InTheFade
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Sep 9, 2009
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Hi all!
Long time lurker, first time poster here - because I finally have a reason
Firstly, I want to thank all of you for helping me to understand and appreciate diamonds and other stones. Without this forum I probably would have settled for a horrible mall-bought stone
Boring backstory:
My boyfriend of almost 4 years proposed to me last month and has allowed me to pick my own e ring and wedding band (as he knows I''m incredibly picky about jewellery!).
As an added bonus, his lovely mother gave me an incredible gift - she approached me with a jewellery box and told me to take my pick from her old jewellery. I had already had my heart set on having a wedding band with alternating sapphires and diamonds - and what did she have in that box?
THIS!
I apologise for my terrible cell phone pictures, my father has stolen my nikon.
2 G/VS1 Diamonds, around .65ct I think, cut around the 1890s. If I''m not mistaken they seem to be an old european cut (please educate me further!). They are the most interestingly cut diamonds I have seen, they have a perfect circle in the centre when viewed from the top similar to this: http://mysparklies.com/images/rings/transitional.jpg. Apparently the ring was his great grandmother''s aunty''s. Their fire is also breathtaking (which I am quickly becoming thoroughly addicted to).
With 3 graduated natural oblong Ceylon sapphires. They are the perfect colour for my preference, they are not murky at all and make me shiver with delight.
My only gripe is the setting of the ring, I do not like the way the prongs really contrast to (and in my opinion, detract from) the sapphires.
This is where you come in - If you could re-set this ring, how would you do it?
Long time lurker, first time poster here - because I finally have a reason
Firstly, I want to thank all of you for helping me to understand and appreciate diamonds and other stones. Without this forum I probably would have settled for a horrible mall-bought stone
Boring backstory:
My boyfriend of almost 4 years proposed to me last month and has allowed me to pick my own e ring and wedding band (as he knows I''m incredibly picky about jewellery!).
As an added bonus, his lovely mother gave me an incredible gift - she approached me with a jewellery box and told me to take my pick from her old jewellery. I had already had my heart set on having a wedding band with alternating sapphires and diamonds - and what did she have in that box?
THIS!
I apologise for my terrible cell phone pictures, my father has stolen my nikon.
2 G/VS1 Diamonds, around .65ct I think, cut around the 1890s. If I''m not mistaken they seem to be an old european cut (please educate me further!). They are the most interestingly cut diamonds I have seen, they have a perfect circle in the centre when viewed from the top similar to this: http://mysparklies.com/images/rings/transitional.jpg. Apparently the ring was his great grandmother''s aunty''s. Their fire is also breathtaking (which I am quickly becoming thoroughly addicted to).
With 3 graduated natural oblong Ceylon sapphires. They are the perfect colour for my preference, they are not murky at all and make me shiver with delight.
My only gripe is the setting of the ring, I do not like the way the prongs really contrast to (and in my opinion, detract from) the sapphires.
This is where you come in - If you could re-set this ring, how would you do it?
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