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Despite boring RockyTalk about this for a few months, now that my treasure is in (well, on) my greedy little hands, I feel the need for a picture-heavy thread. But first, a little backstory ....
You know the phrase, "the one that got away?" Well, for the longest time, I thought this one had. I spotted it around this time last winter, admired it, and reluctantly talked myself out of it because I couldn't justify having another largish solitaire (and this one less wearable by everyday standards to boot), but I just couldn't get it out of my mind, and I felt v. sad when I saw it disappear from the window. Of course, when I wandered into the shop for an unrelated reason, I was delighted to discover it under the counter - the dealer said he'd liked looking at it so much that eventually he just put it into his line-of-sight!
And, hey, who wouldn't. It's the biggest french cut I've ever seen. (Well, IRL, anyway ... I know at least one member here has posted a delicious looking 4 1/2 carater, which I will admit to eyeballing covetously periodically.) It measures approximately 10mmX6mm, though it's hard to estimate its weight accurately ... it has some very odd proportions, being very shallow. It's estimated as being somewhere between a carat and a half and a carat and three quarters, but it looks closer to three carats (and even given the weirdness, it's got a pretty cut - a lot of contrast, but a pretty effect). And it's set in a lovely platinum Art Deco target-style setting, with a surround of calibre emerald-cut sapphire closest to the stone, and then a frame of pave single-cuts. Pretty gallery, too, for which I happen to be a sucker.
Anyway, to make a long story short, the dealer agreed to hold it for me, I sold off a nice chunk of my collection, et, voila ... my precious! More pics to follow shortly ....
You know the phrase, "the one that got away?" Well, for the longest time, I thought this one had. I spotted it around this time last winter, admired it, and reluctantly talked myself out of it because I couldn't justify having another largish solitaire (and this one less wearable by everyday standards to boot), but I just couldn't get it out of my mind, and I felt v. sad when I saw it disappear from the window. Of course, when I wandered into the shop for an unrelated reason, I was delighted to discover it under the counter - the dealer said he'd liked looking at it so much that eventually he just put it into his line-of-sight!
And, hey, who wouldn't. It's the biggest french cut I've ever seen. (Well, IRL, anyway ... I know at least one member here has posted a delicious looking 4 1/2 carater, which I will admit to eyeballing covetously periodically.) It measures approximately 10mmX6mm, though it's hard to estimate its weight accurately ... it has some very odd proportions, being very shallow. It's estimated as being somewhere between a carat and a half and a carat and three quarters, but it looks closer to three carats (and even given the weirdness, it's got a pretty cut - a lot of contrast, but a pretty effect). And it's set in a lovely platinum Art Deco target-style setting, with a surround of calibre emerald-cut sapphire closest to the stone, and then a frame of pave single-cuts. Pretty gallery, too, for which I happen to be a sucker.
Anyway, to make a long story short, the dealer agreed to hold it for me, I sold off a nice chunk of my collection, et, voila ... my precious! More pics to follow shortly ....
I think it was meant to be yours all along! 
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