Ample Antique Paste Ring synthetic spinel • Inside of ring is

• Inside of ring is engraved "G

3mm outside diameter front to back

with a warm yellow band topped with white gold framing seven bead-set

minimal religious pendant designed with a satiny finish and a simple weight to provide comfort day in and day out

Ample Antique Paste Ring synthetic spinel • Inside of ring isFor as long as humans have been using gem materials thousands of years they have also been concocting imitations for those same gem materials. Paste, or glass, has been used to imitate gemstones since at least ancient Greece, but it was the development of a particular kind of leaded glass in the 1600s that made the material a more convincing simulant for diamonds. Adding lead to the glass (which is formed by solidifying molten silicon dioxide in an