Lab-created pear citrine and lab-created pear emerald. Toi et Moi bypass two-stone setting. Yellow and green — analogous colors adjacent on the color wheel — facing each other across a sweeping bypass band. November and May birthstones. One of the most historically significant ring formats in fine jewelry.

This Toi et Moi bypass ring features two lab-created pear-cut stones — a citrine and an emerald — set at the ends of two sweeping bypass branches that curve around the finger in opposite directions. The two stones face each other across the ring’s top, each held in a prong setting at the tip of its branch, with the pear stones’ rounded bases oriented toward the center of the ring and their pointed apices facing outward. The bypass branches cross or sweep past each other on the shank, so the ring has no single band midpoint — instead, the two branches arc around the finger independently before meeting at the finger’s underside. The yellow citrine and green emerald face each other in direct color dialogue across the ring’s center. Available in 925 sterling silver, yellow gold plated, or rose gold plated in whole and quarter sizes from US 3 to 9 3/4. Handcrafted in Jaipur.

Ring Details

• Stones: Lab-created pear citrine (yellow, November birthstone) · Lab-created pear emerald (green, May birthstone)
• Setting: Toi et Moi bypass — two-stone, two-branch prong setting
• Metal Options: 925 Sterling Silver · Yellow Gold Plated · Rose Gold Plated
• Sizes Available: US 3 to 9 3/4 including quarter sizes
• Birthstones: Citrine = November · Emerald = May

Toi et Moi: History and Meaning

“Toi et Moi” is French for “You and Me.” The format — two stones set side by side or facing each other on a ring, representing two people or two souls — has a documented history in European fine jewelry from the late 18th century. The most famous historical Toi et Moi ring is the sapphire-and-diamond ring Napoleon Bonaparte gave to Joséphine de Beauharnais in 1796, shortly before their marriage — a pear sapphire and a pear diamond facing each other on a gold band. The format gained renewed cultural prominence in the early 21st century through celebrity engagement rings and the resurgence of interest in alternative and non-traditional bridal jewelry. The bypass variant of the Toi et Moi design adds a structural element to the symbolism: the two branches of the shank sweep in opposite directions around the finger and cross or interweave on the shank before meeting at the underside of the finger. The bypass movement — each branch moving in the opposite direction from the other, the two paths crossing — is interpreted as two paths meeting and intertwining, two trajectories that cross at the ring’s center where the stones face each other. The two-stone format is also used to represent any pairing: two birth months, two people represented by their birthstones, two significant dates, or simply two colors chosen for their chromatic relationship.

Yellow and Green: The Analogous Color Pairing

Citrine’s yellow and emerald’s green are analogous colors — they are adjacent to each other on the color wheel, with yellow-green sitting between them. Analogous color pairings are harmonious by nature: because the colors share a hue component (yellow is present in both yellow and yellow-green, and green contains yellow-green), they do not create the visual tension of complementary opposites (red and green, blue and orange, purple and yellow). Instead, analogous pairings create a sense of color movement — the viewer’s eye transitions smoothly from one hue to the adjacent one, reading the pair as a natural progression rather than a contrast. The yellow-to-green transition in this ring is a warm-to-cool transition within a narrow hue range: citrine’s warm yellow and emerald’s cool green share the yellow-green hue region between them, so the pairing reads as vibrant and distinct without being jarring. The color temperature shift from warm yellow to cool green across the ring’s two facing stones also creates a dynamic that changes with light: in warm light (candlelight, incandescent), the citrine’s yellow deepens and the emerald’s green shifts slightly toward yellow-green; in cool light (daylight, LED), the emerald’s green becomes more vivid and the citrine’s yellow appears more neutral. The pair reads differently in different lighting environments, which means the ring’s color dialogue is not static.

About Citrine

Citrine is a variety of quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂) whose yellow to orange-yellow color is caused by trace iron within the crystal structure. The name comes from the Old French citrin, meaning “lemon,” for its characteristic yellow color range. Natural citrine is relatively rare; most commercial citrine is produced by heat-treating amethyst (purple quartz) or smoky quartz, which converts the iron’s oxidation state and shifts the color from purple or brown to yellow. Lab-created citrine is grown to produce the yellow color directly. Citrine’s hardness is 7 Mohs. It is the November birthstone alongside topaz.

About Lab-Created Emerald

Emerald is a variety of beryl (beryllium aluminum silicate, Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈) whose vivid green color is caused by trace chromium and/or vanadium in the crystal structure. Lab-created emerald has the same beryl composition, chromium color mechanism, and optical properties as natural emerald. Emerald is the May birthstone. Hardness is 7.5–8 Mohs.

The Pear Cut in a Bypass Setting

The pear cut’s teardrop silhouette has a specific orientation in this bypass design: each stone’s rounded base faces the center of the ring (toward the other stone), while the pointed apex faces outward toward the shank’s bypass curve. This orientation means the two rounded bases face each other across the ring’s top — the stones appear to reach toward each other with their fullest, most rounded dimension. The pear’s apex pointing toward the bypass branch also creates a smooth visual transition from the stone into the sweeping metal branch, the stone’s tapering point flowing into the band’s curve. Because both stones are the same cut (pear) in a mirrored arrangement, the ring has a bilateral symmetry when viewed from above despite its asymmetric bypass shank — the two stones mirror each other’s silhouette across the ring’s center axis.

Pairing with a Wedding Band

The bypass shank’s sweeping curves mean a standard straight wedding band will leave a gap on one or both sides of the ring. A curved contour or chevron band shaped to follow the bypass’s curve on the lower side of the finger creates a more integrated bridal stack. Alternatively, this ring works well worn alone or with thin plain bands stacked on adjacent fingers.

Care Instructions

• Remove before swimming, showering, or applying lotions and perfumes (especially for plated finishes)
• Citrine is 7 Mohs; emerald is 7.5–8 Mohs — both suitable for daily wear; avoid contact with harder stones that could scratch the citrine surface
• Do not use ultrasonic cleaners on the emerald; gentle warm water and soft brush cleaning is safest for both stones
• The pear points of both stones are exposed at the apices — remove when doing heavy physical work to protect the prongs holding each pointed tip
• Store in a padded box when not worn

Sizing & Packaging

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