Diamond_14
Rough_Rock
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- May 8, 2021
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Hi everyone,
This is probably going to be one of the oddest question of the year but I am hoping to get some people's thoughts.
I really like my diamond in a lot of lighting; however, in direct spot lighting and dimmer lighting it often gets these dark tips on the north and south ends almost like a shadow. I asked about this on here before and learned this is just a characteristic of a lot of oval diamonds. I have tried to get over it, but it really bugs me and I cannot stop thinking about it. :/
I don't want to hurt my fiancé's feelings and I really want to keep the stone (outside return window, used in proposal, etc.) so I am trying to fix this with the setting if at all possible.
I have been playing around with aluminum foil of all things (See foil in below photo) trying to see if another setting or modifying my current setting would help eliminate this effect. It seems like if I add prongs on the north and south ends that I may be able to hide this darkening tips effect. I was wondering if anyone knows anything about this or has any thoughts on if this might work in practice if get another setting? I was thinking maybe some larger ornate looking prongs at the north and south ends may work if they exist.... I really appreciate any ideas anyone has or ideas on settings that could help hide the tips or an expert I could reach out to for help resolving this problem.
Thank you.
IMG: Foil on north and south ends seems to largely get rid of the darkened tips.
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This is probably going to be one of the oddest question of the year but I am hoping to get some people's thoughts.
I really like my diamond in a lot of lighting; however, in direct spot lighting and dimmer lighting it often gets these dark tips on the north and south ends almost like a shadow. I asked about this on here before and learned this is just a characteristic of a lot of oval diamonds. I have tried to get over it, but it really bugs me and I cannot stop thinking about it. :/
I don't want to hurt my fiancé's feelings and I really want to keep the stone (outside return window, used in proposal, etc.) so I am trying to fix this with the setting if at all possible.
I have been playing around with aluminum foil of all things (See foil in below photo) trying to see if another setting or modifying my current setting would help eliminate this effect. It seems like if I add prongs on the north and south ends that I may be able to hide this darkening tips effect. I was wondering if anyone knows anything about this or has any thoughts on if this might work in practice if get another setting? I was thinking maybe some larger ornate looking prongs at the north and south ends may work if they exist.... I really appreciate any ideas anyone has or ideas on settings that could help hide the tips or an expert I could reach out to for help resolving this problem.
Thank you.
IMG: Foil on north and south ends seems to largely get rid of the darkened tips.
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