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Complement a variety of styles with this big, bold ring! With its easy angles and inviting color, this gorgeous sterling silver ring makes a significant impact without dominating the scene and it fits right in with almost anything on the casual side of your closet.

One large triangular gemstone cabochon in your choice of snowflake obsidian or White Buffalo calcite quartz rests right at the center surrounded by a three-tiered bezel of oxidized sterling silver. A split shank adds just a touch of clever character to the design.

Details
  • Metal: Oxidized sterling silver
  • Stone Information: One triangular shaped 20mm snowflake obsidian, stabilized chrysocolla or stabilized White Buffalo calcite quartz cabochon
  • Setting Type: Adhesive
  • Measurements: 1-1/16"L x 1"W x 5/16"H
  • Collection: Gem Insider
  • Country of Origin: China

Check out the Ring Sizing Guide to find your ring size.

Stabilized gemstones are enhanced through a process of coating the genuine gemstone with colorless acrylics or resin to fill porous gaps, harden the stone and maintain the stoneā€™s color.

All weights pertaining to gemstones, including diamonds, are minimum weights. Additionally, please note that many gemstones are treated to enhance their beauty. View Gemstone Enhancements and Special Care Requirements for important information.

Sterling Silver

Sterling silver, also called fine silver, is a beautifully lustrous cool-toned precious metal favored in fine jewelry among other products. The most reflective of all metals (excluding mercury), sterling silver looks stunning by itself and brings out the best hues in an array of colorful gemstones.

Sterling silver can be polished to a higher sheen than platinum. In fact, Ag, the chemical symbol for silver, comes from a word that means ā€œwhite and shining.ā€ The surface of silver can boast that shiny, polished appearance, or can be brushed, satin, matte, sandblasted, antiqued or oxidized (chemically blackened).

In order to be called sterling silver, a metal must be made up of a minimum of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% alloy (meaning other metals), including but not limited to copper and nickel. The alloy is added to pure silver to make the metal more durable, tougher and harder. Sterling silver is designated a fineness of ā€œ925.ā€ Pieces with sterling silver may be marked ā€œsterling.ā€

Finishes on Sterling Silver
Finishing, or plating, is a common treatment with sterling silver. Popular types of plating are rhodium plating, gold plating and anti-tarnish plating. Plating is used to extend the life and sheen of the jewelry. After sizing or buffing a piece of jewelry with a machine, it must be re-plated to restore the finish.

  • Rhodium Plating: Rhodium plating is a complex and laborious process that enhances the luster and beauty and extends the life of silver. A member of the platinum metal group, rhodium is often used as a finishing touch on silver jewelry. It's a shiny silvery metal with a very white and reflective appearance, much like mercury. It's also very hard, so it withstands much wear and tear, resists natural tarnishing and wonderfully mimics the brilliant finish of freshly polished silver.

    Caring for Sterling Silver
    Sterling silver becomes tarnished as the result of a natural chemical process that occurs when sterling silver is exposed to chemicals in the air, rubber, wool and latex. Humidity also plays a role in accelerating tarnishing. It's easy to keep your sterling silver sparkling, though, by taking a few steps to prevent tarnish and other wear and tear.

  • Avoid exposing sterling silver to direct sunlight and harsh chemicals, including chlorine, ammonia, hair products, perfumes, cosmetics, perspiration and strong jewelry cleaning solutions.
  • Periodically wash sterling silver with mild dish soap and warm water. Rinse well and dry completely with a soft cloth before storing because moisture can cause tarnish.
  • Lightly polish sterling silver frequently with a soft silver-polishing cloth, avoiding abrasive cloths completely.
  • Tarnish is easy to remove when it first forms as a yellowish tint, but becomes more difficult to remove when it becomes brown and black. Remove tarnish with a silver polish cream, avoiding immersing pieces with gemstones in tarnish-removal solutions.
  • Minimize scratches on sterling silver by storing it in its own compartment in your jewelry box or in a cloth pouch. Sterling silver may also be stored in sealed polyethylene bags.

    Obsidian
    Created when lava cools rapidly, obsidian is a glassy and lustrous mineral found in lava flows. This volcanic glass is usually black, but can also be red, brown, gray, clear or dark with “snowflakes.” In rare cases, it is even an intriguing green color. This beautiful stone ranks a 5.0 on the Mohs Scale and is often called “Apache tears.”