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Shiny_Rock
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I have a "half carat" solitaire pendant. It's the stone my husband proposed with. It also used to be half of my mom's earring set (we were that poor!). It's also not nice, lots of white inclusions, very deeply cut - so faces up small, almost no fire. I wear it everyday because it's what I have and it's been mine for over 16 years. But I'd like something that wows me and grabs my attention. Learning about and finally getting great stones has spoiled me.

Do you keep "bad" diamonds? Keep but not wear them? Wear them anyway? Have you ever felt guilty replacing something with history? Tell me stories!
 
My mother has an unfortunate history of destroying diamonds. She’s done 2 to date. One was set into a bezel pendant which my sister wears and I have the other. The second accident was worse, apart from taking a hunk out of the diamond, mother broke her wrist as well. Ouch and she was far more upset about the diamond that her wrist! She was literally going to put it in the bin ??? ! ! ! I rescued it and set it into a budget priced preloved diamond setting.688EE481-6782-4D94-A783-F95BA1738F77.jpeg
 
My daily necklace is a badly-chipped OEC. I chose a rustic style setting that helps disguise the chip, but the stone is less than a carat, so I’m not sure anyone would even notice anyway. I’ve thought about sending it out for recut and reset, but I still enjoy it ‘as is’ for now. There is something about still loving a broken thing... it’s poetry.



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Yes. My engagement ring diamond is a slightly less than half carat diamond with an inclusion so big even putting double prongs couldn't cover it. But I love it anyway because it was my grandmothers, and my husband worked so hard to set it for me as a Jr Airman without much money. I still have my heart set on another ring more my style since pretty much everything about it is based on his preferences but I wear this one mostly happily until we can get me one i want. I am hoping maybe my daughter or her daughter if she has one might appreciate it too someday.
 
Yes.
It's only 1.5 ct, not 15, 150 or 1,500 ct. :cry2:
 
I'm not very sentimental about material things and usually part with them easily when I no longer want them. I feel like I mostly carry my memories in my mind more than attaching them to related items (though not completely).

My first e-ring was a cubic zirconia, which I was quite pleased with for a long time. But I finally upgraded and now I don't even remember (or care) what happened to the CZ ring. So I'd probably either sell or donate the low quality diamond if I didn't really enjoy wearing it anymore, unless it was one of those rare things that I did feel a strong sentimental attachment to.

I'm on my second upgrade now. My first upgrade is a nice diamond so I'm keeping it to offer to my kid as an engagement ring. If it's not wanted, then I plan to have it re-set in a right hand ring for myself.

I say "offer it to my kid" because I don't like it myself when things are passed down to me without asking me if I want them. I'm sure they mean well and I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings but I don't like feeling like I have to keep something for the rest of my life that I may not even like or want, just because it holds special meaning to them.

There's nothing wrong with passing it along if you no longer want it, and also you'd be allowing someone else to have it who would enjoy it. But there's also nothing wrong with continuing to wear it or keep it. It really just depends on how YOU feel about it (and probably also how your husband feels about it, if he cares).

It's not like it takes up much space, after all. Another option might be to sell it (like on Loupetroop), then use the money towards a pendant you do want now. Gee, I didn't mean to write such a long post about it lol. Let us know what you do!
 
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I’m a sentimental person, so I’d definitely keep it and turn it into a different piece of jewelry (or at least keep it as my travel ring). I have some jewelry which has crappy diamonds in it but I still love it for its sentimental value and wear it occasionally :)
 
I bought a 0.47ct EC to wear on a daily basis as the larger 1.19ct is too blingy for casual wear.

It does not have the same sparkles however I love it as it serves its purpose on dress down days.

Photo of the 2 rings side by side.

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DK :))
 
yep my engagement ring...1.01 ct princess cut, I color, SI2 clarity, bought it before I knew a whole lot about diamonds, hubby bought it for me in I think 2001 for Christmas, it faces up like a 3/4 ct its cut very deep and I notice the feathers thru out the stone, someone just looking at it wouldnt notice it, I never noticed the color till I got my 5 stone band that has F colored, VS1 stones...now I can see the color...will I get rid of it? I would in a heartbeat however I cannot for the life of me justify buying a new diamond as I wouldnt get squat out of the one I got...so I wear it....
 
I had and I have some bad diamonds: some were gifted, some were inhereted.

Jewels are accessories, I don't like to wear ugly ornaments: I don't wear my engagement ring, I don't wear a fancy diamond ring my mom bought me,I don't wear mom's ER and so on.

I don't want to be ungrateful, but I don't even want to force myself wearing something I don't like: though I appreciate the sentiment behind the gifts, I know for sure there was no reseach and no knowledge in the purchase, just walked in the first shop along the street and bought the first thing that was shown.

My rule is to keep things until the gifter is alive: I sold some inhereted jewels, I bought some diamonds I enjoy 24/7, I kept only the ones I really like and the ones I couldn't profit.

Bad diamonds make me feel sad, so I prefer no diamonds to ugly diamonds: when I couldn't afford, I used to wear cubic zirconias and nice costume jewelry; now I'm finacially stable and buy MYSELF - obviously with a grain of salt - I fix a budget, explore options, buy only if I really like and if I envision myself wearing that item in the next ten years, otherwise I wait and keep saving money.

If finacially feasible, buy yourself a diamond that makes you smile, no matter if it's smaller than the one you were gifted...you're a PSer so you know that cut is king.

Just my two cents.

Best to you,
purplesilk
 
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