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Flanders 1.04ct Engagement Ring set in Platinum - Photos attached

P: 10/19/2007 10:05:53 AM
stonerman Rough Rock Total Posts: 27 Last Post: 10/23/2007 Member Since: 10/6/2007	Hi all, Well i posted some time ago in regards to a Flanders 1.04ct diamond i was looking at for my girlfriends engagement ring. http://www.pricescope.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=70199 Well i deceided to buy this stone and over the past few weeks ive been working very closely with a fantastic designer to come up with my own design that im hoping my girlfriend will love. They have been working on it for 2 weeks now and I went to have a look at the ring today in its raw state and its coming along beautifully. The ring is a platinum (95% pure) ring, and they have just finished crafting the basic shape. The diamond has yet to be set, and there is still a lot of excess metal on the ring, so its looking a bit bulky. Im told that once the stone is set, and its all trimmed back and polished it will come up sparkling. Ive deceided to have the ring rhodium plated initially as the platinum has a slight grey tinge to it, and i dont want it to take away from the diamond. Photos of the diamond and ring so far:
Posted: 10/19/2007 10:05:53 AM

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P: 10/19/2007 10:07:16 AM
stonerman Rough Rock Total Posts: 27 Last Post: 10/23/2007 Member Since: 10/6/2007	This photo shows a yellowish colour, but thats due to the indoors lighting.
Posted: 10/19/2007 10:07:16 AM

P: 10/19/2007 10:08:02 AM
stonerman Rough Rock Total Posts: 27 Last Post: 10/23/2007 Member Since: 10/6/2007	Side shot of the Flanders stone.
Posted: 10/19/2007 10:08:02 AM

P: 10/19/2007 10:09:39 AM
stonerman Rough Rock Total Posts: 27 Last Post: 10/23/2007 Member Since: 10/6/2007	The ring & setting in its raw state, yet to be finished
Posted: 10/19/2007 10:09:39 AM

P: 10/19/2007 10:11:25 AM
stonerman Rough Rock Total Posts: 27 Last Post: 10/23/2007 Member Since: 10/6/2007	Diamond sitting loose in the setting. Once finished, the diamond will sit lower so the girdle is level with the 2 baguettes. The culet of the diamond will sit approx 0.3 - 0.5mm above the bottom of the 'V' setting. This will ensure the entire side of the stone is completely exposed on 2 sides.
Posted: 10/19/2007 10:11:25 AM

P: 10/19/2007 10:13:17 AM
stonerman Rough Rock Total Posts: 27 Last Post: 10/23/2007 Member Since: 10/6/2007	Showing a side view of the ring & setting.
Posted: 10/19/2007 10:13:17 AM

P: 10/19/2007 10:15:58 AM
stonerman Rough Rock Total Posts: 27 Last Post: 10/23/2007 Member Since: 10/6/2007	Ring is still looking rough. Jewler has just finished carving the overall shape.
Posted: 10/19/2007 10:15:58 AM

P: 10/19/2007 10:18:50 AM
stonerman Rough Rock Total Posts: 27 Last Post: 10/23/2007 Member Since: 10/6/2007	Looking from the top. The claws will sit neatly over the cut corners, but not protruding past the edges of the diamond. Disregard the red marks on the stone, thats been done by the jewler in setting out the ring.
Posted: 10/19/2007 10:18:50 AM

P: 10/19/2007 10:32:31 AM
woobug02 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,095 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 11/12/2004	JUST BEAUTIFUL!!! I love it :) WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ****** Live Life, Love Someone and Laugh Everyday****** WOOO
Posted: 10/19/2007 10:32:31 AM

P: 10/19/2007 10:35:29 AM
ang3199 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 727 Last Post: 12/12/2008 Member Since: 10/17/2007	Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for sharing. She is going to be one lucky lady. And kudos to you for designing it yourself. Awesome! ************** My favorite color is shiny
Posted: 10/19/2007 10:35:29 AM

P: 10/19/2007 11:01:44 AM
stonerman Rough Rock Total Posts: 27 Last Post: 10/23/2007 Member Since: 10/6/2007	Cheers for your comments. The ring should be finished next week, and hopefully pop the question by the end of the month! Forgot to mention the spec on the diamond: Shape: Flanders Brilliant Cut Weight: 1.04ct (actual weight 0.210g) Colour grade: D Clarity: VVS2 Flourescence: slight Measurement: 6.56 x 6.54 x 4.04 (dimensions across cut corners) Girdle: thin to medium Table width: 55% Crown height: 13.5% Pavillion depth: 44% Finish grade: excellent Here is a copy of the sketch that i did up for the designer & jewler. As you can see, they hav done very well to replicate exactly what i had in mind:
Posted: 10/19/2007 11:01:44 AM

P: 10/19/2007 11:39:26 AM
SanDiegoLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,204 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2005	What a STUNNING diamond! I love this look, that stone is simply brilliant!!
Posted: 10/19/2007 11:39:26 AM

