Thank you all for of your help!

[Christy42]

Thanks to Josh at DirtCheap, Richard Sherwood, RockDoc, Icelady, Phoenixgirl, Ana, CrankyDave and Pqcollectibles for all of your advice.(and anyone else I forgot to mention, sorry) I had the 2.51 princess mounted yesterday and it is stunning. They sure do look a lot bigger when they are mounted, don''t they? I''m going to have to wear sunglasses at night so I''m not blinded by the light.

It turns out that the girdle had been graded very conservatively by GIA and is closer to Thin to Med (Mostly medium). It survived the mounting and I am so happy that I didn''t give up on this stone.

I found this advebnture totally fascinating and if I wasn''t already a CPA, a busy one at that, I would certainly take up Gemology. I am a true believer now that the percentages don''t have to add up to get a beautiful stone. You have to look at the whole picture.

The forum has been a wealth of information and I couldn''t have done it without you! Thanks again. If I can take a decent picture of it, I''ll try to show you if anyone is interested.

 

[Iceman]

Maybe you can get a job as a CPA at a jewelry store We pay ours big bucks Then you would have the best of both worlds


Enjoy

 

[belle]

and another

glad you found something that you love!!!
of course we want to see pictures!! (asap!!

)

 

[icelady]

And yet another

!!!

So happy that you found the ''one''!! Fancy cuts can be really tricky. Now, you know that mandatory pictures are in order!!!

Can''t wait to see this huge beauty!! Congrats!

 

[JC]

Always glad to help. CONGRATS!!!

 

[Christy42]

Great idea Iceman, but you know, how do gem lovers maintain any self control at all when they work at a jewelry store? I don''t know if I could control myself but I''d love my job!

 

[pqcollectibles]

No fair Christy!! You know the rules. No telling ABOUT rings without posting eye candy for all us junkies to oggle!!

Congrats on your beautiful ring!!

 

[Christy42]

I know PQ, but my camera stinks and apparently so do I. I just tried and the pictures are so blurry you can''t appreciate the ring. I guess I should have bought a camera before the diamond. I''ll try to see if a friend has a good camera.

 

[Christy42]

I''ve heard that there aren''t any stupid questions, but how about this one? Every time I take a picture of my ring, the whole picture looks white. Is it my camera or me?

Christy