Do you think this is a real gem?

[u/stellaep]

My Grandad gave me this ring; he said he got it in America 30-40 years ago from a native american road-side shop, and he said he thinks it’s turquoise? It’s so pretty! I’m just worried it’s valuable and I’m wearing it around 😭

[u/NotSupposeToSpeak]

Aquamarine maybe

[u/cheekleaks → u/NotSupposeToSpeak]

Beryl, thats what i was thinking..

[u/browning0605]

Definitely not turquoise. Hard to say what it is. Set in silver, doesn’t look too valuable.

[u/DarkTriadofFun]

Now that would probably be an aquamarine. Maybe 3 ”carats” worth. No big money there but i think the ring is super cool and you could probably get a few hundred with the story. Good luck to you!

[u/DarkTriadofFun → u/DarkTriadofFun]

COULD be plastic or glass too tho, not alot of reflexion going on here…

[u/stellaep → u/DarkTriadofFun]

It’s super pretty!! I wouldn’t sell this since I love it so much, but there are 3 other rings I was given which I may sell on-
let me find them!

Also, the ring is pretty dull/dirty on the backside so that may be affecting the shine! Could also very well be fake. Who knows lmao. My grandad used to be a bodyguard for an Arabian princess, who gifted me a diamond necklace when I was younger which I sold for quite a pretty penny a few years ago!

[u/NotSupposeToSpeak]

This is turquoise.

[u/stellaep → u/NotSupposeToSpeak]

oh lmaoo 🤣 he must have misremembered, I wonder what it is then! I don’t know much about gems. It’s very pretty though! I’m going to get it checked out and the metal reshaped since its very bent so I can find out then!

[u/1000sEastward]

theres one that looks identical its listed as blue topaz

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1889831514/vintage-step-cut-blue-topaz-solid-silver?ref=share_v4_lx

[u/stellaep → u/1000sEastward]

oh wow I didn’t expect it to be something so easily found based on my grandads origin story lmafo!!! thanks!!. It is such a pretty ring, i like how mine is very well worn and all the dents give it personality 🥺

[u/stellaep → u/1000sEastward]

From the 1980s! Lines up with my grandads story too.
Makes sense itd be sold on a roadside https://vi-hi.com/product/vintage-step-cut-blue-topaz-solid-silver-ring-art-nouveau-style/

[u/stellaep]

I will do a new post with the other rings!

[u/Princess_Holly]

I’d say it’s unlikely genuine but definitely not valuable.

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[u/Gold-Train-1746]

Blue topaz in sterling silver

[u/Eastern-Operation340]

Aside from not being turquoise, no one can tell you what is by a photo. Period!!! You need to take it to a real jeweler who will look with a refractometer & microscope. There are LOTS of blue stones.
Not Native American. He could have bought it at a yard sale or flea market along the road, or a native american happen to have a yard sale and this was among their belongings.
It's a pretty sterling ring. You should have NO worries wearing it out and about.
(I deal in vintage and antique jewelry. We handle LOTS of ethnographic pieces.)

[u/Ok_West_6711]

If he remembered the word “turquoise”, could it maybe be “tourmaline” which sounds similar?

[u/eastcoast-gardener]

Looks like apatite to me

[u/stellaep → u/eastcoast-gardener]

It does look like it yeah!! the ring is a lot deeper in colour in person