Featured Brutalist star sapphire ring

When I shine my flashlight on it I can see the six ray star. I’m guessing it is 60’s or 70’s brutalist? There are no markings. It is about a size 10 so I am guessing it is a men’s ring. Any idea on where it came from?

Acid test as sterling.

 

It is 1970’s Brutalist imo.
Without any marks we can only guess what the origin is. I believe you are in the US, so it could have been made there.

 

I had to check a conversion chart, that is almost 20 in our Dutch size system. Some women have big hands or chubby fingers, so it could be a woman's ring. When I list a ring size like that, I say for women and men.

 

My shop is in quite a rural area with many women who have spent years working on their farms. They very often have very healthy sized hands due to inflammation.

 

It could have been made by a hobbyist with a low grade ruby they found at the ruby,sapphire mines in North Carolina.

 

We all were debating whether it was originally intended for a man or a woman. I thought the style and size indicated that it was made for a man. Some of my friends thought the style was more feminine and there are women who can wear this size ring. Of course that doesn’t matter much anymore. People wear what they want and like. I would wear this ring if I could make it fit.
Or maybe it was a unisex ring even in the 70’s. Did they have unisex things in the seventies? I was born in the late seventies so I don’t remember.

 

Yes, they did. The 60s and 70s were a great period for unisex fashion, jewellery and hairstyles.

 

Yes I tried to retract that question after thinking about it for a couple of minutes. Hippies are totally unisex!

 

It's coming back around too. Guys who dress up are wearing womens' vintage brooches and such. They used to wear boutonierres, but flowers are wasteful and often die more quickly if it's warm out. Rhinestones don't.

 

I even have found synthetic Linde star sapphires in costume jewelry.

 

I am not sure it is a Linde star. The rays do not show unless it is under a flashlight. Linde stars are usually better than that right? I think it is a very low quality natural stone?

 

Linde synthetic star stones have easily visible stars, at least the ones I've seen do.

 

I posted it was low quality in reply #5.

 

Yes you did. From North Carolina. That would make sense.