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Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal photos)

fruxo

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These pictures are related to my other thread that can be found here:
[URL='https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/pear-halo-engagement-ring-diamond-cad-ring-proposal-bgd.173914/']https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/pear-halo-engagement-ring-diamond-cad-ring-proposal-bgd.173914/[/URL]

In short, I recently proposed with this pear halo engagement ring bought from brian gavin diamonds. Below are pictures of diamond and ring etc. Most are self explanatory, but should clarify that the balloon pictures are from proposal. I had 100 balloons on ceiling and another 30 or so nicer ones around the house. Looks a bit messy and disorganized in the picture, but looked nicer in real life. Also, I had a very hard time getting good shots of the ring. It looks nicer in real life and very sparkly.

The ring is of size 8.25 (for diamond size reference) and is made of platinum. Diamond stats are as follow:
Carat: 1.57
Size: 10.07 x 6.66 x 3.94 mm
Color: H
Clarity: SI2 (eye clean)
Depth: 59.1%
Table: 57%
Girdle: slightly thick - thick
Symmetry: Very good
Polish: Excellent
Fluorescence: None
L/W ratio: 1.51
Certificate comments: Additional twinning wisps are not shown. Surface graining is not shown.
Certificate: GIA

Brian gavins opinion:
"The diamond is beautiful with great life to it. It is difficult to show this in a 2dimensional static picture but I assure you that it is a great stone."

EDIT: since many people mentioned the color due to my other thread, I thought I'd clarify; even though I freaked out about the yellow/warmth in the diamond from my first impression, it turned out that I was wrong :) It is very nice and I have no idea why I saw so much color when I first opened it. I CAN still see a little warmth in certain lightning, but very minor and quite nice actually. So we are all good regarding the color now despite initial scare.

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Porridge

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

Pear halo is my dream ring! Congratulations on your engagement, you clearly put a lot of thought and work into it and you did a great job! It's a beautiful, elegant ring and it's perfect on her hand. More pics please!
 

Enerchi

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

AWESOME story (other thread) and engagement plan!! Wow - what a TON of effort you put in to this :appl: :appl: :appl: :appl:

the ring turned out perfectly - and I don't see 'yellow' in it, as you were concerned with in another thread. It look AMAZING on her - congratulations!

Fantastic - so happy for you fruxo!
 

LibbyLA

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

Beautiful ring! All your time and research paid off.

liz
 

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

It's just beautiful - congrats on a job well done! I see nothing but white and sparkle either!
 

Amys Bling

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I love it!! It's truly stunning :) congrats on the engagement :)
 

yennyfire

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

What a lovely proposal and a gorgeous ring! I'm so glad that all of your hard work and effort paid off! Congrats on your engagement!
 

tyty333

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

I think its breathtaking! Love the halo and plain band (my favorite kind of halo)...and pears are just lovely (I'm a little
biased!)
 

ame

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

Looks great! And looks PERFECT on her hand! Congratulations!
 

Amys Bling

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

tyty333|1333718880|3164849 said:
I think its breathtaking! Love the halo and plain band (my favorite kind of halo)...and pears are just lovely (I'm a little
biased!)


me too! I love the plain shank halo look :love:
 

stargurl78

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

Oh, its gorgeous and what a sweet set-up for a proposal!! Congrats :appl: I LOVE halos with plain shanks :love: :love: :love:
 

minmin001

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

This is too cute! and what a gorgeous ring =)
 

slg47

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

fruxo the ring turned out great!!! congratulations on your engagement :)
 

Aoife

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

Congratulations on the engagement, and on the wonderful engagement ring! Love the plain shank paired with the halo.
 

canuk-gal

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

HI:

Very elegant--love it!

cheers--Sharon
 

Laila619

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

What a gorgeous, elegant ring!! That is truly a beautiful pear. It's not easy finding a good one, but you did!

Congratulations on getting engaged! I love all the balloons, so sweet! :appl:
 

onedrop

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

The ring turned out beautifully. Congrats on your engagement!!
 

Christina...

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

I think your ring is delicious! :lickout: :love: It looks stunning and it's gorgeous on her hand too. I'm happy that you are feeling better about the color. I bet she hasn't taken her eyes off it yet!
 

Gypsy

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

Beautiful. All of it. It's just fabulous. The shank proportions and the halo to the center-- all of it is just right. Very elegant.

And it looks fabulous on her hand. :appl: Congratulations!!!
 

farmer gal

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

GORGEOUS :love:
 

junebug17

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It's absolutely stunning!! I love everything about it, you did a fantastic job! :appl:
 

lknvrb4

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

It looks beautiful!
 

diamondseeker2006

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

Very beautiful! :love: You and BG did a great job! :appl:
 

bright ice

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

Beautiful ring and the proposal looks like it was very special. Congratulations!!
 

pandabee

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

gorgeous ring and a very cute and thoughtful proposal!! congrats!
 

pearmay

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

Wow...your ring is beautiful. My center stone is very similar to yours in size and potential setting (still at the jewelers). It was purchased from JA right around the time your hunny was probably looking, probably b/c the picture posed looked sooo terrible. The picture was bluish and made the inclusions appear black. Here is the link to the stats: http://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/D-I1-Ideal-Cut-Pear-Diamond-1372272.asp The appraiser said this one was by far the best out of the 3 I had chosen and the inclusions were not visible (very good for an I1).
We are going to be ring twins! Ill include a pic of my stone but my setting will not be finished until Tuesday.

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fruxo

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

Thanks for all the nice comments guys, she still loves it ;-)

@pearmay, wow that pear looks really nice judging by the picture. I would have dismissed it right away looking at the JA photo though to be honest, so well done if it is as nice as it looks. I kind of wished I had gone a bit whiter, the color looks amazing.
 

fruxo

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Re: Pear halo engagement ring (diamond/cad/ring/proposal pho

Despite bad lightning conditions and a cheap point and shoot camera, we managed to take better pictures than we did earlier at home with our fancy camera. Not sure how or why, but at least we've got a few photos now with the ring in focus and not completely blurry. Anyway, here's some more hand shots ;-)

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Enerchi

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ah! thanks Fruxo - that is so satisfying to see more shots of that ring! Its making my morning coffee just that much nicer, to view more of your sparkling pear along with it!

Great ring!!!
 

stargurl78

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That ring is absolutely stunning!!!!!!! It looks great on her finger :appl: I love pave halos with plain shanks, one of my favorite looks for sure.
 
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