Large Round Amethyst Solitaire Ring with Wide Polished Shoulders in 10k Yellow Gold

One large round amethyst, a deep violet, in a fancy round cut — a small circular table with facets radiating out to the edge like spokes, and a checkerboard of facets underneath — held high in an open four-prong basket so light reaches it from every side. The shank is wide, plain and high-polish, flaring wider still at the shoulders where it meets the stone and tapering toward the back. No side stones, nothing to compete with the colour. 7.30 grams of 10k yellow gold.

Everything about this mounting exists to hold one stone up and get out of the way: the wide polished shoulders carry the weight of the amethyst and throw gold light up into it, and the spoked cut turns the whole face of the stone into a wheel of violet. February birthstone, but nobody who wears this waits for a reason. Why should a big stone need anything else?