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Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Feb 17, 2006
- Messages
- 8
First, I would like to thank Pricescope and fellow PSers who have helped me become a more confident diamond shopper.
Second, I would like to thank Mr. James Allen and his associates for giving me a nice buying experience + a very nice diamond ring. That said, I must also write that I was a little disappointed when Mr. Allen had promised to send me a scanned picture of the final result + his personal inspection before sending the product to me, but he never did send me the scanned picture to reassure me that the diamond would be well set. I had to say to myself that he was so busy that he absolutely forgot his word. OK, here''s the bigger disappointment. The six prongs (I requested to have a six-prong head instead of the four-prong head) holding the diamond are very obviously not well spaced--not symmetrical. I simply cannot understand why the craftsman who had created a very beautiful setting would alter the beauty of the whole package with unevenly spaced prongs. Am I too picky or critical? Well, maybe a little bit, but when I look at beauty I judge the whole package and give more weight to some details and less weight to some others. I don''t have a very good camera to capture the ring, so I''m posting the link to JamesAllen''s catalog. Here''s the setting that I chose for my ring.
http://www.jamesallen.com/engagement-rings/settings-with-sidestones.asp?module=setting&cid=58&item=506
The diamond that I bought from JA has the following specs from AGS cert.:
Measurements: 6.67 * 6.70 * 4.11
Cut: AGS O (Ideal)
Color: 0.5 (E)
Clarity: 6 (SI2)
Carat: 1.111
Flouro: None
Table: 55%
Depth: 61.5%
Crown Angle: 34.2
Pavilion Angle: 40.9
Girdle: 0.9-1.2%
Culet: Pointed
That said, I''m very happy with my ring and certainly with the experience that I had with JA and his associates.
My fellow PSers, I will try to capture the beauty of my ring and post it here as soon as I can.
Second, I would like to thank Mr. James Allen and his associates for giving me a nice buying experience + a very nice diamond ring. That said, I must also write that I was a little disappointed when Mr. Allen had promised to send me a scanned picture of the final result + his personal inspection before sending the product to me, but he never did send me the scanned picture to reassure me that the diamond would be well set. I had to say to myself that he was so busy that he absolutely forgot his word. OK, here''s the bigger disappointment. The six prongs (I requested to have a six-prong head instead of the four-prong head) holding the diamond are very obviously not well spaced--not symmetrical. I simply cannot understand why the craftsman who had created a very beautiful setting would alter the beauty of the whole package with unevenly spaced prongs. Am I too picky or critical? Well, maybe a little bit, but when I look at beauty I judge the whole package and give more weight to some details and less weight to some others. I don''t have a very good camera to capture the ring, so I''m posting the link to JamesAllen''s catalog. Here''s the setting that I chose for my ring.
http://www.jamesallen.com/engagement-rings/settings-with-sidestones.asp?module=setting&cid=58&item=506
The diamond that I bought from JA has the following specs from AGS cert.:
Measurements: 6.67 * 6.70 * 4.11
Cut: AGS O (Ideal)
Color: 0.5 (E)
Clarity: 6 (SI2)
Carat: 1.111
Flouro: None
Table: 55%
Depth: 61.5%
Crown Angle: 34.2
Pavilion Angle: 40.9
Girdle: 0.9-1.2%
Culet: Pointed
That said, I''m very happy with my ring and certainly with the experience that I had with JA and his associates.
My fellow PSers, I will try to capture the beauty of my ring and post it here as soon as I can.
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