{"product_id":"el-dorado-shift-ring","title":"El Dorado Shift Ring","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e14k Yellow Gold | 2.30g | Unheated Montana Color-Shift Sapphire 3.45ct (0.69g) | Two 2mm Salt \u0026amp; Pepper Diamonds Treatment: None (unheated, untreated) | Origin: Montana, USA — El Dorado Bar Deposit | Total Ring Weight: 2.99g Size: US 6. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription: \u003c\/strong\u003eThis stone came out of the El Dorado Bar alluvial deposit in the Missouri River drainage of Montana and carries a color change that responds visibly to light source — shifting between grey-blue under cool daylight-temperature illumination and warmer blue under incandescent light. The iron-titanium charge transfer mechanism responsible for this behavior is sensitive to the spectral composition of the light source: different wavelength distributions produce different degrees of charge transfer excitation, and the stone's apparent color shifts accordingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eUnder magnification the stone's internal world is as extraordinary as its optical behavior. A substantial geometric inclusion sits centered in the stone — a negative crystal with a near-hexagonal outline consistent with corundum's own trigonal symmetry, formed when a fluid-filled void was enclosed by the growing crystal and the surrounding corundum grew around it, preserving a cavity shaped like the host crystal's own geometry. This is a stone that contains a ghost of its own crystallographic form as an internal void.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThroughout the body, fine silk inclusions — rutile needles oriented along crystallographic directions — create the characteristic optical depth of unheated Montana material. High-temperature treatment would dissolve these features. Their presence confirms the stone was never subjected to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eTwo 2mm salt and pepper diamonds set into the ring shoulders. The 14k yellow gold setting complements the stone's warm incandescent reading across all lighting conditions. Unheated. From the El Dorado Bar. One of one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Sisters Not Twins\" Bundle with The Sector:\u003c\/strong\u003e $16,500 (saves ~$1,500) Both unheated Montana sapphires, same deposit origin, completely different optical personalities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Brand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44149704654931,"sku":null,"price":12500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/9325\/3459\/files\/Untitled-164.jpg?v=1779588632","url":"https:\/\/bravaisfinejewelry.org\/products\/el-dorado-shift-ring","provider":"Bravais Fine Jewelry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}