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My Big Blue Diamond |
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| P: 10/18/2005 2:37:08 PM | |
GemKlctr Cut Rock Total Posts: 451 Last Post: 7/26/2006 Member Since: 8/7/2005 |
Here is my 3.11ct irradiated blue diamond. It is 11.1x7.9x5.2mm and a VS clarity by my grading. It is a lighter colored and brighter stone than most treated diamonds. I'm not ready to set it yet, but eventually I will be seeking your advice. Several more photos to follow. Enjoy.
GK |
| Posted: 10/18/2005 2:37:08 PM | |
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| P: 10/18/2005 2:40:07 PM | |
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GemKlctr Cut Rock Total Posts: 451 Last Post: 7/26/2006 Member Since: 8/7/2005 |
Another. GK |
| Posted: 10/18/2005 2:40:07 PM | |
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GemKlctr Cut Rock Total Posts: 451 Last Post: 7/26/2006 Member Since: 8/7/2005 |
One more. GK |
| Posted: 10/18/2005 2:42:35 PM | |
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GemKlctr Cut Rock Total Posts: 451 Last Post: 7/26/2006 Member Since: 8/7/2005 |
And finally, under the loupe. GK |
| Posted: 10/18/2005 2:43:42 PM | |
| P: 10/18/2005 2:48:50 PM | |
Kaleigh Ideal Rock Total Posts: 25,905 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 11/18/2004 |
It's gorgeous!!!! Thanks for showing it to us!!! Lovely color, BTW.
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| Posted: 10/18/2005 2:48:50 PM | |
| P: 10/18/2005 3:03:43 PM | |
MINE!! Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,287 Last Post: 1/22/2007 Member Since: 2/25/2005 |
That is just beautiful!! WOW!! can't wait to hear how you are going to set it.
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| Posted: 10/18/2005 3:03:43 PM | |
| P: 10/18/2005 4:40:31 PM | |
flopkins Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,025 Last Post: 1/20/2009 Member Since: 11/15/2004 |
wowzas!! what a fantastic diamond!!! I have a partiality to blue treated diamonds, I fell in love w/a vintage piece and considered it for my ering... before I went the more traditional route, but I still think of it sometimes...
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| Posted: 10/18/2005 4:40:31 PM | |
| P: 10/18/2005 5:05:15 PM | |
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GemKlctr Cut Rock Total Posts: 451 Last Post: 7/26/2006 Member Since: 8/7/2005 |
Thanks kaleigh, Mine and flopkins. flopkins, I replaced my mother's stolen wedding set with an irradiated blue solitare and my Dad got her a blue channel set 1/2 anniversary-style wedding ring to go with it. (She had actually always wanted a blue diamond, although I think she had something more like the Hope in mind.) She gets lots of attention/compliments on it. GK |
| Posted: 10/18/2005 5:05:15 PM | |
| P: 10/18/2005 5:59:25 PM | |
colormyworld Ideal Rock Total Posts: 954 Last Post: 10/27/2009 Member Since: 8/30/2005 |
GK Congrats on Big Blue. It looks really nice. Great picture too. Just curious, you don't often find irraiated diamonds that clean, I was wondering if you had the diamond and sent it out for treatment. Regards Doug
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| Posted: 10/18/2005 5:59:25 PM | |
| P: 10/18/2005 7:20:37 PM | |
valeria101 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,048 Last Post: 4/30/2006 Member Since: 8/29/2003 |
Now that is some serious departure from the drab, included , badly cut and overcolor color treated diamonds one expects to see  I surely hope to see you comming back to the forum looking for a way to set this unusual diamond! Ana "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." [Souren Melikian] |
| Posted: 10/18/2005 7:20:37 PM | |
| P: 10/18/2005 7:54:29 PM | |
msflutter Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,277 Last Post: 5/17/2009 Member Since: 6/22/2005 |
What an amazing stone! Absolutely beautiful.
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| Posted: 10/18/2005 7:54:29 PM | |
| P: 10/18/2005 8:22:31 PM | |
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valeria101 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,048 Last Post: 4/30/2006 Member Since: 8/29/2003 |
...  Ana "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." [Souren Melikian] |
| Posted: 10/18/2005 8:22:31 PM | |
| P: 10/18/2005 8:37:45 PM | |
DiamondLil Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,405 Last Post: 6/1/2006 Member Since: 6/8/2003 |
Outstanding, GK!!!!!!!! I'd love to hear the story behind this rock. Was this one of those right-place/righ-time purchases or did you seek this beauty out? DiamondLil ________________ "Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs." |
| Posted: 10/18/2005 8:37:45 PM | |
| P: 10/18/2005 10:14:32 PM | |
kalispera Ideal Rock Total Posts: 735 Last Post: 7/16/2007 Member Since: 3/23/2005 |
Wow, that stone is just beautiful!!! Please let us know what you end up doing with it.. YUMMY!!!
