I think about this ring in a different way than just about any ring we make. The design is fashioned after the engagement ring Diana wore. The engagement ring was then handed down to their son William, who gave it to Kate when they became engaged. It is a ring made for a future King and Queen.
If a ring was specially made for a future King and Queen, one might presume a lot of time, effort, and energy went into thinking about its design. We are going to reveal the key element of the magic of this design. It’s the number 14. We make this ring with various size oval center gems, but always put 14 diamonds around the center. Fourteen frames the center perfectly. We will admit to the genius of the Royal jewelers. When you decide, and when this ring arrives, you will take one look and agree.
Why We Love This Ring
Simplicity. A big oval Blue Sky Topaz, framed with 14 diamonds, it’s an easy ring to look at and easy to wear. This is a beautiful ring. The gem is superbly cut, the blue color is pure. It’s brilliant in all the right ways. Then we’ve framed it, like a painting, with diamonds. It’s a work of art, 200 million years in the making. I envy the family that will welcome this ring into their home and hope they will cherish it for the next 200 years.
Blue Sky Topaz
The Blue Zone Gem
Blue is the color of health and well-being. Blue is the color of youth and vitality. Blue is the color of peace and happiness.
Earth has seven Blue zones. Seven places where people live longer with vim and vigor. A Blue Zone is not just about more time, it’s more time with a true quality of life. The Blue Zone mindset is about time for discovery, wisdom and work.
Blue Zones are not merely magic places on the globe. Rather, they are places with a population of people who believe in wellness, people who never stop thinking, participating or creating. They subscribe to a lifetime of art and imagination, a lifetime of discovery.
People who live to be 100 don’t simply stop at 65. they have 10, 20, 30 years of additional active participation. They have more to contribute.
Do you have to pick up and move to a Blue Zone for an extra 20 years? Do you have to sell your house, say goodbye to your friends and family? Do you move to Japan, Costa Rica or Sardinia and not see your grandchildren grow up to achieve an extra 20?
A Blue Zone is not about place, although these places exist within our world. Blue Zone is really about attitude, belief and philosophy. Yes, it would be nice to live in a place where everyone lived a very long time. Blue Zone living is easier than you might imagine. It’s a decision you make, a decision that exists inside of you. It’s a shift of your consciousness.
Is Blue Sky, Blue Zone a gem of magic? Yes-maybe-no, It is if you want it to be. It is magic if you choose it to be. It is magic if you decide, because living the Blue Zone life simply makes sense.
Blue Topaz is an amazing gem. It occurs in various shades of blue. At Cross, we choose the prettiest shades of pastel blue, they are the colors in the middle. Our Blue Sky Topaz is the third hardest gem after diamond which means it’s highly resistant to scuffing and scratching. Blue Topaz has a high refractive index (jeweler talk) which means that when a gem is cut properly, it’s the most sparkly bright brilliant pastel blue gem in nature!
Your new Blue Topaz is with you every day to remind you of the guiding principles of what is truly important.
