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Hi folks. I've been wanting to get better at photographing this ring before starting a thread but that may never happen so here goes.....
My e-ring! 2.8 VS2 FLBY in an 18k yellow/white gold 6 prong setting.
So last year, after deciding to get married, we went ring shopping. Hubby took all of 4 hours to decide on his ring, it took me 4 months to figure out mine. He left it to me to decide what I wanted which was great but overwhelming. Things I considered: an eternity, a montana sapphire, a chunky halo ring, an oval with half moons, no e-ring just a band, etc etc etc.
We spent a lot of time browsing our local B&Ms and were drawn to stones with some color. I spent even more time browsing online, found these boards, and learned about new vendors. We took a chance on this round brilliant from B2C jewels.
It's kind of a weird stone. It's a fancy but seems to be cut for sparkles, not color retention....but B2C pegged it as equivalent to a "very good cut." (eek!) The arrows are a little wonky! It has a long indented natural on the girdle that looks scary in the magnified photo! There's brownish in that yellow!
I'd also been eyeing a 1.8 ideal cut M (same price) but once the vendor sent video of the stone, I was done for. Here's a screengrab:
And it looked even better in person. [VIDEO link]
A local jeweler made the setting, armed with a bunch of inspiration photos and my doodles. Here it is before setting and polishing.
The CAD vs the reality.
Handshots. [VIDEO link]
Last but not least, fire! It throws off a lot of yellow but also blues and reds and greens. I have a yellow heirloom stone that only throws off white light so this has been so much fun.
Thank you to the posters here who have created a wealth of helpful info on this site. And of course to my husband for hanging in there through all the e-ring shopping. I doubt he will ever read this but....<3.
My e-ring! 2.8 VS2 FLBY in an 18k yellow/white gold 6 prong setting.
So last year, after deciding to get married, we went ring shopping. Hubby took all of 4 hours to decide on his ring, it took me 4 months to figure out mine. He left it to me to decide what I wanted which was great but overwhelming. Things I considered: an eternity, a montana sapphire, a chunky halo ring, an oval with half moons, no e-ring just a band, etc etc etc.
We spent a lot of time browsing our local B&Ms and were drawn to stones with some color. I spent even more time browsing online, found these boards, and learned about new vendors. We took a chance on this round brilliant from B2C jewels.
It's kind of a weird stone. It's a fancy but seems to be cut for sparkles, not color retention....but B2C pegged it as equivalent to a "very good cut." (eek!) The arrows are a little wonky! It has a long indented natural on the girdle that looks scary in the magnified photo! There's brownish in that yellow!
I'd also been eyeing a 1.8 ideal cut M (same price) but once the vendor sent video of the stone, I was done for. Here's a screengrab:
And it looked even better in person. [VIDEO link]
A local jeweler made the setting, armed with a bunch of inspiration photos and my doodles. Here it is before setting and polishing.
The CAD vs the reality.
Handshots. [VIDEO link]
Last but not least, fire! It throws off a lot of yellow but also blues and reds and greens. I have a yellow heirloom stone that only throws off white light so this has been so much fun.
Thank you to the posters here who have created a wealth of helpful info on this site. And of course to my husband for hanging in there through all the e-ring shopping. I doubt he will ever read this but....<3.
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