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| Posted: 10/18/2005 10:14:32 PM | |
| P: 10/19/2005 8:35:50 AM | |
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GemKlctr Cut Rock Total Posts: 451 Last Post: 7/26/2006 Member Since: 8/7/2005 |
Thanks all. Doug, I did not have that treated myself, although I have a friend/vendor who has in the past acquired stones for treatment on the part of investors. When I first started collecting, I concentrated on colored diamonds and still have a number of them. I saw this, recognized it as an exceptional stone, and ultimately bought it. (See below) Ana, that marquise on the right looks remarkably like my blue and even is the same weight. If you ever get to the International Gem and Jewelry shows, Kimmimoto has acquired a very impressive collection of rings with simiar quality irradiated blues. DL, it was a right place, wrong time, but ultimately couldn't resist purchase. I got it from my friend at Kripps (who you met at the DC show). It was in his case at a show last year and I was tempted, but held out until this year when he was going to send it overseas since it hadn't sold here. He has been the source of many of my better quality treated diamonds. I will probably set it in a pendant, and will post for advice when it's time to make a decision. GK |
| Posted: 10/19/2005 8:35:50 AM | |
| P: 10/19/2005 8:50:24 AM | |
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valeria101 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,048 Last Post: 4/30/2006 Member Since: 8/29/2003 |
Date: 10/19/2005 8:35:50 AM Author: GemKlctr Ana, that marquise on the right looks remarkably like my blue and even is the same weight. Oups... but it is... (Photoshop, sorry).  The other one has served as model - it is a real ring with an untreated green diamond from Amgad. Despite the impressive 'fancy green' label, I hope the stone is allot nicer than the picture. Your treated blue seems to be allot more appealing, in fact. But, the Amgad ring looked so great I had to try the setting out! At least in picture if otherwise impossible. Ana "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." [Souren Melikian] |
| Posted: 10/19/2005 8:50:24 AM | |
| P: 10/19/2005 8:52:27 AM | |
AGBF Ideal Rock Total Posts: 8,041 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 1/26/2003 |
Date: 10/19/2005 8:35:50 AM Author: GemKlctr I will probably set it in a pendant, and will post for advice when it's time to make a decision. Great choice! I was going to ask how you planned to set it, but you answered it with your last posting! I love the photos Valeria posted. Having a similar setting, tailored for a pendant, would be astounding with that stone! (It is BIG!) Keep us informed! We want to follow the story! Deb A Girl's Best Friend |
| Posted: 10/19/2005 8:52:27 AM | |
| P: 10/19/2005 9:09:16 AM | |
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GemKlctr Cut Rock Total Posts: 451 Last Post: 7/26/2006 Member Since: 8/7/2005 |
Oups... but it is... (Photoshop, sorry). Wow, one of the best photoshops I've seen, down to the prongs! You could be very dangerous Ana.  I agree with you on the setting. I've always liked bypass settings, although they seem to be falling out of style now. I have an even better quality (but much smaller) marquise blue in a bypass ring with .90cts of channel set princesses.Deb, I'm thinking halo, but there will be lots to discuss re prongs vs. bezel, angle of halo, size of melee, milgraining or not, etc. I will get around to it eventually, but probably not until next year. GK |
| Posted: 10/19/2005 9:09:16 AM | |
| P: 10/19/2005 9:13:04 AM | |
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AGBF Ideal Rock Total Posts: 8,041 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 1/26/2003 |
Date: 10/19/2005 9:09:16 AM Author: GemKlctr Deb, I'm thinking halo, but there will be lots to discuss re prongs vs. bezel, angle of halo, size of melee, milgraining or not, etc. I will get around to it eventually, but probably not until next year. If I am still breathing, I will be here then, too! Whenever you are ready, I am ready! Deb A Girl's Best Friend |
| Posted: 10/19/2005 9:13:04 AM | |
| P: 10/19/2005 10:22:56 AM | |
sevens one Ideal Rock Total Posts: 9,537 Last Post: 9/8/2009 Member Since: 4/14/2004 |
oh MY! stunning. ______________________________ |
| Posted: 10/19/2005 10:22:56 AM | |
| P: 10/19/2005 12:40:18 PM | |
icekid Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,555 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 11/17/2004 |
ooohh too cool! so pretty... any idea for what will be done with it yet?
