Dancing stone for suspending from an article of jewelry

Abstract

A stone for suspending from an article of jewelry, the stone having a crown, a pavilion, a table, a girdle, and a culet. The improvement includes a throughbore extending from the crown to the pavilion of the stone allowing the stone to have improved structural integrity and to have improved luster by virtue of reducing refraction, reflection, and dispersion errors, and when suspended by the throughbore from the article of jewelry, by virtue of eliminating visually obstructive conventional settings, has improved scintillation, improved visibility, and gives an impression that it is floating in air or dancing relative to the article of jewelry.

1 . A stone for suspending from an article of jewelry, the stone having a crown, a pavilion, a table, a girdle, and a culet, wherein the improvement comprises: 
 a throughbore extending from the crown to the pavilion allowing the stone to have improved structural integrity and to have improved luster by virtue of reducing refraction, reflection, and dispersion errors, and when suspended by the throughbore from the article of jewelry, by virtue of eliminating visually obstructive conventional settings, has improved scintillation, improved visibility, and gives an impression that it is floating in air relative to the article of jewelry.    
   
   
       2 . The stone according to  claim 1 , wherein the improvement further comprises the stone being a diamond or a cubic zirconium.  
   
   
       3 . The stone according to  claim 1 , wherein the improvement further comprises the stone having a shape; and 
 wherein the improvement further comprises the shape of the stone being selected from the group consisting of round, princess, radiant, marquise, pear, and heart.    
   
   
       4 . The stone according to  claim 1 , wherein the improvement further comprises the throughbore having a width; 
 wherein the improvement further comprises the stone having a weight; and    wherein the improvement further comprises the width of the throughbore being in a range of approximately 0.30 mm to approximately 0.40 mm when the weight of the stone is no greater than 0.199 carats.    
   
   
       5 . The stone according to  claim 1 , wherein the improvement further comprises the throughbore having a width; 
 wherein the improvement further comprises the stone having a weight; and    wherein the improvement further comprises the width of the throughbore being in a range of approximately 0.40 mm to approximately 0.50 mm when the weight of the stone is in a range of 0.20 carats to 0.499 carats.    
   
   
       6 . The stone according to  claim 1 , wherein the improvement further comprises the throughbore having a width; 
 wherein the improvement further comprises the stone having a weight; and    wherein the improvement further comprises the width of the throughbore being 0.50 mm when the weight of the stone is at least 0.50 carats.    
   
   
       7 . The stone according to  claim 1 , wherein the improvement further comprises a loop; 
 wherein the improvement further comprises the loop passing freely through the throughbore and suspending the stone therefrom; and    wherein the improvement further comprises the loop being for suspending from the article of jewelry so as to suspend the stone from the article of jewelry.    
   
   
       8 . The stone according to  claim 7 , wherein the improvement further comprises the loop, and the throughbore cooperating therewith, enabling the stone to hang vertically and swing freely relative to the article of jewelry.  
   
   
       9 . The stone according to  claim 7 , wherein the improvement further comprises the loop being made from a material selected from the group consisting of a precious metal, a semi-precious metal, a metal other than that of precious and semi-precious, and a translucent soft plastic.  
   
   
       10 . A stone for suspending from an article of jewelry, comprising: 
 a plurality of faces;    wherein a pair of faces have a throughbore extending therethrough; and    wherein said throughbore is so disposed so as to allow the stone to have improved structural integrity and to have improved luster by virtue of reducing refraction, reflection, and dispersion errors, and when suspended by the throughbore from the article of jewelry, by virtue of eliminating visually obstructive conventional settings, has improved scintillation, improved visibility, and gives an impression that it is floating in air relative to the article of jewelry.    
   
   
       11 . The stone according to  claim 10 , 
 wherein said stone has a crown;    wherein said stone has a pavilion;    wherein said stone has a table;    wherein said stone has a girdle;    wherein said stone has a culet; and    wherein said pair of faces are said crown of said stone and said pavilion of said stone so as to allow said throughbore to extend from said crown of said stone to said pavilion of said stone.    
   
   
       12 . The stone according to  claim 10 , wherein said stone is a diamond.  
   
   
       13 . The stone according to  claim 10 , 
 wherein said stone has a shape; and    wherein said shape of said stone is selected from the group consisting of round, princess, radiant, marquise, pear, and heart.    
   
