Thanks a lot for the detailed response.

I had looked on ebay as well but I couldn’t find much that seemed at a reasonable price taking into account the metal and stone quality. Anything within a gold setting seems to have a very high premium, above the metal weight value (even for 9ct) and even for lower quality stones. Also for some ads I couldn’t be sure whether it might be CZ rather than tanzanite.

In the end I did not purchase the one on Etsy – and thanks again for the advice. I went with a smaller size one from an online jewelry retailer, but that seemed to offer better value. The recipient is quite happy with it and will continue to look out for pieces with larger and better quality stones.

I’ve seen your other posts regarding Catawiki (that’s how I found this wesbite!). Would you consider a good place to source jewelry/tanzanite?

Many thanks,
Tudor