Help: Which large RB would you pick? Which is cut better?
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by Lorelei » April 26th, 2008, 11:58 pm
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Just a suggestion. If you can take the cleaner diamond out of it''s mounting, find someone who has a Sarin machine and have them figure the cutgrade and the recut on the stone. The darker stone''s color appearance and brillance can be greatly improved. Fine cutting improves the light performance which makes the color appears better. The Sarin machine will tell you what the stones cutgrade is in both AGS and GIA cut grading systems (if they have purchased the programs). If lets say it comes out as a AGS cutgrade 5, which is usually a GIA Good, the recut program will tell you the finished weights in all the better cutgrades. With this information, it might make your decision a little easier. Go to a store that has larger stones that are fine cut and compare the brillance and I think it will make really help you choose what is the correct stone for you.
Good Luck! Dan |
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Hi Addy,
No I haven''t, really I''m just dreaming. I''m not engaged (I am in a VERY ltr), but I''m thinking of using one of these as my e-ring if I do become engaged... I''m not sure if it''s appropriate or not though since they''re already mine. A friend of mine recently let her BF propose to her with her grandmother''s stone and everyone talked about it behind her back, saying the guy was cheap. Our girlfriends seemed to think she got cheated, since she already would own that diamond, engagement or not.
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Frances, if I wore a four carat ring I wouldn''t think twice about where it came from or who it belonged to! I think it''s beautiful to wear an heirloom stone and most PSers feel the same way. Your stone is beautiful and looks like it displays some blue flourescence which, in my opinion, is gorgeous. I would wear that baby happily even if it came from the grandmother of the man in the moon!
P.S. anyone who would talk about your enormous ring is probably dealing with a little green-eyed monster....just an FYI. |
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Disneybride, Ha! As I mentioned above, this stone was cut a loooong time ago, so it''s unlikely there are arrows (right?) I''ll attach another pic just for fun - these are of the 4.5 ct warmer colored stone, after a cleaning. I''m wearing it on my index finger in the photo.
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Thanks!! I love the idea of wearing an heirloom as well, but it would be mine to wear either way. However, logic says it''s more beautiful than a lot of things the BF could afford, so why lock it in a closet and make him buy me a smaller one when I already have one to wear? Thank you for the kind words :) |
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After looking through this whole thread a second (okay, third) time...I''m definitely a voter for the larger, warmer colored stone. Not because it''s larger, though, but because it seems to be cut better and it''s a much clearer, cleaner stone.
So lucky you are to have not one, but TWO giant stones!! And I think it''s a great idea to use that stone for your engagement. When you are ready to become engaged, just give your man the diamond, and have him set it in a totally to-die-for setting...and that would make it a whole new ring! |
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Thanks tberube!
I''m attaching a pic of the 4.0 ct, more included stone, taken outside (this stone was in my ring finger while the larger was on my index - ie these shots were taken under the same lighting conditions). Sorry to keep bumping my own thread - it''s just that ever since I realized I could use one of these as my e-ring I have been totally obsessed. An engagement, however, is nowhere in sight right now. I''ll definitely go with the warmer stone over the more included one.
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Frances, I''m not as experienced as many of the other PS ladies, but I''m 99% sure I see some arrows, especially in the second to last picture you posted! I agree with the previous poster to give it to your DF and let him pick a setting. You could have him recut it down to roughly 3 carats if you''re very self-conscious and want him to spend a little money.
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Thanks! I''m in NYC but I''m not usually a flashy person. I''m afraid to have it recut if there is any risk of it cracking or otherwise being damaged though, since it''s an heirloom. |
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That makes me sad. Passing on a family heirloom is now cheap?  As for your rings, I think they are both lovely, but I prefer the one you chose to be your potential future engagement ring. Any ideas how you might want to reset it?
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Thanks Eva! Sadly for me the stone is locked up in the bank until I am "old enough" to wear it but keep me updated! |
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I know I''m late coming in to this, but I just wanted to say: WOW!!! Those rings are so fantabulous I can hardly believe my eyes. Lucky you! I like the larger cleaner stone best, like most people it seems. For the record, I also agree that anyone who would call you or your FF cheap if you used it as an e-ring is jealous - in no way is using an heirloom cheap, and NOT to wear either of the rings would be the crime in my eyes. Enjoy when you do finally get to wear one, and come back with pictures!
Jessica |
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