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Brilliant_Rock
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Now that a little kerfuffle related to setting has been smoothly resolved, I wanted to show off my gift-to-myself ring! It's to recognize a big year of personal and professional successes and failures. I went with a totally unabashedly HPHT diamond -- metallic inclusions, blue nuance, nobody would mistake it for mined, ha! It's a 1.26ct G/SI2.
And, if I'm honest, I can barely find the SI2 inclusions (easy to see on the JA video here!), nor can I see the blue nuance (just looks white to me), but at least I know they're there.
Inclusions, best I could catch with my loupe:
Inscription (see, I'm playing it coy, haha):
And the ring! Outdoor light, which I figured would bring out the blue the best (but yeah, I still can't see it! I'm one of those people who does AMAZING on the "color discrimination" test but for the life of me can't see color in diamonds.
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(Grubby diamond! Curses. Couldn't tell until I cropped and blew up the photo... But it's dark outside now, so, please pretend you don't see the smudging!)
This is why the setting was delayed -- JA's first try at setting was comically high, and on reset they were taking NO chances. I'm not even sure I can get a piece of paper between the culet and the band, which suits me fine!
I've really appreciated this forum for information about MMDs -- I really felt like I knew EXACTLY what I was getting, between the background knowledge gleaned from here and JA's terrific videos. Zero hesitation, exactly what I wanted, and I'm looking forward to wearing this ring when -- inevitably -- the going gets tough in life again. Be safe, everyone!
And, if I'm honest, I can barely find the SI2 inclusions (easy to see on the JA video here!), nor can I see the blue nuance (just looks white to me), but at least I know they're there.
Inclusions, best I could catch with my loupe:
Inscription (see, I'm playing it coy, haha):
And the ring! Outdoor light, which I figured would bring out the blue the best (but yeah, I still can't see it! I'm one of those people who does AMAZING on the "color discrimination" test but for the life of me can't see color in diamonds.
)(Grubby diamond! Curses. Couldn't tell until I cropped and blew up the photo... But it's dark outside now, so, please pretend you don't see the smudging!)
This is why the setting was delayed -- JA's first try at setting was comically high, and on reset they were taking NO chances. I'm not even sure I can get a piece of paper between the culet and the band, which suits me fine!
I've really appreciated this forum for information about MMDs -- I really felt like I knew EXACTLY what I was getting, between the background knowledge gleaned from here and JA's terrific videos. Zero hesitation, exactly what I wanted, and I'm looking forward to wearing this ring when -- inevitably -- the going gets tough in life again. Be safe, everyone!
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