So, my boyfriend and I are *hoping* to get engaged next year. He has inherited a stone from a great aunt that we would like to use. Unfortunately, I do not have pics of it to post right now ( I promise I will if you are interested). I have seen it -- it is an OEC, 1.45 carats, K-L color, VVS2. The cut itself is also beautiful -- some OEC's are kind of "worn" around the edges, and this one is not. It was cut between 1900-1920.
It is a beautiful stone. I was really worried that the color would be, well, yellow-ish, but it faces up very beautifully and white. Funnily enough, another friend of mine who inherited an OEC and said hers was an L showed me her ring, and I thought it looked significantly more yellowish than his.
I am worried, though, that after wearing the ring for a few years, that when I look at it I will only think about the less than ideal color. Although I was thrilled with the color when I looked at the stone face up, when I turned the stone to the side I definitely did see a yellow tint.
This doesn't mean that I don't want to the stone. I love the idea of having an old, antique, family heirloom and I feel so lucky that he has this!!! Also, I love the idea of how much money we are saving so that we can put the money we save towards our first home.
But, just like someone's quote on this board, "It is harder to find a mind-clean stone than an eye-clean stone." I hate the idea that I might one day look at my stone and think, "If only it were a G" or something like that. What I hate even more is that people who know something about diamonds might look at it and think, "It's a tad yellowish" or even worse, say that behind my back!!! (I know people who do this; my sister's friend got a 3 carat pear shaped diamond engagement ring and my sister said, "It's kind of yellow, though." When my sister got engaged, she looked at old diamonds and wanted one, until she "found out that most of them do not have good color." Naturally, I don't want people saying that about my engagement ring.)
I feel guilty and ungrateful about wishing it were a more perfect color. How many other girls would just be thrilled to get a diamond from the guy of their dreams? Ugh.
Any thoughts?
It is a beautiful stone. I was really worried that the color would be, well, yellow-ish, but it faces up very beautifully and white. Funnily enough, another friend of mine who inherited an OEC and said hers was an L showed me her ring, and I thought it looked significantly more yellowish than his.
I am worried, though, that after wearing the ring for a few years, that when I look at it I will only think about the less than ideal color. Although I was thrilled with the color when I looked at the stone face up, when I turned the stone to the side I definitely did see a yellow tint.
This doesn't mean that I don't want to the stone. I love the idea of having an old, antique, family heirloom and I feel so lucky that he has this!!! Also, I love the idea of how much money we are saving so that we can put the money we save towards our first home.
But, just like someone's quote on this board, "It is harder to find a mind-clean stone than an eye-clean stone." I hate the idea that I might one day look at my stone and think, "If only it were a G" or something like that. What I hate even more is that people who know something about diamonds might look at it and think, "It's a tad yellowish" or even worse, say that behind my back!!! (I know people who do this; my sister's friend got a 3 carat pear shaped diamond engagement ring and my sister said, "It's kind of yellow, though." When my sister got engaged, she looked at old diamonds and wanted one, until she "found out that most of them do not have good color." Naturally, I don't want people saying that about my engagement ring.)
I feel guilty and ungrateful about wishing it were a more perfect color. How many other girls would just be thrilled to get a diamond from the guy of their dreams? Ugh.
Any thoughts?