I have had a large beautiful Ametrine emerald shaped stone for some time now.  A very good customer has been looking at it most of that time,  She and I finally decided to make her a hand made pend out of it.  We drew some sketches out, and decided on a design.  After a busy couple of months I was finally able to sit down and hand make the pendant.  I kept to the original idea with a few small changes.  The stone has two different colors in it, so i wanted to make the metal have two different colors in it as well,  but not stand out a whole lot so that the stone was still very prominent.  We had planned to have a hole on the side so that there would be no bail,  then for ease of wearability she decided she wanted a bail on top.  Typically this stone is set purple up,  this customer thought that was upside down.  I have found that most women will want to put purple up,  (I'm not sure why,  probably,  a men are from mars, and women from venus thing) and men will want to put purple down because the purple looks like a heavier color, and therefor would be at the bottom.  after hand making the bezel in 14kt white and yellow gold,  i thought the overall design of the pendant needed something more noticeable at the top,  and made a diamond bail for the top.  The customer was very pleased,  and said she felt like a diva,  or someone important now,   this did not look like something she would normally be able to afford.  It is a very elegant and beautiful piece.