Jewelry apparatus

Abstract

A gemstone setting for gemstones that present as a single stone on the viewing face or top including a plurality of anchor gemstones and a larger touchstone wherein the gemstones are held in place with no metal from the setting visible between the gemstones. The gemstones are positioned in the setting with the lower girdle facets of the anchor gemstones overlapping and contacting the upper girdle facets of the touchstone so that at least one of the contact points between the touchstone and an anchor gemstone forms an angle and helps to hold the touchstone in place.

1 . A jewelry apparatus comprising:
 a plurality of anchor gemstones, each comprising a crown, a table, a girdle and a pavilion;   a touchstone of larger size than the anchor gemstones having a crown, a table, a girdle and a pavilion; and   a setting for receiving said anchor gemstones and touchstone in said jewelry apparatus having a plurality of cavities, said setting holding said anchor gemstones in place,   wherein said touchstone is held within said setting solely by the girdles of at least some of said anchor gemstones and a cavity configured for said touchstone and without said setting overlapping any part of said crown of said touchstone and without said touchstone contacting said crowns of said anchor gemstones.   
     
     
         2 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 1  wherein said anchor gemstones are angled away from said touchstone. 
     
     
         3 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 1  wherein said setting further comprises a base having a plurality of cavities equal in number to and substantially the same size as, the pavilions of said anchor gemstones and said touchstone, respectively, wherein a portion of said pavilions of at least one of said gemstones rest in said cavities. 
     
     
         4 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 3  wherein said cavities of at least one of said anchor gemstones are angled to hold said anchor gemstones such that the tables of said angled anchor gemstones are angled away from the table of the touchstone. 
     
     
         5 . A jewelry apparatus comprising:
 first through ninth gemstones, each having a pavilion, a table, a girdle and a crown;   a setting for receiving said gemstones in said jewelry apparatus wherein said ninth gemstone is larger than the first through eighth and located adjacent to said first and eighth gemstones, said setting overlapping parts of said crowns of said first through eighth gemstones but not any part of said crown of said ninth gemstone, said ninth gemstone being held solely between said pavilions of said first through eighth gemstones, and said setting including a wedge between said first through eighth gemstones for holding said ninth gemstone; and   wherein the tables of said first through eighth gemstones are angled with respect to the table of the ninth gemstone.   
     
     
         6 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 5  wherein said setting further comprises a base having first through eighth cavities angled with respect to a ninth cavity, and wherein a portion of said pavilions of said first through ninth gemstones rest in said first through ninth cavities, respectively. 
     
     
         7 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 6  wherein said first through eighth cavities are configured to hold said ninth gemstone with said ninth gemstone girdle below said first through eighth gemstone girdles. 
     
     
         8 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 5  wherein said pavilions of said first through eighth gemstones contact said girdle of said ninth gemstone. 
     
     
         9 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 5  wherein said setting is selected from the group consisting of cavities, grooves and prongs. 
     
     
         10 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 5  wherein the ninth gemstone is larger than the first through eighth gemstones and the first through eighth gemstones are substantially the same size.