Where to buy 10 point diamonds (about 12) for a Ring?

[Bron357]

Hi, what vendor (s) would be recommended to buy 12 or so 10 point diamonds to create a halo? The centre is a 3 carat Ruby so I think H / I / J would be ok, clarity - down to SI would probably be ok.
I’m a bit torn actually, a part of me would love to splurge and get .25 pointers as a halo, but the “hit” to the hip pocket would hurt.
I’m in Australia btw, pricing here requires a kidney - sigh.

 

[leukolenos]

No advice from me, just can’t wait to see how it turns out. So jealous!!!!

 

[SimoneDi]

You wouldn’t want to have the setting manufactured with the halo? @mochiko42 recently had some awesome stones cut by Yoram, so you can probably either reach out to Yoram or Caysie at CvB to inquire. Also, HPD for H&A meleè. I have a feeling that this will be a stunning ring!

 

[arkieb1]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Natural-Ve...hash=item2117839aad:m:mT-j0E3bX8ZMu0IRF-VMgHQ

 

[ericad]

Any vendor who carries Stuller can order melee from them.

 

[Bron357]

I was going to get the setting made here (same guy who did my engagement ring) but supply the melee myself. You pay quite a “premium” here it seems. Here’s the look I’m hoping to achieve, very “standard” but I’ve always loved the classic ruby and diamond look. In white gold, rhodium plated.
PS they are just Swarovski crystals I had lying around.

 

[Bron357]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Natural-Ve...hash=item2117839aad:m:mT-j0E3bX8ZMu0IRF-VMgHQ

Thanks.
Hmmmmm.
10 points will be about $310 Aust. So that’s close on $4,000 just for the melee. Sad face.
20 points are around $600 Aust each - so that’s an even sadder face!
Darn.

 

[partgypsy]

Ask Wink.

 

[arkieb1]

Wink from High Performance Diamonds offered some top cut melee to a PSer a week or two ago email him, explain it doesn't need to be the best cuts just eye clean and a white facing colour and ask for a quote. A cheaper way to do it, if you really want melee stones that large is buy a preloved diamond band or bracelet or something with decent cut eye clean stones in it and chop it up and repurpose the stones. I've got a diamond band that I had listed for sale years ago but the offers I got for it were less than what it would cost me to repurchase the diamonds in it, so I decided to keep it and will use the stones to make a halo or something else when I get the chance one day, but I see people selling them all the time.

 

[Bron357]

Yes, I was thinking that too, finding another ring and taking the diamonds out. Seems crazy that a “made ring” has diamonds for cheaper than loose!
In my dreams, I would love to find a ring with a crappy centre stone but a beautiful diamond halo so I could do a “switcharoo”!
Ivy and Rose have this setting that l like (very cheap) but I think it’s not enough “presence” for a darkish ruby.

 

[leukolenos]

Have you got a quote from your local guy including the melee? I wonder if it wouldn't all even out by the time you faffed with importing everything.

 

[leukolenos]

Yes, I was thinking that too, finding another ring and taking the diamonds out. Seems crazy that a “made ring” has diamonds for cheaper than loose!
In my dreams, I would love to find a ring with a crappy centre stone but a beautiful diamond halo so I could do a “switcharoo”!
Ivy and Rose have this setting that l like (very cheap) but I think it’s not enough “presence” for a darkish ruby.

I think a chop chop is a great idea. I was just looking at a garnet cluster on instagram, it wasn't expensive at all.