I just sent it to my SIL. She waited a long time for this. It wasn''t easy finding the stone, so it''s on her way to her now. She is very excitied and can''t wait to get it. Nan took the pics, so A big thanks goes to her for taking them!!!
Thanks cflutist. Really it was a matter of what I could find. They are very difficult to locate. There are lots of bad ones out there, but the good one''s are hard to come by. The H VS1 stone looked very good on paper and loved the picture I recieved by email. It''s prettier than I ever imagined and wanted her to have a stone that matched the fire of the one she lost. I had lots of vendors looking for me and most came up empty. The setting was in bad shape, I had to replace most of the single cuts on the sides and had to rebuild the prongs and shank.
WOW! What a beautiful stone--so full of sparkle and character....these cuts are definitely something else! I like the setting she chose too-it shows off the stone but had subtle sparkle. Perfect!