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Shiny_Rock
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- May 29, 2006
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First of all, a couple of months ago I got my left hand slammed in a car door and bent my ering all out of shape. Luckily, the worst damage was to my finger...but the prongs were bent and I had to have them straightened out. No damage to my diamond, but it shook me up. Well, Friday night I was taking off my ring to clean it like I do everynight before I go to bed, and noticed that one of the prongs was wonky. Actually it was more than wonky. The prong was bent away from the diamond and twisted!
So, I took my ring to the jeweler today to have the prong fixed, and the jeweler said that I must have given my ring a mighty whack, or caught the prong on something that gave it a pretty good tug to have inflicted that kind of damage. He also checked the prongs of my side diamonds, and some of them were loose. He asked me what I''d been doing with my hand to have caused that much damage to the ring. The thing is, I don''t have a clue! Isn''t that scary? To have done something that caused an impact serious enough to do damage without even knowing it? The jeweler said that it''s a good thing I''d noticed the prong, because I could have lost the stone! Now, bear in mind I had just had my ring worked on, prongs tightened and straightened up and all only a few weeks ago when I slammed it in the car door. I did ask the jeweler if this latest damage could somehow be related to that, or some residual effect of that damage, and he said not really. The prongs on my ring are very heavy and strong, and he said that I *should* have known if something was done with enough force to twist the prong and pull it away from the diamond like that.
I do not wear my diamonds while doing yard work, or when cleaning the house or washing dishes or anything where they could be damaged. So I''m at a loss to explain what happened. But it has made me wary of wearing my rings.
I love my rings, and don''t want to keep them shut away in my jewelry box, yet at the same time I don''t want to take any more chances of damaging my rings and possibly hurting my diamonds or loosing them. I feel like just putting on my plain gold wedding band and leaving well enough alone. Has anyone else ever had this type of thing happen? I know diamonds can be replaced, but the one in my ering is very beautiful and I looked a long time to find one like it. I don''t think another one would be the same.
This also makes me wonder how anyone diamonds set in a delicate setting with lots of pave is brave enough to wear them!
So, I took my ring to the jeweler today to have the prong fixed, and the jeweler said that I must have given my ring a mighty whack, or caught the prong on something that gave it a pretty good tug to have inflicted that kind of damage. He also checked the prongs of my side diamonds, and some of them were loose. He asked me what I''d been doing with my hand to have caused that much damage to the ring. The thing is, I don''t have a clue! Isn''t that scary? To have done something that caused an impact serious enough to do damage without even knowing it? The jeweler said that it''s a good thing I''d noticed the prong, because I could have lost the stone! Now, bear in mind I had just had my ring worked on, prongs tightened and straightened up and all only a few weeks ago when I slammed it in the car door. I did ask the jeweler if this latest damage could somehow be related to that, or some residual effect of that damage, and he said not really. The prongs on my ring are very heavy and strong, and he said that I *should* have known if something was done with enough force to twist the prong and pull it away from the diamond like that.
I do not wear my diamonds while doing yard work, or when cleaning the house or washing dishes or anything where they could be damaged. So I''m at a loss to explain what happened. But it has made me wary of wearing my rings.
This also makes me wonder how anyone diamonds set in a delicate setting with lots of pave is brave enough to wear them!