Abstract: An item of jewelry comprising a gemstone setting for magnifying and enhancing the appearance of a multiplicity of gemstones set therein, creating the illusion of a single very large gem. The gemstone mounting comprises inner and outer rings, the inner setting having a portion that fits inside the outer setting. The inner ring holds a central large gemstone surrounded by a plurality of smaller gemstones. A reflective surface on the outer ring is highly polished and/or coated with a reflective coating. To an observer, the array of gemstones supported by the inner ring has the appearance of a single very large gemstone, as light reflected onto the reflective surface by the array of gemstones held by the inner setting is further reflected back to the observer by the reflective surface of the outer ring. The gemstone setting may be incorporated into earrings, rings, bracelets, anklets, necklaces, and the like.

Abstract: A generally round setting for a diamond, which simulates the appearance of a larger diamond, comprises an annulus and three prongs. The annulus has an upper surface stamped with from nine to twenty-one equally spaced apart, radially extending cuts providing reflecting surfaces, each of the cuts being wedge shaped in plan and V-shaped in cross section. The three equally spaced apart prongs are upstanding from the annulus upper surface for receiving and holding the diamond.