danzur
Rough_Rock
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- Dec 16, 2010
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For our 20th anniversary I wanted to do something special. Thanks to many on this board, and especially Yssie, I embarked on a journey to put together a 3 stone ring, than included the diamond from her original wedding ring, which also is a diamond that was given to her by her grandmother. Using this diamond made the process a bit more difficult, but I thought it was important to include it in the final design. Here is a poor pic of her wedding ring:
The center diamond in this ring started out around 1.3 carats, but a little chip caused a recut about 10 years ago. Once we had the design determined we sent this ring to Brian Gavin, and he had this diamond recut. It ended up being just over 1 carat, hearts and arrows cut. This ended up being one of the side stones.
For our anniversary (since I started the process far too late to get all of this done in time) I purchased a 2.17 carat/H & A/VS2/I solitaire:
I originally wanted to try to do the whole thing myself, and somehow get the diamond from her original ring and surprise her. As I learned through the process this would be impossible. In the end I'm glad it worked out the way it did as Lisa was able to pick the setting she wanted, and worked with Brian and Leslie (and others) through the whole process.
We also purchased a 3rd diamond (1.08/H & A/SI/I) to finish this off.
The center diamond in this ring started out around 1.3 carats, but a little chip caused a recut about 10 years ago. Once we had the design determined we sent this ring to Brian Gavin, and he had this diamond recut. It ended up being just over 1 carat, hearts and arrows cut. This ended up being one of the side stones.
For our anniversary (since I started the process far too late to get all of this done in time) I purchased a 2.17 carat/H & A/VS2/I solitaire:
I originally wanted to try to do the whole thing myself, and somehow get the diamond from her original ring and surprise her. As I learned through the process this would be impossible. In the end I'm glad it worked out the way it did as Lisa was able to pick the setting she wanted, and worked with Brian and Leslie (and others) through the whole process.
We also purchased a 3rd diamond (1.08/H & A/SI/I) to finish this off.
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