull the finish. So probably best for stuff worn occasionally, and probably not an engagement ring. You sort of expect rubies and sapphires to not sparkle like a diamond, but you expect a white stone to sparkle.

fwiw, I bought my wife a 3-stone moissanite ring (half price at ideal world as it happens). More sparkle than diamonds, and slightly harder than corundum (rubies/diamonds) but much less expensive than an equivalent diamond. Worth looking at.

this sort of thing.

www.idealworld.tv/gb/pp/moissanite-9ct-gold-1-00ct-eq-lady-lynsey-trilogy-ring-360945?query=fh_view_size%3d24%26fh_location%3d%252f%252fidealworld%252fen_GB%252f%2524s%253dmoissanite%26fh_sort%3d-hasimage_iw

sorry. error above. corundum is rubies/sapphires/emeralds. obviously not diamonds.

Ooh exciting .. place marking to see if it's real. 😍😍

@RagingWhoreBag

If you ever need 4K then you could have the stone replaced with a cheaper one, you would still have the ring.

OP, it looks real to me, An "illusion set" small diamond in platinum with a gold band. Traditional 1960s style engagement ring. I'm wearing one right now.

How gorgeous! All 3 rings that are pictured on this thread

I'm sure I saw on the antiques roadshow that one way to tell if something is a diamond is to press your tongue to it. Diamonds will feel cool against your tongue but glass will feel warm

I'm surprised no one has mentioned spinel, which were commonly used as diamond substitutes before the war - I have a lovely sort-of eternity in 18 ct gold set with spinels from the 30s that belonged to my DGM.

That said, I've never seen one as large as Op's, which is absolutely gorgeous: I'm voting diamond too!

To those of you who are too worried to wear your valuable ring all the time, a cautionary tale, my DA had a rather large stone ring stolen from her nightstand while she was asleep in bed!
I inherited a beautiful and valuable ring, I never take it off. It's only insured if I'm wearing it
OP I'm going for diamond too. Fingers crossed.

That’s an interesting idea sashh. I think the 4K included all the small diamonds around the outside too, but replacing the big one could certainly get me a good chunk if I ever need it!

Lovely thread, beautiful ring op! Soup also love yours.

I'd like a Mumsnet rule where OPs are legally required to keep their threads updated as soon as possible.

Beautiful ring! Please let us know what the jewellers say!

It looks very similar to my mum's engagement ring which was early 1960s

I also have my grandmother’s engagement ring. It’s about 80 years old. I’ve worn it for the last 25 years since she died. In fact since I have put on a lot of weight this last year I can’t actually take it off
It’s got a platinum setting too and 3 chip type stones. So monatary wise is probably worthless. But, sentimentally is priceless to me as I was closer to my grandmother than I was to my own mother.
It’s filthy at the moment due to me not being able to take it off and being too frightened to try and clean it with a toothbrush

I have my mother's engagement ring which is just like that, Monoclue :)

I also have a platinum set solitaire which belonged to, I think, a great aunt. She was never married so we aren't sure where it came from.

Ooh SoupDragon I hope it came from a fancy man!

RagingWhoreBag - your ring is stunning!

OP that's a lot of lovely craftsmanship for a bit of glass

A young lad at work found a large stone and gave it to me in case it was a diamond. I carried it round in my purse for months and months until I found myself sitting next to a local jeweller at a charity do. I asked if he wouldn't mind having a look and he was happy to. Suffice to say it was not a life-changing diamond, dammit.