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Shiny_Rock
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For those of you who have wondered what happened with my stone, here are three (finally!) reasonably good pictures of my 4.34 L VS2 stone, set in a platinum Vatche Tiffany replica setting worn with my original 2mm 14k yellow gold wb, a new 18k yellow gold spacer and...a much belated (32+ years later!!!!!) push present 
from DH. He was so thrilled with my mad online shopping skills and the results of my search for a larger stone that on the way home from a business trip to Mexico City, he arranged to meet me in NYC after I picked up my ring from Yekutiel. While we were there, he asked me to take him to IDJ to meet Yekutiel so he could thank him in person. So we did, and THAT'S when he surprised me with my (HA!HA!) push present! It's a fancy yellow radiant full eternity band set in 18k yellow gold...nearly 7 carats of golden loveliness, which the pictures do NOT do justice. DH LOVED 
it because he said the contrast between it and my solitaire made my stone appear so much whiter (even though the only place the tint is even remotely obvious is from the side)! He also really liked that I could wear the whole set with my original wb even though I had to also buy a spacer. 
As many of you know, it took me forever to decide how to set the stone, but here is an interesting experience I had that happened while I was trying to make up my mind about what to do with the stone:
Prior to choosing the Vatche Tiffany replica and asking Yekutiel, who also sourced it, to then (over a year!) later set the stone for me, I took it in to my local bench jeweler to get ideas and to shop for settings in my area to see if I could find something I liked closer to home. His diamond purchaser was in his office and asked if he could see the stone. After louping it and spending a couple of minutes in silence examining it, he proceeded to tell me what an "exceptionally well cut" stone it was, pointing out all of the stone's wonderful attributes, from the type of inclusion, to the arrows and the faceting on the girdle. He then asked me where I purchased it.
I told him that I bought it from a contact in NYC, but didn't bother to tell him how I had shopped for it online using the HCA tool for guidance or about the PS community of blingaphiles and diamond aficionados. Now that I have it and have been wearing it since late June, I am enjoying it immensely! Despite some shadows in the stone in the pictures, there really are no dark areas in the stone. I just found it nearly impossible to hold my hand level to see the fat arrows AND take pictures at the same time. It seemed like everytime I tried to take the photo, my hand would move, and then the stone itself and/or the arrows would look very, very blurry!
And please excuse the dry, flaky swollen fingers. I work with my hands, but I HATE the feeling of hand lotion between my fingers, though from the looks of the photos, I surely needed some, even though the diamonds would not have appreciated me using it at all. Many (very much belated!) thanks to Yekutiel and his crew at ID Jewelry for taking such good care of us!
And many thanks to DS
and all others who encouraged me to pull the trigger on the stone when I did (nearly two years ago late February/March 2011) , since prices have skyrocketed in the meantime. Without further ado, here are the three hand shot photos. The last one is at the beach in OBX, just a few days before my daughter's wedding on November 3rd. IF I can take any more decent pictures, I will post them, especially as I mix and match my (relatively!) new lovelies with the rest of my collection which, fortunately for me, keeps growing. No DSS...YET.
Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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