ShinyIsMyFavoriteColor
Rough_Rock
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- Mar 8, 2010
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My mother, who died about 5 years ago, left me her engagement ring and wedding band. The engagement ring has a diamond that appears to be around a carat and the wedding band has 6 channeled stones (quite small). They were both yellow gold rings and I wanted to set them all (round stone and all 6 small stones) into one white gold setting that I could wear on my right hand everyday.
I stopped at Littmans Jewelers in the mall and they were having a "remounting event". I chose a very simply and comfortable rounded white gold band. The jeweler is setting the stone in the center with 6 prongs. The smaller three diamonds will be set on the sides using 4 prongs for each one. I am also having the stone appraised on its own before it goes into the ring, and then having the ring itself appraised.
The total cost is $800. The gold ring and remounting came to $650 and the appraisal was $150.
When the sales associate took a look at my diamond, she said that it was probably very old and my mother wasn''t the first one to have it (which makes sense because my parents loved estate jewelry). She said that it was probably a "mine cut stone" because of the way that it was cut and the fact that if I look through the lens, I can see a small circle in the center of the stone. Does this make sense? I thought mine cut stones were cushion shaped. This is definitely round.
I''m curious to see what the appraisal brings. The stone is not very white and she said it had a fair amount of inclusions. I traded in my scrap gold for $75. I''m just nervous and hope that I didn''t pay too much...
::sigh::
Ok that was a very long first post. Someone tell me that this is a decent deal. lol.
I stopped at Littmans Jewelers in the mall and they were having a "remounting event". I chose a very simply and comfortable rounded white gold band. The jeweler is setting the stone in the center with 6 prongs. The smaller three diamonds will be set on the sides using 4 prongs for each one. I am also having the stone appraised on its own before it goes into the ring, and then having the ring itself appraised.
The total cost is $800. The gold ring and remounting came to $650 and the appraisal was $150.
When the sales associate took a look at my diamond, she said that it was probably very old and my mother wasn''t the first one to have it (which makes sense because my parents loved estate jewelry). She said that it was probably a "mine cut stone" because of the way that it was cut and the fact that if I look through the lens, I can see a small circle in the center of the stone. Does this make sense? I thought mine cut stones were cushion shaped. This is definitely round.
I''m curious to see what the appraisal brings. The stone is not very white and she said it had a fair amount of inclusions. I traded in my scrap gold for $75. I''m just nervous and hope that I didn''t pay too much...
::sigh::
Ok that was a very long first post. Someone tell me that this is a decent deal. lol.
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