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Brilliant_Rock
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Yeah... soooo.... for like 30 years i have known i wanted 5 carats. I always tried to pretend I didnt, and then I would buy a bigger diamond and realized i still didnt love it. I have super long fingers and just feel like 2 carats looks small on me. So then I got 2.5... then I got 3.... and then i realized, just get the 5 and be done. Part of why i didnt want 5 carats is I dont want to wear $100k on my finger. I wouldnt feel comfortable. The earth mined antique diamonds I have liked are around $100k. I really struggled with this. I just dont want to wear $100k on my hand. I know people say you can insure it and I get it, i just cant do it. It's like... we all have what we feel the value of something is. Like some people won't spend $20k on a trip, or some people wont spend $100k on a car, it's all what YOU feel ok spending on. For me, I am the car person, my husband is the trip person, but i just cant mentally spend that much on a diamond. It's just a personal mindset for me. I have a dollar limit of what i will spend on one piece of jewelry.
So a HUGE HUGE shoutout to @peppermintpatty - I LITERALLY could not have done this without you!!!!!! If you knew how many emails I sent her... LOL! Seriously, she really really helped me with this! Every.Single.Day. for 3 months... LOL. She has become my jewelry bestie as well as a true friend!! And AS ALWAYS, @Kim N - she put a second set of eyes on the base MRB i bought and gave me her thoughts.
Started out with 6.05 H color VS1 MRB from loosegrown. They're slow, but they come through! I actually bought 2, and returned one, no issues with the return, very responsive customer service team, very happy with them although it took 4 weeks to come. Ouch.
Here's the before, from loosegrowndiamonds, 6.05 H color
Sent to southwest, Ashley was great as always during intake, explaining what can and cant be done, but they are a little slow. They told me 1 week, it was almost 3 weeks later, worth the wait of course, but just in your head know that it will take longer. They charge by the carat of the beginning weight.
I asked for an angular/blocky OEC, not flowery, i asked "Can i get an OEC that could be confused for transitional?" LOL. I asked him, can it be 'off' or wonky, or is it machine cut and it will be 'perfect' because i really didnt want perfect, i wanted a little 'imperfect' thats the charm of old cuts! He said he would see what he could do. I asked for no bigger than 5.2 carats, 11mm, so cut extra off LOL. They hit the 11.1mm but it actually had to be 5.46ct to get the angles/facets, percentages, mm that i wanted. The 11mm was the key, i didnt want bigger than that! It has a nice tall crown, perfect culet size, blocky facets, clear crisp, i love it!
I asked for this facet pattern (below is not mine, this is what i asked for)
And also below facet inspiration (again, not mine, this was on Jewels by Grace's instagram in 2020 and i always loved it!)
This is what I got! 5.46, 11.11mm, i elected not to recertify, but i will assume it's still an H VS1, although as i learned previously, ya neva know... LOL
This is in my driveway diffused light
In the woods with my dog diffused light
In the sun, it just looked like it was glowing
I am doing a simple 18k setting, i photoshopped a little image to give a gist of it
This is why i am selling a bunch of stuff on pre-loved.. LOL! Anyone looking for a nice 2ct pear lab - go see my preloved post!
So a HUGE HUGE shoutout to @peppermintpatty - I LITERALLY could not have done this without you!!!!!! If you knew how many emails I sent her... LOL! Seriously, she really really helped me with this! Every.Single.Day. for 3 months... LOL. She has become my jewelry bestie as well as a true friend!! And AS ALWAYS, @Kim N - she put a second set of eyes on the base MRB i bought and gave me her thoughts.
Started out with 6.05 H color VS1 MRB from loosegrown. They're slow, but they come through! I actually bought 2, and returned one, no issues with the return, very responsive customer service team, very happy with them although it took 4 weeks to come. Ouch.
Here's the before, from loosegrowndiamonds, 6.05 H color
Sent to southwest, Ashley was great as always during intake, explaining what can and cant be done, but they are a little slow. They told me 1 week, it was almost 3 weeks later, worth the wait of course, but just in your head know that it will take longer. They charge by the carat of the beginning weight.
I asked for an angular/blocky OEC, not flowery, i asked "Can i get an OEC that could be confused for transitional?" LOL. I asked him, can it be 'off' or wonky, or is it machine cut and it will be 'perfect' because i really didnt want perfect, i wanted a little 'imperfect' thats the charm of old cuts! He said he would see what he could do. I asked for no bigger than 5.2 carats, 11mm, so cut extra off LOL. They hit the 11.1mm but it actually had to be 5.46ct to get the angles/facets, percentages, mm that i wanted. The 11mm was the key, i didnt want bigger than that! It has a nice tall crown, perfect culet size, blocky facets, clear crisp, i love it!
I asked for this facet pattern (below is not mine, this is what i asked for)
And also below facet inspiration (again, not mine, this was on Jewels by Grace's instagram in 2020 and i always loved it!)
This is what I got! 5.46, 11.11mm, i elected not to recertify, but i will assume it's still an H VS1, although as i learned previously, ya neva know... LOL
This is in my driveway diffused light
In the woods with my dog diffused light
In the sun, it just looked like it was glowing
I am doing a simple 18k setting, i photoshopped a little image to give a gist of it
This is why i am selling a bunch of stuff on pre-loved.. LOL! Anyone looking for a nice 2ct pear lab - go see my preloved post!
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The facets are utter perfection! Can't wait to see it set.
Looking forward to seeing it set.
I think your ring holder has it sitting up fairly high and I don't think your actual setting will. That should make a big difference.
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