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Help with setting needed please!

Aussie Steve

Rough_Rock
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Hi all

I need a little help with the setting for my (hopefully) soon-to-be fiance''s e-ring.

I''ve chosen this diamond:

Round Brilliant
0.94
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Si2 - eye clean
Excellent cut
HCA of 1.8

See here for GIA, Idealscope, and even photo''s and videos:

http://www.jogiadiamonds.com.au/diamonds/diamonditem.php?code=SS1206

I''ve inspected the stone in person and it''s great.

Anyway - now the setting - the style of ring she likes is to have a centre stone, and then a few side stones.

What I''m a little confused by, is should I get princess cut side stones, or round?

Round don''t fit together as well, and can allow dirt etc to get in the gaps. But does it look weird to have a round centre with princess sides?

I would like 3 per side (6 is her favourite number).

And any advice on how large they should be? - I was thinking 7-10 points each? But if they are this big will the centre stone look smaller - would it be better to go with 4 pointers?

Also, should these be channel set? or some other way?

As you can tell, I''m really not sure what to do!

My guy has offered me the following:

6 x 0.09ct, F, VS, Excellent Cut Princess stones for $1,050 (Australian dollar)

or

6 x 0.06ct, F, VS, Excellent Cut Round stones for $660 (AU dollar)

The ring will be yellow gold, with a white gold setting. Similar to this:

http://www.jogiadiamonds.com.au/engagement_rings/vee-shaped-setting-with-a-solid-park-lane-band-ER25/

He is charging $920 (AU dollar) for the ring mount.

So total cost of setting with princess is $1,970, with round is $1,580

Either is ok budget wise, but to be honest I was hoping the setting would be closer to the $1,500 mark than to $2,000

Any opinions?
 
You also need to factor in how thick you want the setting to look like.

1 pointer = 0.01c

4 pointer will have a diameter of 2.2mm
6 pointer will have a diameter of 2.5mm
9 pointer will have a diameter of 2.9mm

So adding the metal on the side to hold the stone, the setting width can easily be up to 4mm wide for the 9 pointer.
 
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