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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;B.Stirling, post: 10307856, member: 91596&quot;]You are right on the lab created ruby. I was able to stop off with my jeweller today, and he said it was 18K gold plated with a lab created Ruby. I asked him why no &quot;P&quot; after to signify that it&#039;s plated and he told me that it wasn&#039;t required until like &#039;96 or something like that? Regardless, he didn&#039;t seem to think much about the piece. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the bridal set, I was very sad to learn that it&#039;s pretty well damaged beyond real repair. I was told that it needs an entirely new shank, and wiring around the bridge. Essentially long story short he would be rebuilding it and all that would be saved would be the white gold holding the diamonds. His second best option would be to solder them together to strengthen the engagement ring and make the piece wearable, which is the route I am eventually going to take. He couldn&#039;t tell me much about the age beyond the fact that the diamonds are pre 1960, and thus cut differently than modern diamonds(new nugget of knowledge for me); and he couldn&#039;t comment on the maker&#039;s mark, so I am still going to be hunting that down for curiosity&#039;s sake. Informative visit though, which was pretty great.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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