ladykemma
Ideal_Rock
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2006
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The story behind this stone. I was wandering around canterbury UK aimlessly, looking in pawn shops and regular shops. I stumbled into a junk shop. there was a ring that the owner told me was a cubic zirconia. I bought it for CZ price. I thought it might be diamond.
shortly after moved back to US. and forgot about it for two years while i went through teacher training, alternative training program. After I emerged from first and second year teacher "hell" and was able to clear my head, I went to get it sized and was told it was a real diamond. The jeweler said that is was roughly 1/2 carat vs1 or 2 and about h color (without a formal appraisal). The table is in the european style, wider than americans prefer, definitely not "ideal" in any way. It is hard to capture the beauty of the stone with my camera.
I wore it like that as a middle finger ring for a while. I was tired of the 10 prong english setting that hid the stone, rather than popped the stone so I went to jared's to see about a mounting. I also nervously wanted to test the waters for white gold, instead of yellow gold. I selected a clearance mounting for about $450 total and fifty bucks more to set it. so grand total for this piece is $700, roughly.
it was my first white gold piece. i kept the platinum head 18K yellow gold setting in case i want to put it back.
edited for spelling and clarity
shortly after moved back to US. and forgot about it for two years while i went through teacher training, alternative training program. After I emerged from first and second year teacher "hell" and was able to clear my head, I went to get it sized and was told it was a real diamond. The jeweler said that is was roughly 1/2 carat vs1 or 2 and about h color (without a formal appraisal). The table is in the european style, wider than americans prefer, definitely not "ideal" in any way. It is hard to capture the beauty of the stone with my camera.
I wore it like that as a middle finger ring for a while. I was tired of the 10 prong english setting that hid the stone, rather than popped the stone so I went to jared's to see about a mounting. I also nervously wanted to test the waters for white gold, instead of yellow gold. I selected a clearance mounting for about $450 total and fifty bucks more to set it. so grand total for this piece is $700, roughly.
it was my first white gold piece. i kept the platinum head 18K yellow gold setting in case i want to put it back.
edited for spelling and clarity
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