Hey PS,
As some of you know, I sadly lost my wonderful aunt, my mom''s baby sister, on January 5. She had suffered from small cell lung cancer for 14 months and was only 56, but it is a blessing she didn''t suffer for long. She was a woman of truly incredible grace, warmth, strength, and heart. I''m heartbroken to have lost her (we always shared a very special connection, and she thought I took after her.)
She left me a diamond ring, which had also belonged to her mother, my grandmother. My mom can''t remember how my grandmother had it set. We don''t *think* it''s the center stone from her e-ring (she wore a cluster ring) or if it''s from a pendant. Probably the latter. In any case, though, I am blessed to have inherited a now third generation stone and I finally have some bling of my own to show my favorite fellow bling fanatics!!!
I have NO idea of specs. I plan to get it appraised and actually have a RHR project in the works! I bid on, and won, a vintage Victorian filagree mounting with tiny sapphires in which I hope to reset this stone so that it has a new home fitting of its pedigree, and of the two amazing women who wore it before me!
Anyway, here it is. Of course I''ve taken a ton of silly shots of it. It is probably around .5ct, (just by judging it against an average chart and my mom''s larger stone,) but it could be .39, .46, .61, who really knows! It''s set in 14kt yellow gold in a basic six-prong tiffany-ish knife-edge setting. It seems quite white to me, but I haven''t ventured a color guess. It''s very sparkly, but who knows about the cut. I have spotted a couple of black inclusions, but they took me over a week to find, and even then was staring through the pavilion about an inch away. So I *think* it should count as eye-clean, but I have no idea. For all I know it could be anywhere from VS2 - I1. But it''s WONDERFUL!!!!!
She and I had our ring sizes in common, so it fits me perfectly already. I''m cleaning it and checking it fanatically and have already ordered a loupe!! First I''ll post the ring shots, and then I will post the setting shots from ebay.
A first flower shot:
As some of you know, I sadly lost my wonderful aunt, my mom''s baby sister, on January 5. She had suffered from small cell lung cancer for 14 months and was only 56, but it is a blessing she didn''t suffer for long. She was a woman of truly incredible grace, warmth, strength, and heart. I''m heartbroken to have lost her (we always shared a very special connection, and she thought I took after her.)
She left me a diamond ring, which had also belonged to her mother, my grandmother. My mom can''t remember how my grandmother had it set. We don''t *think* it''s the center stone from her e-ring (she wore a cluster ring) or if it''s from a pendant. Probably the latter. In any case, though, I am blessed to have inherited a now third generation stone and I finally have some bling of my own to show my favorite fellow bling fanatics!!!
I have NO idea of specs. I plan to get it appraised and actually have a RHR project in the works! I bid on, and won, a vintage Victorian filagree mounting with tiny sapphires in which I hope to reset this stone so that it has a new home fitting of its pedigree, and of the two amazing women who wore it before me!
Anyway, here it is. Of course I''ve taken a ton of silly shots of it. It is probably around .5ct, (just by judging it against an average chart and my mom''s larger stone,) but it could be .39, .46, .61, who really knows! It''s set in 14kt yellow gold in a basic six-prong tiffany-ish knife-edge setting. It seems quite white to me, but I haven''t ventured a color guess. It''s very sparkly, but who knows about the cut. I have spotted a couple of black inclusions, but they took me over a week to find, and even then was staring through the pavilion about an inch away. So I *think* it should count as eye-clean, but I have no idea. For all I know it could be anywhere from VS2 - I1. But it''s WONDERFUL!!!!!
She and I had our ring sizes in common, so it fits me perfectly already. I''m cleaning it and checking it fanatically and have already ordered a loupe!! First I''ll post the ring shots, and then I will post the setting shots from ebay.
A first flower shot:
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