White is a color, right?

[pregcurious]

Should I be concerned that a rose cut diamond is too thin for daily wear? I haven't purchased one yet, but I thought I should ask before spending time/money on it.

For some background, I plan to design a daily wear ring that will also be a 20th anniversary present (from DH). I love colored stones, but I am learning towards a white diamond because the are hard, and match everything. Plus, I don't have a white diamond honker.

 

[Lisa Loves Shiny]

Pregcurious I can't answer if a rose cut diamond is too thin for daily wear but I have seen them posted on SBTB in E-ring type settings. Maybe rocky talk can better advise you on durability.

I understand how you feel about obtaining a coveted shape diamond though. I recently purchased warm colored OEC that is bigger than my e-ring diamond. I wear it all the time now. I love my colored gemstones so much and I get too concerned I am going to chip one or look under the loupe and find facet abrasions. I think although diamonds are expensive, they seem much easier to replace than special colored gemstones.

 

[pregcurious]

LisaRN, you completely understand. I baby my colored stones. I feel so invested in them. With a diamond, I feel like it's mean to be worn.

 

[valeria101]

I baby my colored stones. ... With a diamond, I feel like it's mean to be worn.

Re. fragile colour
You must have noticed @Bluegemz 's new star sapphire ring - with its broken baguette diamond & star sapphire spectacularly re-polished (an older thread dedicated to this ring shows its former matte surface over both Pt & star).

I'd say that a large cab is about as sturdy as anything... used to knock on the desk with my small sapphire cab - a sort of victory bell for small bits of academic work ... The ring was still suitable for gifting after seven years worth of knocking on wood. It was not that much worn, in fact.

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Second your question on rose cuts !

The old settings had the diamond slivers bezeled, backed & haloed too ... I have always imagined that those constructions were history-proof, but ... never knew ...

 

[pregcurious]

True, a sapphire cab, or even a faceted sapphire, is hardy. I guess I can start a "please help me find a blue sapphire" thread. Just kidding. I remember when CS would get those threads at least once a week. Although, help me find a sapphire cab would be a little original.

I have JbG looking for a rose cut diamond for me. I just missed a beautiful one posted by CvB on LT.

 

[Lisa Loves Shiny]

Re. fragile colour
You must have noticed @Bluegemz 's new star sapphire ring - with its broken baguette diamond & star sapphire spectacularly re-polished (an older thread dedicated to this ring shows its former matte surface over both Pt & star).

I'd say that a large cab is about as sturdy as anything... used to knock on the desk with my small sapphire cab - a sort of victory bell for small bits of academic work ... The ring was still suitable for gifting after seven years worth of knocking on wood. It was not that much worn, in fact.

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Second your question on rose cuts !

The old settings had the diamond slivers bezeled, backed & haloed too ... I have always imagined that those constructions were history-proof, but ... never knew ...

I always think like you Valeria that I can re-polish a stone. But then I think I need it removed from a setting and hope the stone doesn't get chipped when re-set. Like Pregcurious I am invested in my favorites but the biggest problem I have is looking at them under a 30x loupe. I wish I could break that habit because any teeny, tiny facet abrasion is stuck in my brain.

Pregcurious- how exciting to be on the search for a rose cut! I can't wait to see your new lovely when you acquire it.

 

[valeria101]

I always think like you Valeria that I can re-polish a stone. But ... any teeny, tiny facet abrasion is stuck in my brain.

This is why I wrote about a cabochon: those can be polished in the setting & slight change in proportions etc (with recut) would hardly matter.

Sure enough, star & eye stuffs only make sense as cabs ...

Then, there are the buff-top cut models (cabochon top over a faceted pavilion). I remember having a small buff top play-thing - a light violetish blue synthetic sapphire in a 1920s clasp (a chieldhood memory). I had not thought of it as a radically different beast from the other stuffs - the look just fit in.

Few such things around ... perhaps always were few.


AmericanThai does a few buff tops, but never in top ruby & sapphire rough. Their current photos of buff top moonstone & spinel mostly captures the cab part, not the play of light of the pavilion that I would expect ...

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For what it doesn't matter - couldn't realy explain why I fealt it is absolutely normal to use rings as recounted ... perhaps because what I do care to preserve is the intrinsinc color as seen in the rough - the rest is just flighty art & play ,-) If my cab had cracked in two, I'd likely have a fine pair of earrings (assymetrical earrings, had the split been uneven !). Pricescope & its diamonds made me pay attention to colour-devoid material & its cut - somewhat like the old proverb about squeezing water out of stone ...