   
       14 . The stone according to  claim 10 , 
 wherein said throughbore has a width;    wherein said stone has a weight; and    wherein said the width of said throughbore is in a range of approximately 0.30 mm to approximately 0.40 mm when said weight of said stone is no greater than 0.199 carats.    
   
   
       15 . The stone according to  claim 10 , 
 wherein said throughbore has a width;    wherein said stone has a weight; and    wherein said width of said throughbore is in a range of approximately 0.40 mm to approximately 0.50 mm when said weight of said stone is in a range of 0.20 carats to 0.499 carats.    
   
   
       16 . The stone according to  claim 10 , 
 wherein said throughbore has a width;    wherein said stone has a weight; and    wherein said width of said throughbore is 0.50 mm when said weight of said stone is at least 0.50 carats.    
   
   
       17 . The stone according to  claim 10 , further comprising a loop, 
 wherein said loop passes freely through said throughbore and suspends said stone therefrom; and    wherein said loop is for suspending from the article of jewelry so as to suspend said stone from the article of jewelry.    
   
   
       18 . The stone according to  claim 17 , 
 wherein said loop, and said throughbore cooperating therewith, enable said stone to hang vertically and swing freely relative to the article of jewelry.    
   
   
       19 . The stone according to  claim 17 , wherein said loop is made from a material selected from the group consisting of a precious metal, a semi-precious metal, a metal other than that of precious and semi-precious, and a translucent soft plastic.  
   
   
       20 . A stone for suspending from an article of jewelry, comprising: 
 a crown;    a pavilion;    a table;    a girdle; and    a culet;    wherein said crown has a throughbore extending therefrom to said pavilion allowing said stone to have improved structural integrity and to have improved luster by virtue of reducing refraction, reflection, and dispersion errors, and when suspended by said throughbore from the article of jewelry, by virtue of eliminating visually obstructive conventional settings, has improved scintillation, improved visibility, and gives an impression that it is floating in air relative to the article of jewelry.    
   
   
       21 . The stone according to  claim 20 , wherein said stone is a diamond.  
   
   
       22 . The stone according to  claim 20 , wherein said stone has a shape; and 
 wherein said shape of said stone is selected from the group consisting of round, princess, radiant, marquise, pear, and heart.    
   
   
       23 . The stone according to  claim 20 , 
 wherein said throughbore has a width;    wherein said stone has a weight; and    wherein said width of said throughbore is in a range of approximately 0.30 mm to approximately 0.40 mm when said weight of said stone is no greater than 0.199 carats.    
   
   
       24 . The stone according to  claim 20 , 
 wherein said throughbore has a width;    wherein said stone has a weight; and    wherein said width of said throughbore is in a range of approximately 0.40 mm to approximately 0.50 mm when said weight of said stone is in a range of 0.20 carats to 0.499 carats.    
   
   
       25 . The stone according to  claim 20 , 
 wherein said throughbore has a width;    wherein said stone has a weight; and    wherein said width of said throughbore is 0.50 mm when said weight of said stone is at least 0.50 carats.    
   
   
       26 . The stone according to  claim 20;  further comprising a loop; 
 wherein said loop passes freely through said throughbore and suspends said stone therefrom; and    wherein said loop is for suspending from the article of jewelry so as to suspend said stone from the article of jewelry.    
   
   
       27 . The stone according to  claim 26 , wherein said loop, and said throughbore cooperating therewith, enable said stone to hang vertically and swing freely relative to the article of jewelry.  
   
   
       28 . The stone according to  claim 26 , wherein said loop is made from a material selected from the group consisting of a precious metal, a semi-precious metal, a metal other than that of precious and semi-precious, and a translucent soft plastic.  
   
   
       29 . A method of preparing a stone for suspending from an article of jewelry, comprising the steps of: 
 a) providing the stone with a crown, a pavilion, a table, a girdle, and a culet so as to form a cut stone; and    b) providing a throughbore through the cut stone, from the crown of the cut stone to the pavilion of the cut stone, so as to form a throughbore-provided stone having improved structural integrity and having improved luster by virtue of reducing refraction, reflection, and dispersion errors, and when suspended by the throughbore from the article of jewelry, by virtue of eliminating visually obstructive conventional settings, has improved scintillation, improved visibility, and gives an impression that it is floating in air relative to the article of jewelry.    
   
