I vowed to get my wife a 10y ring update. The first was an EGD 1.51 J SI1 ACA from Whiteflash. Set in a tacori setting. I thought I had done extremely well from my previous pricescope research.
Now it was time for the 10 year.
My wife is petite… 5’.
I asked her what she wanted. She said she wanted a Blake Lively ring.
Looked at Blake's ring... saw it was an oval. Realized it was humongous and knew I was in for a financial beatdown. I research ovals, realized that there was this bowtie thing... made sure that was not present in what I was about to get.
So my first attempt was below.
From rarecarat, 4.57 I VS2, hpht. First and foremost, I pleasantly realized that the bowtie was not too difficult to avoid. Success #1.
But then...
When I got it I was like this isn’t as big as I thought… then I noticed a weird blue tint. You can clearly see it against the original diamond. I first thought wow… a single color grade difference and this looks way different.
I did more research and I found out about boron as a cheat way to speed up hpht growth… I confirmed it with a local jeweler and we compared it to a 2ct H LGD as you can see below.
The blue tint is obvious with just a 1 color grade difference.
Once I pointed this out the wife, it was headed back.
This time I was on a mission to avoid any blue or brown tint… so I went all the way to a D color for the replacement….

Now it was time for the 10 year.
My wife is petite… 5’.
I asked her what she wanted. She said she wanted a Blake Lively ring.
Looked at Blake's ring... saw it was an oval. Realized it was humongous and knew I was in for a financial beatdown. I research ovals, realized that there was this bowtie thing... made sure that was not present in what I was about to get.
So my first attempt was below.
From rarecarat, 4.57 I VS2, hpht. First and foremost, I pleasantly realized that the bowtie was not too difficult to avoid. Success #1.
But then...
When I got it I was like this isn’t as big as I thought… then I noticed a weird blue tint. You can clearly see it against the original diamond. I first thought wow… a single color grade difference and this looks way different.
I did more research and I found out about boron as a cheat way to speed up hpht growth… I confirmed it with a local jeweler and we compared it to a 2ct H LGD as you can see below.
The blue tint is obvious with just a 1 color grade difference.
Once I pointed this out the wife, it was headed back.
This time I was on a mission to avoid any blue or brown tint… so I went all the way to a D color for the replacement….

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