bigchiefbc
Rough_Rock
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- Sep 26, 2006
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This site is awesome, I learned so much about diamonds in just a few days. Anyways,
As my finances are not in the kind of shape needed to buy (or even finance) a decent engagement ring, I came up with the idea of using the center stone from my gf''s grandmother''s engagement ring (she was very close to her gm), which I got from her father. I just had it appraised yesterday, and here are the specs on the stone:
Old European cut, 0.92 ct 6.50 x 6.44 x 3.55 mm
This gives a depth of 54%, which is very shallow from what I understand for OEC, but that''s good as it gives the diameter of a 1 ct modern. Table is 46%, medium faceted girdle, medium culet. VS2 clarity, strong blue fluorescence, L color.
Now, I know that L is not good, and I was shocked that it came out as an L, as it looked plenty white in its old setting. However, I did see the yellowish tint when he took it out of the old setting. But he even remarked that he though it was a J until he took it out (probably because of the fluorescence). So, it faces up like a J.
I know that my gf wants a platinum setting, so I''m a little scared about putting this stone in a platinum setting. Any thoughts?
As my finances are not in the kind of shape needed to buy (or even finance) a decent engagement ring, I came up with the idea of using the center stone from my gf''s grandmother''s engagement ring (she was very close to her gm), which I got from her father. I just had it appraised yesterday, and here are the specs on the stone:
Old European cut, 0.92 ct 6.50 x 6.44 x 3.55 mm
This gives a depth of 54%, which is very shallow from what I understand for OEC, but that''s good as it gives the diameter of a 1 ct modern. Table is 46%, medium faceted girdle, medium culet. VS2 clarity, strong blue fluorescence, L color.
Now, I know that L is not good, and I was shocked that it came out as an L, as it looked plenty white in its old setting. However, I did see the yellowish tint when he took it out of the old setting. But he even remarked that he though it was a J until he took it out (probably because of the fluorescence). So, it faces up like a J.
I know that my gf wants a platinum setting, so I''m a little scared about putting this stone in a platinum setting. Any thoughts?
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