Post # 1
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Blushing bee
I got engaged last week and my fiancé custom designed the most beautiful ring for me! 0.40ct natural oval sapphire with 0.20tcw diamond halo set in white gold (ring size: 6). First of all I am completely obsessed with the ring because it’s exactly what I wanted and I also love the fact that the diamonds and the sapphire both catch the light in different ways so my ring is always sparkling!
I know a sapphire is only second to a diamond for a natural stone on the Mohs scale but I am still petrified of scratching or chipping the stone. I take it off when I shower, wash my hands, do the dishes, before I get ready for bed at night, etc. If you have a sapphire (any color), how often do you take off your ring? Are you afraid of scratching it?
And please post your rings while you’re at it! I would love to see some updated sapphire ring porn since all of the threads I found on here are fairly old.
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Post # 2
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Helper bee
mrslah: Congratulations and your ring is beautiful! I take my rings off during all the times you mentioned. I don’t like to sleep in rings, and I take them off when I wash my hands because it seems like hand soap leaves a filmy residue.
Here’s my light blue sapphire 🙂
Post # 3
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Blushing bee
@StarPower – Thank you!!! Your ring is gorgeous, I love the solitaire setting and the light blue sapphire. It’s stunning! Honestly I am really careful but I think I would probably be the same way even if I had a diamond center stone haha!
Post # 4
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Newbee
Congrats! Your ring is so beautiful! I love sapphire rings. I take mine off during all those instances, I also wear it on a necklace at work because I work in healthcare and don’t want icky stuff to get on it. I think as long as you don’t do anything crazy, the sapphire should be fine. Here is my beauty.
Post # 5
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Helper bee
mrslah: Thank you! I think it’s normal to worry about your ring being fragile, especially when you first get it.
Post # 6
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Buzzing bee
mrslah: hi! Mine is not a sapphire. It’s a spinel, which is “softer”. Have had it for over a year now and it still looks like new. I take it off for washing dishes, cleaning and when putting some lotion on. Most of these I take it off just because rings get dirty and lotion dries and creates a coat of dirt little by little.
And then just for protecting it, when I am training or building some stuff (I like building DIY furniture) I also take it off. But honestly it has nothing to do with the stone. I do the same with my diamond rings.
Post # 7
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Busy bee
mrslah: Congratulations!!!! That ring is an absolute stunner. So beautiful.
I hope I count! I have a 3 stone but the centre is a diamond and the side stones are sapphires. I only take mine off to shower, do my hair or touch something icky like raw meats. I also find that lotions or hand washing makes everything a bit filmy but I’m so clumsy I’d rather keep it on than risk losing it!
Post # 8
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Buzzing bee
Gorgeous ring! Love the beautiful glow from that center stone! I have one kinda similar ….Not my e ring but a vintage sapphire rhr ….
Post # 9
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Helper bee
I have a sapphire RHR. I take it off to shower and anything that has to do with lotion, hair products, makeup, sunscreen, etc. Also, if I’m grooming or riding my horses, gardening, weight lifting, building playdoh sculptures with my kiddo…I also remove my diamond engagement ring for those activities too. I bent/warped a couple nice rings by weightlifting/workingout with them on, so I am extra careful now. I don’t like to get my rings too gooped up either because I’m too lazy to clean my rings everyday 🙂
Post # 10
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Bumble bee
mrslah: I LOVE LOVE LOVE your ring. Just creeping on this tread to see all the gorgeous saphires.
Post # 11
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Bumble bee
I haven’t gotten my ring yet – but my soon to be Fiance already has the set. It’s a petite setting with alternating sapphire and diamonds. The center stone is a diamond though.
I’ll put pics up as soon as he officially proposes.
Post # 12
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Newbee
Loving your ring – so elegant! I was really precious about mine when I first got engaged, and I used to take it off all the time to look after it like a good girl but I’m rubbish now. I do still take it off for showers and housework. I’m pretty clumsy and I bash it around accidentally from time to time and it’s still perfect after nearly 2 years. By that I mean that the platinum is all scratched up (which I actually love and could be fixed with a polish if I wanted) but my sapphire is still perfect. You’d want to avoid harsh chemicals and really serious bashes of course, but sapphires are pretty hardy.
Post # 13
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Busy bee
mrslah: I take mine off when cooking, showering, putting product in my hair, and lotioning up. I’ve smacked my hand against everything there is and it’s totally fine. I avoid trying to get gunk under the basket because it effects the shine. I kept it on for the whole honeymoon, and had to take it in for a good cleaning
Post # 14
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Busy bee
mrslah: beautiful ring! congratulations on your engagement!
Post # 15
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Bumble bee
- Wedding: October 2014 - Cape May
Beautiful rings ladies! I don’t have a sapphire to share but I love them!