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| Posted: 10/19/2005 12:40:18 PM | |
| P: 10/19/2005 3:06:45 PM | |
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GemKlctr Cut Rock Total Posts: 451 Last Post: 7/26/2006 Member Since: 8/7/2005 |
Thanks Nan. Thanks too icekid. My current plan is to set it in a pendant probably next year. I will be asking for PSr's advice on settings then. GK |
| Posted: 10/19/2005 3:06:45 PM | |
| P: 10/19/2005 10:01:24 PM | |
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valeria101 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,048 Last Post: 4/30/2006 Member Since: 8/29/2003 |
Date: 10/19/2005 3:06:45 PM Author: GemKlctr Thanks Nan. Thanks too icekid. My current plan is to set it in a pendant probably next year. I will be asking for PSr's advice on settings then. I'm pretty sure we'll still be around cheering this project down to the finish line  Thanks for showing this one! Ana "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." [Souren Melikian] |
| Posted: 10/19/2005 10:01:24 PM | |
| P: 10/20/2005 10:48:00 PM | |
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sevens one Ideal Rock Total Posts: 9,537 Last Post: 9/8/2009 Member Since: 4/14/2004 |
Date: 10/19/2005 3:06:45 PM Author: GemKlctr Thanks Nan. Thanks too icekid. My current plan is to set it in a pendant probably next year. I will be asking for PSr's advice on settings then. A PENDANT????????????????????? she'll have to carry around a mirror all the time just to enjoy it.  (make it a ring!) 
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| Posted: 10/20/2005 10:48:00 PM | |
| P: 10/20/2005 11:31:46 PM | |
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GemKlctr Cut Rock Total Posts: 451 Last Post: 7/26/2006 Member Since: 8/7/2005 |
Date: 10/20/2005 10:48:00 PM Nan, I'll take that under advisement, but if you check out my MA thread you'll see we have a number of blue diamond rings already, especially the 1.19 round which also is an unusually fine quality for an iradiated blue. http://www.pricescope.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=34855 I do, however, want to do this right to make it a family heirloom, so I am open to suggestions.Author: sevens one Date: 10/19/2005 3:06:45 PM Author: GemKlctr Thanks Nan. Thanks too icekid. My current plan is to set it in a pendant probably next year. I will be asking for PSr's advice on settings then. A PENDANT????????????????????? she'll have to carry around a mirror all the time just to enjoy it. (make it a ring!) Anyway, I'll be able to see it, and don't most women frequently carry a compact/mirror? More importantly, how did Angelo's check up go today? GK |
| Posted: 10/20/2005 11:31:46 PM | |
| P: 10/21/2005 6:27:26 AM | |
Matatora Ideal Rock Total Posts: 8,230 Last Post: 7/26/2006 Member Since: 3/6/2005 |
Wow, that is a really lovely stone. We really do need a drooling icon.
-Matatora Courage is the price that life extracts for granting peace Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor. |
| Posted: 10/21/2005 6:27:26 AM | |
| P: 10/21/2005 7:28:09 AM | |
Bagpuss Ideal Rock Total Posts: 830 Last Post: 11/27/2005 Member Since: 9/10/2003 |
Personally, I love the idea of a pendant. I have a simple blue pendant that has quite a vibrant shade (not diamond sadly) that Wink made me and I get more compliments on that than on all of my bling bling rings. In my experience, people notice and comment on pendants far more than rings. ----------------------------- |
| Posted: 10/21/2005 7:28:09 AM | |
| P: 10/23/2005 12:05:33 PM | |
maxspinel Cut Rock Total Posts: 193 Last Post: 9/1/2009 Member Since: 7/7/2005 |
The color of the baby blue looks delicious. If she has so many rings already, a pendant will be a nice addition. In my expereince, people seldom comment on my pendants, especially the man. One time, I asked my collegues, who are predominately male in my field why. They said it is improper to stare at a women's neck and double improper to make comment on anything related to her neck including the pendants  I though that was quite interesting.
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| Posted: 10/23/2005 12:05:33 PM | |
| P: 11/2/2005 6:51:21 PM | |
SanDiegoLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,219 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2005 |
Oh, that's just a lovely baby blue.. I'd put it in a three stone setting, two rounds or pears on the sides, it would so emphasize the center diamond. Ooh ahh. Love it. :)
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| Posted: 11/2/2005 6:51:21 PM | |
| P: 1/1/2006 12:13:53 AM | |
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SanDiegoLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,219 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2005 |
Date: 10/18/2005 2:37:08 PM Author:GemKlctr Here is my 3.11ct irradiated blue diamond. It is 11.1x7.9x5.2mm and a VS clarity by my grading. It is a lighter colored and brighter stone than most treated diamonds. I'm not ready to set it yet, but eventually I will be seeking your advice. Several more photos to follow. Enjoy. May I ask how much this cost? |
| Posted: 1/1/2006 12:13:53 AM | |
| P: 1/1/2006 3:39:34 AM | |
blodthecat Ideal Rock Total Posts: 788 Last Post: 7/30/2006 Member Since: 10/17/2005 |
That is absolutely beautiful. I like the idea of a 3 stone setting with a pear at either side. Can't wait to see what you do with this? Blod
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