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.50 or .70 ct dilemma!

P: 4/18/2007 3:42:20 PM
Maisie Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,767 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 12/30/2006	Ok I know you hear from me a lot but I am buying the diamond next week so I need help yet again! I have decided on my setting so what I need to work out is if it will look good with a .50ct stone. Its going to be a plain shank with 18 x 1.1 aca in halo. If I am honest we can comfortably afford a .50ct stone. It will be approx 5.2mm diameter. We could push things and go for a .70ct stone but it would be harder to afford. I suppose I just want it to look really stunning - do you think you can get that effect with a smaller diamond? Will the diamond be noticible in a Halo setting? I am assuming WF won't use too heavy a halo as that wouldn't look right........
Posted: 4/18/2007 3:42:20 PM

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P: 4/18/2007 3:46:00 PM
JulieN Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,148 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 7/25/2005	i think a .5 would be fine in a halo.
Posted: 4/18/2007 3:46:00 PM

P: 4/18/2007 3:49:04 PM
hikerchick Ideal Rock Total Posts: 804 Last Post: 12/3/2007 Member Since: 11/29/2006	I think a 0.5 will look gorgeous in a delicate halo . . . good luck Maisie . . . can't wait to see it.
Posted: 4/18/2007 3:49:04 PM

P: 4/18/2007 3:50:05 PM
boston_jeff Ideal Rock Total Posts: 606 Last Post: 12/7/2008 Member Since: 1/30/2007	I am sure it will look very nice no matter what you choose, Maisie... But why .5 or .7? Is that based on WF's inventory? Because otherwise I would suggest splitting the difference and looking around .6!
Posted: 4/18/2007 3:50:05 PM

P: 4/18/2007 3:50:55 PM
Maisie Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,767 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 12/30/2006	Thank you Julie and Hikerchick! Its great to get other peoples opinion I think its probably better to stay within our budget, its just so tempting to try and reach for a bigger diamond!
Posted: 4/18/2007 3:50:55 PM

P: 4/18/2007 3:51:49 PM
Maisie Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,767 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 12/30/2006	They don't seem to have anything inbetween .... I've looked. I would rather keep everything with Whiteflash if I can. Ideally around .60 would be nicer!
Posted: 4/18/2007 3:51:49 PM

P: 4/18/2007 3:53:46 PM
february2003bride Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,100 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/18/2005	How far down in color can you go? .61 K VS1 http://www.whiteflash.com/hearts_arrows/A-Cut-Above-H-A-cut-diamond-122938.htm $1,281.00
Posted: 4/18/2007 3:53:46 PM

P: 4/18/2007 3:54:02 PM
mercoledi Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,667 Last Post: 10/5/2009 Member Since: 6/20/2006	Will it be prong set or bezel set? Honestly I doubt the size differnce will be very noticable. Didn't someone on here say that less than a mm isn't destinguishable by the human eye? I think the difference in 0.5 and 0.7 is just about half a mm.
Posted: 4/18/2007 3:54:02 PM

P: 4/18/2007 3:56:00 PM
Maisie Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,767 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 12/30/2006	I think I have settled on G. I have a G at the minute and I think its a good colour for me. I don't think I would drop as far as a K. Thank you for looking though. I really appreciate the help.
Posted: 4/18/2007 3:56:00 PM

P: 4/18/2007 3:56:38 PM
Maisie Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,767 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 12/30/2006	Date: 4/18/2007 3:54:02 PM Author: mercoledi Will it be prong set or bezel set? Honestly I doubt the size differnce will be very noticable. Didn't someone on here say that less than a mm isn't destinguishable by the human eye? I think the difference in 0.5 and 0.7 is just about half a mm. I'm not sure yet, I am leaning towards bezel so I can protect the stone for when I can upgrade
Posted: 4/18/2007 3:56:38 PM

