{"id":267,"date":"2015-11-19T03:26:43","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T03:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/?p=267"},"modified":"2018-04-05T16:02:12","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T23:02:12","slug":"choosing-gemstone-engagement-ring-7-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/gemstone-engagement-rings\/choosing-gemstone-engagement-ring-7-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Tip of the Day: Choosing a Gemstone Engagement Ring \u2013 Tip 8 \u2013 Passionate Purple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tip #8- <strong>Passionate Purple<\/strong>: If she loves regal purple, consider amethyst, iolite, and purple sapphire.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjewelrysource.com\/amethyst_engagement_rings\/gr2034_amethyst_engagement_rings.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"Amethyst Engagment Ring\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myjewelrysource.com\/images\/amethyst-rings\/gr2034-amethyst-ring.jpg\" alt=\"Amethyst Engagment Ring\" width=\"280\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amethyst Engagement Ring from MyJewelrySource<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Amethyst  is a popular gemstone, one of the most popular in the US. It is very  affordable and readily available in sizes from 1 to 10 carats. Amethyst  can be a rich royal purple or it can be found with less color saturation  for more of a lavender color.  Amethysts from Africa have pink flashes  that are visible as the facets catch the light. Often times, you will  find amethyst with checkerboard faceting on top. This is not something  you would normally see with sapphires or tourmalines for example. Since  the gem material is inexpensive, gem cutters can do more unique things  with the shapes and faceting of the stones, which results in some really  outstanding <a title=\"Amethyst Engagements Rings\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myjewelrysource.com\/amethyst-engagement-aquamarine-engagement.htm\" target=\"_blank\">amethyst engagement rings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjewelrysource.com\/iolite-rings\/gr3041e_iolite_ring.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iolite Engagement Ring\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myjewelrysource.com\/images\/iolite\/gr3041-iolite-ring-14k-white.jpg\" alt=\"Iolite Engagement Ring\" width=\"270\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example of Iolite Engagement Ring from MyJewelrySource<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Iolite is more of a bluish purple color, generally saturated in  color. It is much harder to find that amethyst and is most often found  in oval or emerald cut shapes.  Since the color of Iolite is very  similar to tanzanite, it is a popular alternative to tanzanite.<\/p>\n<p>Purple sapphires come in the most inviting shades of lilac, orchid  and plum. The purple gemstones look amazing in either white or yellow  metals. The contrast is striking in the white metals and due to the  saturated colors, they hold their own in the yellow metals as well.  <a title=\"Color Change Sapphire Ring\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myjewelrysource.com\/sapphire\/gr5880-color-change-sapphire-ring.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Color change sapphire<\/a>, a rare and unique type of sapphire, displays both blue and\/or purple depending on the type of lighting. From time to time, <a title=\"Gemstone Engagment Rings\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myjewelrysource.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">MyJewelrySource<\/a> does offer color change sapphire rings. When we do, the rings are definitely a one of a kind.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 479px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjewelrysource.com\/color-change-sapphire\/gr5661-color-change-sapphire-ring.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Color Change Sapphire\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myjewelrysource.com\/color-change-sapphire\/gr5661-colorchange-sapphirerings-1b.jpg\" alt=\"Color Change Sapphire\" width=\"469\" height=\"164\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example of Color Change Sapphire at MyJewelrySource<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tip #8- Passionate Purple: If she loves regal purple, consider amethyst, iolite, and purple sapphire. Amethyst is a popular gemstone, one of the most popular in the US. It is very affordable and readily available in sizes from 1 to 10 carats. Amethyst can be a rich royal purple or it can be found with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,6,10,15],"tags":[24,30,32,45,62],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":630,"href":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions\/630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}