Grounded Shadow 14.15ct Smoky Quartz Oval Ring in Rhodium Plated Sterling Silver – Skadi Winter Frost

Grounded Shadow is a 14.15 carat smoky quartz ring set in rhodium plated 925 sterling silver. The oval stone features a high domed crown with tight honeycomb-style faceting that creates controlled flashes rather than broad glare. Its body color reads cool brown to translucent smoke, with even saturation across the face. The bright rhodium finish sharpens the contrast against the darker quartz, giving the ring a substantial presence with a cleaner, colder edge.

What gives this ring its authority is proportion. The stone has real mass, but the faceting keeps the surface active and contained rather than flat or heavy. The darker quartz brings depth, while the silver setting keeps the outline crisp. The result is grounded, structured, and visually steady on the hand.

Within Skadi Winter Frost, this is weight under discipline. Not ornament. Not softness. A darker stone cut to hold light without losing its center. The effect is controlled, substantial, and unsentimental.

Smoky quartz is a brown to charcoal variety of quartz, silicon dioxide, crystallizing in the trigonal system. With a hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale, it is suitable for rings with ordinary care. Its smoky color develops through natural irradiation within the crystal lattice, giving the stone its characteristic range from translucent brown to deeper smoke tones. In a ring of this scale, even color and controlled light return matter as much as size.

Details:

Stone: Natural smoky quartz

Carat Weight: 14.15 ct

Color: Cool brown to translucent smoke

Cut: Oval mixed cut with high domed honeycomb-style faceted crown

Metal: Rhodium plated 925 sterling silver

Ring Size: 7

Setting Style: Four-prong oval basket

Construction: Hand set in house by Velcryn Gems.

I do not offer resizing on this ring. For a more exact long-term fit, I recommend working with a trusted local jeweler.

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