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P: 5/29/2007 3:30:33 PM
kathleenmv Cut Rock Total Posts: 396 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 8/24/2005	I'm building a three-stone ring. The center stone is a 1.23ct. H&A measuring 6.89x6.94. What size side stones do y'all recommend? I was sort of tossing around the idea of .30 each, but am wondering if that's too big. I want the ring to look 3-stone-y (is that a word?!), but I'd love if the center stone really popped, size-wise. thanks!! Kathy
Posted: 5/29/2007 3:30:33 PM

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P: 5/29/2007 5:03:23 PM
kcoursolle Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,344 Last Post: 10/14/2009 Member Since: 1/21/2006	I think .25 to .3 would be a great size!! It would be a lovely and classic combination and I think it would still emphasize the center stone.
Posted: 5/29/2007 5:03:23 PM

P: 5/29/2007 5:07:38 PM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Date: 5/29/2007 5:03:23 PM Author: kcoursolle I think .25 to .3 would be a great size!! It would be a lovely and classic combination and I think it would still emphasize the center stone. Ditto. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "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: 5/29/2007 5:07:38 PM

P: 5/29/2007 5:35:35 PM
kathleenmv Cut Rock Total Posts: 396 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 8/24/2005	Hi kcoursolle and Ellen! Thanks for the replies--and the confirmation. :) Sounds like I'm on the right track, size-wise. I've noticed that few vendors list stones below .30ct. Is that because those stones aren't typically lab-graded? Anyone know? Kathy
Posted: 5/29/2007 5:35:35 PM

P: 5/29/2007 5:39:58 PM
neatfreak Ideal Rock Total Posts: 13,452 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 2/17/2007	Date: 5/29/2007 5:35:35 PM Author: kathleenmv Hi kcoursolle and Ellen! Thanks for the replies--and the confirmation. :) Sounds like I'm on the right track, size-wise. I've noticed that few vendors list stones below .30ct. Is that because those stones aren't typically lab-graded? Anyone know? Certs aren't usually worth it for such small stones. Usually, whoever is making the ring will find them for you. Whiteflash is particularly helpful as a vendor for finding sidestones and taking pictures.
Posted: 5/29/2007 5:39:58 PM

P: 5/29/2007 5:52:27 PM
snlee Ideal Rock Total Posts: 5,449 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 10/6/2004	I have a 1.23 solitaire and .35 earrings. I put them together to imagine what a 3 stone ring would look like. I agree that a .25 to .30 would look great! It would definitely emphasize the center stone. Good luck! Can't wait to see the final product!
Posted: 5/29/2007 5:52:27 PM

P: 5/29/2007 7:21:46 PM
kcoursolle Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,344 Last Post: 10/14/2009 Member Since: 1/21/2006	You might also want to check out this thread: http://www.pricescope.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=62947 There are some cool visuals in there.
Posted: 5/29/2007 7:21:46 PM

P: 5/29/2007 7:32:06 PM
FireGoddess Ideal Rock Total Posts: 12,145 Last Post: 3/23/2009 Member Since: 1/25/2005	Yes - diamondseeker2006 had a GREAT visual that I saved to my computer!!! Here it is:
Posted: 5/29/2007 7:32:06 PM

P: 5/29/2007 7:49:21 PM
sparkles Ideal Rock Total Posts: 553 Last Post: 10/17/2009 Member Since: 5/24/2002	Really liking the .25 sidestones Love until it hurts. Real love is always painful and hurts then it is real and pure. Mother Teresa
Posted: 5/29/2007 7:49:21 PM

P: 5/29/2007 9:04:41 PM
thing2of2 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,661 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 1/1/2007	I like the .25-.3 side stones as well. That will really make your center stone pop! I hope you post pics of the finished product!
Posted: 5/29/2007 9:04:41 PM

P: 5/29/2007 11:10:59 PM
Tacori E-ring Ideal Rock Total Posts: 16,087 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 8/15/2005	I agree about the .25 sidestones. I love it when they are much smaller than the center stone. Good luck!
Posted: 5/29/2007 11:10:59 PM

P: 5/29/2007 11:32:46 PM
kathleenmv Cut Rock Total Posts: 396 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 8/24/2005	Hi everyone! Thanks so much for the replies. Neatfreak, that makes sense about why I'm not seeing lab reports with the smaller stones. I wonder of smaller stones with certs exist?? snlee, sounds like your ring/earring mockup is what I'm envisioning! Glad to hear that it looks divine . :) Kcoursolle and Fire Goddess, thanks for the link! Too funny that another PSer is mulling over the same issue. :) The proportion chart that diamondseeker2006 provided was very helpful! Sparkles, Thing2of2 and Tacori, thanks for the vote! Sounds like everyone is liking that .25-.30ish range. I had a vendor recommend .40 or .50ct. for each stone, but I think that might be a bit big for me. I like the side stones smaller without being toooooooooooo small, if that makes sense. I'm reminded of Belle's lovely ring that WF made for her. I think it was 1.25 center with .30 side stones. Does that sound right? I'll try to find it... Kathy
Posted: 5/29/2007 11:32:46 PM

P: 5/29/2007 11:46:59 PM
kathleenmv Cut Rock Total Posts: 396 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 8/24/2005	Okay, I was wrong. Belle's side stones are .25 aca's. And I love, love, looooooove that ring! I'm doing a custom setting with fishtail/triple bead prongs a la Selkie's beautiful Victory ring: http://www.pricescope.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=46111 I just looked back at her thread and she has .25-ers, too! I guess the size difference between .25 and .30 would be too great, right? I mean...I'm thinking either would be fine? I can feel myself starting to obsess now. ;) Kathy
Posted: 5/29/2007 11:46:59 PM

P: 5/30/2007 1:44:40 AM
kcoursolle Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,344 Last Post: 10/14/2009 Member Since: 1/21/2006	If you are looooving too rings with .25 stones, then that's what I would get. It will be slightly cheaper too as an added bonus!
Posted: 5/30/2007 1:44:40 AM

P: 5/30/2007 8:58:21 AM
kathleenmv Cut Rock Total Posts: 396 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 8/24/2005	And I do loooooooove cheaper! :) Maybe I'll have them call in some .25-ers (they don't stock stones that small), take a look-see and see what they run. Kathy
Posted: 5/30/2007 8:58:21 AM

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