Hi there! I'm a fan of old cut diamonds and think I've found my people! I just added a new ring to the collection and I was hoping to get a little more info about the center diamond from you guys.
Disclaimer - this piece was clearly well-loved and shows a lifetime of use (including a very well-worn prong and an accent diamond that has seen better days), and I don't imagine the center diamond to be one of the all time greats, by any means. I really like the idea of an antique piece that looks like it's been dearly loved for 100 years getting to take its next spin on my hand. I'm hoping to learn a little more about it like whether this is best described as old mine, old European, or something in between. Any idea of when a diamond like this would have been cut? Anything I should be aware of about the stone like obvious damage I'm overlooking?
The dimensions are 6.2 x 6 x 4.2. The seller estimated that at .65 carat and the sales associate at my local jewelry store (not a chain store, but I also didn't interact directly with the jeweler) eyeballed it at .75. Would that be your estimate as well? I found a calculator for OEC cut diamonds and it put the weight a little higher, but I'm wondering if this is more of an old mine cut and maybe that's why it doesn't conform to that OEC math.
Forgive the wonky photos, please. If I have a macro setting, I sure don't know about it! I improvised by taking photos with a loupe pressed up against the lens, which clearly wasn't ideal. I also had to dim the lights in order to get a good shot of the facets. Otherwise, there was too much light coming back to get a clean shot instead of a giant blur.
Disclaimer - this piece was clearly well-loved and shows a lifetime of use (including a very well-worn prong and an accent diamond that has seen better days), and I don't imagine the center diamond to be one of the all time greats, by any means. I really like the idea of an antique piece that looks like it's been dearly loved for 100 years getting to take its next spin on my hand. I'm hoping to learn a little more about it like whether this is best described as old mine, old European, or something in between. Any idea of when a diamond like this would have been cut? Anything I should be aware of about the stone like obvious damage I'm overlooking?
The dimensions are 6.2 x 6 x 4.2. The seller estimated that at .65 carat and the sales associate at my local jewelry store (not a chain store, but I also didn't interact directly with the jeweler) eyeballed it at .75. Would that be your estimate as well? I found a calculator for OEC cut diamonds and it put the weight a little higher, but I'm wondering if this is more of an old mine cut and maybe that's why it doesn't conform to that OEC math.
Forgive the wonky photos, please. If I have a macro setting, I sure don't know about it! I improvised by taking photos with a loupe pressed up against the lens, which clearly wasn't ideal. I also had to dim the lights in order to get a good shot of the facets. Otherwise, there was too much light coming back to get a clean shot instead of a giant blur.
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