   
       30 . The method according to  claim 29 , further comprising the step of subjecting the throughbore-provided stone to a bath to eliminate a residue formed in the throughbore from said second providing step so as to form a residue-eliminated stone.  
   
   
       31 . The method according to  claim 30 , further comprising the step of determining if the residue has been eliminated in its entirety.  
   
   
       32 . The method according to  claim 31 , further comprising the step of boiling the residue-eliminated stone in the bath, if it has been determined that residue has nit been eliminated in its entirety.  
   
   
       33 . The method according to  claim 29 , where said second providing step includes laser-drilling the throughbore through the cut stone, from the crown of the cut stone to the pavilion of the cut stone.  
   
   
       34 . The method according to  claim 30 , where said subjecting step includes subjecting the throughbore-provided stone to an acid bath.  
   
   
       35 . The method according to  claim 34 , where said step of subjecting the throughbore-provided stone to an acid bath includes subjecting the throughbore-provided stone to an acid bath for approximately forty to forty eight hours.  
   
   
       36 . The method according to  claim 34 , where said step of subjecting the throughbore-provided stone to an acid bath includes subjecting the throughbore-provided stone to an acid bath of a diluted one-to-one solution of sulphuric acid and nitric acid.  
   
   
       37 . The method according to  claim 32 , where said boiling step includes boiling the residue-eliminated stone in the acid bath for approximately two to three hours.  
   
   
       38 . A stone comprising: 
 a crown, a pavilion, a table, a girdle and a culet;    a throughbore from the crown to the pavilion, wherein the stone is enabled to be set in an article of jewelry using the throughbore.    
   
   
       39 . The stone according to  claim 38 , wherein each of the crown, the pavilion, the table and the culet has at least one facet.  
   
   
       40 . The stone according to  claim 38 , wherein the stone is one selected from the group consisting of a diamond and cubic zirconium.  
   
   
       41 . The stone according to  claim 38 , wherein a width of the throughbore is from about 0.30 mm to about 0.50 mm.  
   
   
       42 . The stone according to  claim 38 , wherein a width of the throughbore is from about 0.30 mm to about 0.40 mm for a stone up to about 0.199 carats.  
   
   
       43 . The stone according to  claim 38 , wherein a width of the throughbore is from about 0.40 mm to about 0.50 mm for a stone from about 0.20 carats to about 0.499 carats.  
   
   
       44 . The stone according to  claim 38 , wherein a width of the throughbore is 0.50 mm for a stone at least 0.50 carats.  
   
   
       45 . An article of jewelry comprising: 
 a stone having a crown, a pavilion, a table, a girdle and a culet, the stone including a throughbore from the crown to the pavilion; and    a setting device which is passed through the throughbore to set the stone, enabling the stone to have freedom of movement in relation to the article of jewelry.    
   
   
       46 . The article of jewelry according to  claim 45 , wherein the setting device is a loop.  
   
   
       47 . The article jewelry according to  claim 45 , wherein the stone is one selected from the group consisting of a diamond and cubic zirconium.  
   
   
       48 . A method for making a stone with a throughbore, the stone having a crown, a pavilion, a table, a girdle and a culet, the method comprising: 
 laser-drilling the throughbore in the stone from the crown to the pavilion.    
   
   
       49 . The method for making a stone with a throughbore according to  claim 48 , the method further comprising bathing the stone in an acid solution from about forty to about forty-eight hours.  
   
   
       50 . The method for making a stone with a throughbore according to  claim 48 , the method further comprising boiling the stone in the acid solution from about two to about three hours.  
   
   
       51 . A method for setting a stone having a crown, a pavilion, a table, a girdle and a culet, the method comprising: 
 passing a loop through a throughbore in the stone, the throughbore being from the crown to the pavilion, to set the stone.    
   
   
       52 . The method for setting a stone according to  claim 51 , the method further comprising securing the loop to an article of jewelry.  
   
   
       53 . A stone comprising: 
 a crown, a pavilion, a table, a girdle and a culet; and    a throughbore from the crown to the pavilion to improve freedom of movement and scintillation, and minimize obstruction, when the stone is set in an article of jewelry.    
   
   
       54 . The stone according to  claim 53 , wherein the stone is one selected form the group consisting of a diamond and a cubic zirconium.