P: 10/19/2007 11:52:08 AM
Kaleigh Ideal Rock Total Posts: 25,896 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 11/18/2004	What a lovely design, can't wait to see it once it's finished. Your stone is amazing, love the flanders cut!!! ____________________________ Piece of cake and a candle. ng gift
Posted: 10/19/2007 11:52:08 AM

P: 10/19/2007 12:01:39 PM
777_LDY Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,050 Last Post: 1/14/2009 Member Since: 10/19/2007	Wow! I love the setting! It's so modern, and bold, and beautiful!!! I think it matches that gorgeous stone to perfection
Posted: 10/19/2007 12:01:39 PM

P: 10/19/2007 12:21:14 PM
musey Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,155 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 9/30/2006	I LOVE flanders-cut stones!! This will be a beaut, can't wait to see the finished product!
Posted: 10/19/2007 12:21:14 PM

P: 10/19/2007 2:15:30 PM
nebe Ideal Rock Total Posts: 898 Last Post: 9/17/2009 Member Since: 8/22/2007	I've never seen a flanders cut, it's so pretty!!! Is it a H&A cut? ~~~~~~ Nessa Be. Adam Levy "I don't see them as flaws, I see them as God's little artistic choices."
Posted: 10/19/2007 2:15:30 PM

P: 10/19/2007 3:34:51 PM
LadyAmythyst69 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,488 Last Post: 5/17/2008 Member Since: 10/3/2007	Really cool to see this in progress!
Posted: 10/19/2007 3:34:51 PM

P: 10/19/2007 4:15:20 PM
Skippy123 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 19,822 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 11/24/2006	Oh wow, what a beautiful stone. . . delicious! 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: 10/19/2007 4:15:20 PM

P: 10/19/2007 4:19:35 PM
canuk-gal Ideal Rock Total Posts: 9,195 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 4/19/2004	HI: Oh so purdy cheers--Sharon "People who possess great qualities, do not need to show off".
Posted: 10/19/2007 4:19:35 PM

P: 10/19/2007 4:31:36 PM
Linda W Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,439 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 2/15/2006	Love that stone. Can't wait to see the finished ring. Linda ******************************** "Life is what happens to you, while you are busy making other plans". John Lennon
Posted: 10/19/2007 4:31:36 PM

P: 10/20/2007 8:46:27 AM
Aussiegem Rough Rock Total Posts: 13 Last Post: 10/21/2007 Member Since: 1/1/2007	Beautiful stone-she's going to love it!
Posted: 10/20/2007 8:46:27 AM

P: 10/20/2007 6:37:24 PM
Harleigh Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,994 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 6/30/2007	Wow! That is going to be amazing! Can't wait to see it finished! Where did you find the Flanders stone, and where are you having the ring made? I think you did an amazing job! Harleigh ********** I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond... Mae West
Posted: 10/20/2007 6:37:24 PM

P: 10/21/2007 11:23:14 AM
stonerman Rough Rock Total Posts: 27 Last Post: 10/23/2007 Member Since: 10/6/2007	Cheers for the comments to date. The flanders diamond was sourced in Australia.
Posted: 10/21/2007 11:23:14 AM

P: 10/23/2007 10:13:49 AM
stonerman Rough Rock Total Posts: 27 Last Post: 10/23/2007 Member Since: 10/6/2007	Well its finally been completed, and i picked it up this afternoon. Pics to follow shortly.
Posted: 10/23/2007 10:13:49 AM

P: 10/23/2007 10:24:52 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	I can't wait to see this!! (I almost bought one) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "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: 10/23/2007 10:24:52 AM

P: 10/23/2007 10:26:26 AM
ang3199 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 727 Last Post: 12/12/2008 Member Since: 10/17/2007	Yay! New pics! Can't wait! ************** My favorite color is shiny
Posted: 10/23/2007 10:26:26 AM

P: 10/23/2007 10:51:54 AM
stonerman Rough Rock Total Posts: 27 Last Post: 10/23/2007 Member Since: 10/6/2007	Fresh out of the jewellers workshop, and into my hot little hands. Im very happy with how it turned out. Im hoping she says 'yes'
Posted: 10/23/2007 10:51:54 AM

P: 10/23/2007 10:53:47 AM
stonerman Rough Rock Total Posts: 27 Last Post: 10/23/2007 Member Since: 10/6/2007	I dont think having such close up shots does it justice. I think most would agree, they look much better from a distance than close up. The flanders 'D' VVS2 is gleaming!
Posted: 10/23/2007 10:53:47 AM

P: 10/23/2007 10:54:31 AM
stonerman Rough Rock Total Posts: 27 Last Post: 10/23/2007 Member Since: 10/6/2007
Posted: 10/23/2007 10:54:31 AM

P: 10/23/2007 10:55:16 AM
stonerman Rough Rock Total Posts: 27 Last Post: 10/23/2007 Member Since: 10/6/2007
Posted: 10/23/2007 10:55:16 AM

P: 10/23/2007 10:55:56 AM
stonerman Rough Rock Total Posts: 27 Last Post: 10/23/2007 Member Since: 10/6/2007
Posted: 10/23/2007 10:55:56 AM

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