# "Servin?" ring?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/servin-ring/725029>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 13, 2015, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/servin-ring/725029 "2015-07-13T09:21:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/servin-ring/725029/1 "2015-07-13T09:21:07Z")

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Hi my wife got a present from a friend. The friend says it is “real” but when I showed a pawn-broker that specialised in jewelry they said it was plastic but the metal was silver. The large stone hardly sparkles at all so to me it seems to be plastic rather than glass or a gemstone. It is light pink. I wonder if “servon” is a brand or some type of material. Note that the name might have been misheard.

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**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/servin-ring/725029/2 "2015-07-13T14:48:15Z")

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Its a bit of a stretch but maybe the original intent was to say Resin; its plastic and fake gemstones are made of it.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/servin-ring/725029/3 "2015-07-13T23:18:38Z")

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Yeah. “Resin” is the current marketing-speak for “plastic.” You see the term a lot in collectible statuetttes and other overpriced crap sold to the glitter-loving gullible

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/servin-ring/725029/4 "2015-07-14T00:33:22Z")

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Note that some [plastic](http://www.collectorsweekly.com/costume-jewelry/bakelite) jewelry is _very_ collectable.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/servin-ring/725029/5 "2015-07-14T08:23:02Z")

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Also, plastic/resin jewellery is not necessarily all completely nasty.

> **[Handmade Jewellery Made In Scotland | Scottish gifts | Discover Heathergems](https://www.heathergems.com/)**
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> Discover the beautiful, handcrafted, Scottish Jewellery from Heathergems. Purchase from our range handmade jewellery, with next day delivery available.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/servin-ring/725029/6 "2015-07-15T14:06:03Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> Also, plastic/resin jewellery is not necessarily all completely nasty.  
> [http://www.heathergems.com/](http://www.heathergems.com/)

Possibly, but that link isn’t very convincing proof, IMO - it may just be the geologist in me talking, but tackily-dyed disco-coloured bits of heather stem set in perspex do not “gems” make, to my mind.

Especially if cut into the shape of a Scottie…