stepcutgirl
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Date: 11/22/2009 11:50:10 AM
Author: stepcutgirl
Thanks Michael. That makes me feel a little better about it. While I don''t really understand the differences in the two types of recuts you speak of, I think I understand that they would keep the color but help the window?
Do you know who would do a re cut or if it''s a lot of money for one?
That''s exactly what happens but strangely it doesn''t happen to all gems with windows. I think it depends on the shape of the basket, the placement of the metal and how that relates to the facets on the gemstone. Most windows won''t disappear when set. Minimised perhaps but you''ll still be accutely aware of it.Date: 11/22/2009 6:36:59 PM
Author: PrecisionGem
This window closing thing has me puzzled. Certainly nothing optically changes in the stone, so the window is still there. I think the effect may be that since in a typical ring, there is some metal underneath the stone, you are no longer looking right through the stone and either at white paper, or flesh, but rather seeing some shaped metal. This metal then appears to actually be facets in the stone?
So I would think that in a bezel setting for a pendant, you may not have anything behind the stone, and you would again be looking right through it and see your flesh. So the window wouldn''t really be closed at all.
I have never had a stone with a window mounted, so I''m only speaking from speculation.
No SCN. In MOST gemstones, the window will still appear to be there and you''ll continue to see it once set. It is most unusual for a window to close/disappear once the gemstone is set. The photos I posted above illustrate what might happen in, say, 1 out of 100 times. If you ask any collector what happens with a windowed stone once set, they''ll tell you that the window MAY get slightly smaller but nearly always there''s a patch in the middle of the gemstone that you can see straight through to the finger.Date: 11/22/2009 7:40:35 PM
Author: stepcutgirl
I do understand about the window closing, that it doesn''t actually close but appears to no longer be there. I have decided to get the stone to see in person. If I really like the color and size in person I believe i will be getting just the underside recut. I have spoken to someone who does this type of recut and I''m willing to take the small risk of something bad happening if the stone is truly badly windowed and can be closed by a recut.
Thank you all for all your comments. I''m slowly learning.