Mara

Michelle....should be sometime early next week. You better believe as soon as I get that call I am off to pick it up---meetings be darned.

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Keeping fingers crossed for this weekend. I am going to call them again on Friday and stress that I really need it this weekend. Make up some non-existent trip or something.

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No glitter I have never had a solitaire pendant....I just don't want the setting to be visible...so this seemed like the only other option besides doing the behind slide which he said meant the stone would flip alot. I figure this may be the lesser of the two evils? What else to do?

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On 12/11/2003 3:48:05 AM Mara wrote:

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What else to do?

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Ana "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." [Souren Melikian]

Yes the chain, head & work only cost $200, so it's not as though it's a huge investment Plus you never know about the future!

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I love the look, but I'm planning on setting it in a ring and wearing it that way. Just like Glitterata!

I've gotten so used to a necklace now that I couldn't bear to be without at least a chain.----------------

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Trust but verify

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I love the look, but I'm planning on setting it in a ring and wearing it that way. Just like Glitterata!

I've gotten so used to a necklace now that I couldn't bear to be without at least a chain.----------------

Noooo... don't! I loove the look of that pendant! (Mind you, having people claw at me daily would drive me nuts too!)

Would a poll help you decide?


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Keep it as a necklace and get another stone next year for a ring.

You need to keep the necklace so it matches your earrings!!!

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Caratgirl
Just a Diamond Lover

Pendant eye-candy folder coming up once my new sweetie is in my little sweaty hands...hopefully I will get it this weekend and then I can post it right away! Oooh I am calling the jeweler tomorrow and confirming it will be in this weekend. I don't know if I can wait any longer! 

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YAY the pendant is in! I am going over this afternoon to get it. Hope traffic isn't too bad, it's about an hour drive without traffic!

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Lanee

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Got the pendant yesterday afternoon and when I got home, the forum was down. Oh no! 

 

The pendant is gorgeous, looks excellent on the neck and hardly flips at all..it's very comfortable as well and the diamond size is pretty good, it doesn't look like a spot of shine but actually looks like a diamond pendant. When I am walking from the hallway into the lit bathroom, I can plainly see the white sparkle of the diamond from the hallway in the bathroom mirror.

 

However, I am a little disappointed because the setting is a little bit heavy and seems a bit 'unfinished'. I also think that by setting it the way it was, we lost a bit of the fire in the stone.  The setting has alot of metal around it, more than I expected (e.g. basket setting but with alot more metal in the pavilion so its not allowing light through), and from what I read, Regents need an open setting to be able to perform to their best. It still looks amazing and on my neck it sparkles from every angle but I think that it looks a little less fiery than before. Or maybe I just idealized it in the 3 weeks it was gone. Who really knows. Paranoia

 

They used 8 prongs which I was not keen on...I wanted minimal prongage. The result is that the prongs close-up tend to overwhelm the stone because its smaller. From far away you can't really tell but when you hold it and look at it, you see 8 little sticks on the stone. Not only are there 8 prongs, but they are TALLER than the stone itself when set. So from the side view you see sticks and the diamond is recessed. How long does it take to file down the prongs so that they are flush with the diamond?  Lastly, the Mickey Mouse ears (small links that hold the setting to the necklace) seem somewhat big. You can see them in the pictures. Can't they be almost the same size as a regular link in the necklace? Why do they have to be so big. And it's a necklace. How much protection does this thing need? From my rock-hard neck?

 

So overall I'm not ecstatic with the setting itself, but the diamond of course is spectacular, super white (H) and still flashes good fire. I somewhat want to have someone rework the setting and all--because I feel like it's not showing the stone to it's best advantage. BUT we spent $250 on setting the thing so far, and I don't want to make a mountain out of a molehill if maybe I am just being paranoid (quite possible! ). 

 

Also, since this is the second time that this jeweler has done the whole 'you said one thing but we did another' thing, I think I am DONE with them. I wanted to keep them for local stuff like this but get all our stones online, but I just am tired of feeling like that what I say goes in one ear and out the other.

 

That said, here are the pictures...I'm having a harder time taking pictures of it than my estone. But there are some interesting flashes of fire off the arrows that I caught, which my big stone doesn't really have (arrow flashes) which is new to me. Also if you look at the stone up close you really can see the symmetry looks better than my stone, even without a loupe. But you have to look very close and know what you are looking for of course. I checked the Arrows with my viewer when I got it home, and also the IS image...which was really hard to take --I need to post asking the experts how to get better pictures--all of my pictures are entirely tinged red which make it hard to tell whats REALLY red vs white. The stone appears to have relatively little leakage though you can see the typical along the edges.

 

Overall I love the pendant even with its design flaws (), the chain is the perfect length which is a relief, and it really is a darling. The stone of course is still A++++ and I am still HOOKED on Regents.

 

Enjoy!

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Sursum Corda!

Mess with Texas.

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"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

-Albert Einstein

The funky too-dark, too-red IS image  You can see some hints of leakage on the edges typical of an 'ideal' stone, so using that as a gauge, it looks pretty good elsewhere. But I have to find out why all my IS image are coming out entirely red, even the prongs.   Note the big 8 prongs....sheesh.

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"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

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This one is a favorite because I caught some of the arrows ...it wasn't even a closeup and it was in diffused sunlight, really cool.

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"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

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Lastly, a neck shot! It shows that the diamond appears more substantial than one would think for a .37c stone, esp a Fancy! Gorgeous!

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"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

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