Hi All,
After going through my options and after a lot of google searches, I think that I am leaning towards a pear shaped drop pendant for my mom. @elle_chris showed me a pendant that she had done for her mom and I couldn't stop thinking about it. It's just gorgeous!
I'm leaning towards the follow setting from Stuller (which will also accommodate a round if I find a stone that I love):
https://www.stuller.com/products/bu...mmendationSource=SiteSearch#/mounting-options
This setting from Unique Settings New York:
https://www.uniquesettings.com/products/show/21954
So i'm onto the diamond hunt. I've seen a few diamonds locally where I felt they were not cut very well and very much overpriced. One of the diamonds had a very weirdly square bottom....and with the other the tip looked a bit off.
I wanted to follow up here and ask what I should be looking for when buying a pear. I know that I should look for even facets that all light up, but other than that I've been looking to see what my eye likes under a loupe and about 8 inches away. sometimes they do not agree so well.
One thing that I DO notice is that the tips tend to look more like crushed ice, whereas some bottoms look a bit more like a round where there are nice facet patterns. I'm not sure if that is how ALL pears are cut, or if that is just how the ones that I've looked at are cut. I've also noticed very noticeable dark areas that I assumed were bowties, which one jeweler tried to tell me was a figment of my imagination and that pears don't have bowties? Am I crazy?
I feel like I lean more towards a squatter pear with a fatter bottom. Online I'm liking these:
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/pear-shaped/0.70-carat-g-color-si1-clarity-sku-2873879
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/pear-shaped/0.67-carat-g-color-si1-clarity-sku-3371554
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/pear-shaped/0.61-carat-g-color-vs1-clarity-sku-3144326
Maybe i'm barking up the wrong tree for going with a pear. I don't know half of what I should be looking for, and a round would probably be easier to find. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
-Metall
After going through my options and after a lot of google searches, I think that I am leaning towards a pear shaped drop pendant for my mom. @elle_chris showed me a pendant that she had done for her mom and I couldn't stop thinking about it. It's just gorgeous!
I'm leaning towards the follow setting from Stuller (which will also accommodate a round if I find a stone that I love):
https://www.stuller.com/products/bu...mmendationSource=SiteSearch#/mounting-options
This setting from Unique Settings New York:
https://www.uniquesettings.com/products/show/21954
So i'm onto the diamond hunt. I've seen a few diamonds locally where I felt they were not cut very well and very much overpriced. One of the diamonds had a very weirdly square bottom....and with the other the tip looked a bit off.
I wanted to follow up here and ask what I should be looking for when buying a pear. I know that I should look for even facets that all light up, but other than that I've been looking to see what my eye likes under a loupe and about 8 inches away. sometimes they do not agree so well.
One thing that I DO notice is that the tips tend to look more like crushed ice, whereas some bottoms look a bit more like a round where there are nice facet patterns. I'm not sure if that is how ALL pears are cut, or if that is just how the ones that I've looked at are cut. I've also noticed very noticeable dark areas that I assumed were bowties, which one jeweler tried to tell me was a figment of my imagination and that pears don't have bowties? Am I crazy?
I feel like I lean more towards a squatter pear with a fatter bottom. Online I'm liking these:
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/pear-shaped/0.70-carat-g-color-si1-clarity-sku-2873879
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/pear-shaped/0.67-carat-g-color-si1-clarity-sku-3371554
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/pear-shaped/0.61-carat-g-color-vs1-clarity-sku-3144326
Maybe i'm barking up the wrong tree for going with a pear. I don't know half of what I should be looking for, and a round would probably be easier to find. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
-Metall