P: 4/18/2007 3:57:23 PM
boston_jeff Ideal Rock Total Posts: 606 Last Post: 12/7/2008 Member Since: 1/30/2007	Date: 4/18/2007 3:51:49 PM Author: Maisie They don't seem to have anything inbetween .... I've looked. I would rather keep everything with Whiteflash if I can. Ideally around .60 would be nicer! Well, that at least explains the jump! When you talk to them I would just ask if they anticipate anything coming in that would be more a more ideal size for YOU. But, like I said before, you have nothing to worry about with a .5 stone-- it's going to be great!
Posted: 4/18/2007 3:57:23 PM

P: 4/18/2007 3:59:12 PM
Maisie Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,767 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 12/30/2006	Date: 4/18/2007 3:57:23 PM Author: boston_jeff Date: 4/18/2007 3:51:49 PM Author: Maisie They don't seem to have anything inbetween .... I've looked. I would rather keep everything with Whiteflash if I can. Ideally around .60 would be nicer! Well, that at least explains the jump! When you talk to them I would just ask if they anticipate anything coming in that would be more a more ideal size for YOU. But, like I said before, you have nothing to worry about with a .5 stone-- it's going to be great! Thank you!! I think I am just panicking because its getting so close. I wonder if other people behaved like this when they bought their rings......
Posted: 4/18/2007 3:59:12 PM

P: 4/18/2007 4:04:26 PM
boston_jeff Ideal Rock Total Posts: 606 Last Post: 12/7/2008 Member Since: 1/30/2007	Date: 4/18/2007 3:59:12 PM Author: Maisie I wonder if other people behaved like this when they bought their rings...... Ummm.... Yes. Why do you think there is a icon on Pricescope?!?!
Posted: 4/18/2007 4:04:26 PM

P: 4/18/2007 4:05:52 PM
JulieN Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,148 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 7/25/2005	what will you do with the setting after you upgrade?
Posted: 4/18/2007 4:05:52 PM

P: 4/18/2007 4:06:38 PM
Maisie Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,767 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 12/30/2006	Lol!!!! That made me laugh!! I think I should start using that face more!!!
Posted: 4/18/2007 4:06:38 PM

P: 4/18/2007 4:07:53 PM
Maisie Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,767 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 12/30/2006	Date: 4/18/2007 4:05:52 PM Author: JulieN what will you do with the setting after you upgrade? It depends - If I have a bezel setting I won't be able to do anything with it. They told me it would have to be destroyed to get the diamond out again. If I have prongs I would like to put a colored gemstone in. Thats if its possible
Posted: 4/18/2007 4:07:53 PM

P: 4/18/2007 4:43:52 PM
Kaleigh Ideal Rock Total Posts: 25,918 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 11/18/2004	I think a .50 will look smashing in your halo setting. The halo does make it look bigger. I can't wait till your ring is finished maisie!!! ____________________________ Piece of cake and a candle. ng gift
Posted: 4/18/2007 4:43:52 PM

P: 4/18/2007 4:46:56 PM
FireGoddess Ideal Rock Total Posts: 12,145 Last Post: 3/23/2009 Member Since: 1/25/2005	.50 will look great in a halo - it really does go a long way in making the stone seem even bigger!!
Posted: 4/18/2007 4:46:56 PM

P: 4/18/2007 4:46:56 PM
Maisie Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,767 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 12/30/2006	Date: 4/18/2007 4:43:52 PM Author: Kaleigh I think a .50 will look smashing in your halo setting. The halo does make it look bigger. I can't wait till your ring is finished maisie!!! Thankyou!!! Me too!!! I really really really can't wait lol!!!
Posted: 4/18/2007 4:46:56 PM

P: 4/18/2007 4:48:11 PM
Maisie Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,767 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 12/30/2006	Date: 4/18/2007 4:46:56 PM Author: FireGoddess .50 will look great in a halo - it really does go a long way in making the stone seem even bigger!! Yey!!!!! So it will look big even though its only .50 - - - thats fab!!!
Posted: 4/18/2007 4:48:11 PM

