start to sound like smeagol when I speak about my ring...oh ho...it came from pakistan, bargined for at a pasar-filligrie red gold, no stone-wide. When it finally wore thro' (24k is very soft-and I work hard with my hands-built a kitchen , concrete and all) found a talented lady goldsmith in new mexico to put an anodized, black silver band beneath it, an emerald set in gold covered the part worn thro'( emeralds are not really my stone-more like fire opals) found out they give you "a life with no hardships, or only ones that come out well for you-"-old middle eastern tradition---seems to be working.....my precioussssss...........is my wedding ring.....s.