{"product_id":"vintage-1940s-glittery-blue-zircon-diamond-ring","title":"Vintage 1940's Glittery Blue Zircon Ring","description":"\u003cp\u003eA very nicely neat and pretty vintage solitaire ring of Blue Starlight Zircon set with hand cut and shaped Platinum shoulders. All hand crafted with 9ct Yellow Gold to the band as was the standard at the time. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Zircon has a similar refractive index to the Diamond and so is immensely glittersome; in this case treated with heat to create this distinctive pale blue colour which was know as \u003cem\u003e'Starlight'. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\u003cspan\u003eThe earliest known reference to blue zircon is from 1927 when Dr. George Frederick Kunz spoke about \"the newly popular Starlite zircon\" in a lecture to the New York Mineralogical Club. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHowever, the process of treating brown zircon from Cambodia to create blue zircon was likely discovered sometime between 1904 and 1927.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStones:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blue Zircon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMetal: \u003c\/strong\u003e9ct yellow Gold to the band and Platinum to the shoulders. Marked with a workshop stamp '9CT' inside the band. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRing Size: \u003c\/strong\u003eM or 6.25 as is but suitable to alter for fit. This is a free service, just leave a message on your order form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn most cases the boxes are for display only but a nice quality modern reproduction box will accompany this piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fetheray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56986127139191,"sku":"#74290","price":550.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/4559\/files\/5Q0A2735.jpg?v=1777112434","url":"https:\/\/www.fetheray.com\/products\/vintage-1940s-glittery-blue-zircon-diamond-ring","provider":"Fetheray","version":"1.0","type":"link"}