P: 4/18/2007 4:55:39 PM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	It's going to be bootiful. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State John Swinton [1829-1901] Chief Editorial Writer of the New York Times (Considered "the Dean of his Profession" by his peers), when asked to toast an 'Independent Press' in a gathering at the National Press Club, circa 1880 "There is no such thing in America as an independent press unless it is in the country towns. You know it, and I know it. There is not one of you who dare express an honest opinion. If you express it you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid... for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for doing similar things.... The business of the New York journalist is to distort the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and sell his country and race for his daily bread, or for what is about the same thing, his salary. You know this, and I know it and what foolery to be toasting an 'independent press.' We are tools, and the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping-jacks. They pull the strings and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, all are the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes."
Posted: 4/18/2007 4:55:39 PM

P: 4/18/2007 5:00:23 PM
Maisie Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,767 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 12/30/2006	Just like you - bootiful Ellen
Posted: 4/18/2007 5:00:23 PM

P: 4/18/2007 5:05:26 PM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Date: 4/18/2007 5:00:23 PM Author: Maisie Just like you - bootiful Ellen Thankies Maise. There's a joke in there, but I'll pass. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State John Swinton [1829-1901] Chief Editorial Writer of the New York Times (Considered "the Dean of his Profession" by his peers), when asked to toast an 'Independent Press' in a gathering at the National Press Club, circa 1880 "There is no such thing in America as an independent press unless it is in the country towns. You know it, and I know it. There is not one of you who dare express an honest opinion. If you express it you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid... for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for doing similar things.... The business of the New York journalist is to distort the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and sell his country and race for his daily bread, or for what is about the same thing, his salary. You know this, and I know it and what foolery to be toasting an 'independent press.' We are tools, and the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping-jacks. They pull the strings and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, all are the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes."
Posted: 4/18/2007 5:05:26 PM

P: 4/18/2007 5:14:50 PM
amylikesrocks Cut Rock Total Posts: 223 Last Post: 11/8/2007 Member Since: 4/2/2007	I say go for the one you can afford better and then you can enjoy it without guilt :) It sounds like its going to be beautiful!!
Posted: 4/18/2007 5:14:50 PM

P: 4/18/2007 5:17:00 PM
Skippy123 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 19,828 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 11/24/2006	Date: 4/18/2007 5:05:26 PM Author: Ellen Date: 4/18/2007 5:00:23 PM Author: Maisie Just like you - bootiful Ellen Thankies Maise. There's a joke in there, but I'll pass. Oh no; you guys are tooooo funny!!!! LOL LOL LOL! I can't wait to see your ring! It is going to be gorgeous sweetie Skippy "The only things that stand between a person and what they want in life are the will to try it, and the faith to believe it's possible" Rich Devos
Posted: 4/18/2007 5:17:00 PM

P: 4/18/2007 5:24:09 PM
Maisie Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,767 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 12/30/2006	Date: 4/18/2007 5:05:26 PM Author: Ellen Date: 4/18/2007 5:00:23 PM Author: Maisie Just like you - bootiful Ellen Thankies Maise. There's a joke in there, but I'll pass. Hehe!!
Posted: 4/18/2007 5:24:09 PM

P: 4/18/2007 5:24:55 PM
Maisie Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,767 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 12/30/2006	Thank you skippy!! I will totally photograph my ring to within an inch of its life!!!
Posted: 4/18/2007 5:24:55 PM

P: 4/18/2007 5:27:55 PM
Skippy123 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 19,828 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 11/24/2006	Have you found a stone yet??? Skippy "The only things that stand between a person and what they want in life are the will to try it, and the faith to believe it's possible" Rich Devos
Posted: 4/18/2007 5:27:55 PM

P: 4/18/2007 5:29:27 PM
Maisie Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,767 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 12/30/2006	http://www.pricescope.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=60984
Posted: 4/18/2007 5:29:27 PM

P: 4/18/2007 5:30:03 PM
Maisie Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,767 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 12/30/2006	Date: 4/18/2007 5:14:50 PM Author: amylikesrocks I say go for the one you can afford better and then you can enjoy it without guilt :) It sounds like its going to be beautiful!! You are right, I would have felt guilty spending more than we should
Posted: 4/18/2007 5:30:03 PM

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