Well, I picked up the diamond of my dreams today, and I have been unable to wrest my eyes from it. I am 100% satisfied with the diamond, but I now realize that I know very little about settings!

The diamond is set in a basic platinum solitaire 6-prong setting, but I've noticed that the prongs are very slightly off the angles of a perfect hexagon. I'm guessing that this is because the diamond is not perfectly symmetrical (diameter 7.63 (7.57-7.68), but then few diamonds are.

You're right. There are no perfectly round diamonds. We found out on 30,000 round diamonds that average deviation from roundness is about 1%.

I wouldn't worry much about symmetry of the prongs unless the stone is not fixed properly. You always can show the ring to a jeweler to check the settings. Actually you should do it regularly to avoid loosing the diamond.

I hope experts will share their opinion.

(#$#@! my spelling )

What you're saying makes sense, and puts my mind at ease somewhat. I was surprised that something so obvious to my eye had never been mentioned in all of the different diamond sites I perused.

Mind you, I was always more interested in the diamond! Although it seems to me that maintenance of the diamond ring should also be talked about, if not to the same degree.

Where did you get the ring - internet or local store?