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On 8/30/2002 9:37:09 AM
Also, I am considering a plat. setting with 1.2 TCW baguette and round side diamonds. Any thoughts on the diamond/setting combination?
By the way, I am amazed at the knowledge and expertise that you "regulars" show on this forum. Thanks for the priceless expertise!
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As people on this board will tire of my proclaimation, I LOVE Fluor. I can not tell you for sure; but I just set my "I" color stone in a 3 stone platinum vatche setting and WOW - I had emailed the goldsmith the specs on the stone. His comment when he was setting at his bench was "what color was this again"? I said "I"....he turned w/ a very perplexed look and I responded "It has strong blue Fluor". HIs response "Oh, that's why it faces up so white".
The look & feel of platinum is incredible. I had little experience w/ the metal before.
As an aside Leonid, I had a discussion w/ the goldsmith about plat vs white gold. Seems we were both right. Vintage white gold is not the same as the white gold produced today. Vintage white gold will retain its whiteness (as my old rings are proof) Today, unless you get a white gold w/ the appropriate alloys - which they just don't seem to make anymore - it doesn't look good after a while. Certain regions of output are worse than others. I trusted his view as it seems that was just our findings.