whoa

[nytemist]

I just read this on MSN...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15195458/?GT1=8618

 

[~*Alexis*~]

Its a shame they are wasting the cut on a heart shape, i would have gone with an emerald if it would have allowed it....

I wish I had 12 mil to spend on that!

 

[FireGoddess]

Date: 10/9/2006 4:34:43 PM
Author: ~*Alexis*~
Its a shame they are wasting the cut on a heart shape, i would have gone with an emerald if it would have allowed it....

I wish I had 12 mil to spend on that!

I''m sure the shape chosen was simply to retain the most weight after cutting.

 

[~*Alexis*~]

Date: 10/9/2006 4:39:02 PM
Author: FireGoddess

Date: 10/9/2006 4:34:43 PM
Author: ~*Alexis*~
Its a shame they are wasting the cut on a heart shape, i would have gone with an emerald if it would have allowed it....

I wish I had 12 mil to spend on that!

I''m sure the shape chosen was simply to retain the most weight after cutting.

Yeah I know. Its to bad though. That shape in not that popular I dont think and I would have loved to see it in an emerald or an assher if the inclusions would have allowed it.

I could go for a new pendant... LOL
Anyone wanna buy me that for Christmas???

 

[codex57]

A heart shape? Man, what a waste. I''d actually prefer the traditional round brilliant. That or a cushion would be cool. But the pic makes it looks like a RB would be feasible.

 

[Tacori E-ring]

How funny that DH sent me the same link. How encouraging!

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Ugh, I agree on the heart shape. Almost anything else would have been better.

 

[RockDoc]

When you have a 12 million dollar piece of rough, you can bet your "A double scribble", the plan for cutting it was very throughly studied.

Just studying that piece of rough for cutting may take months, and if a difficult stone, years, before it gets near the cutter''s wheel.

Depends how it crystalized, strain and yield is studied on a stone like this with every conceivable direction of orientation.

Rockdoc

 

[Kaleigh]

Date: 10/9/2006 11:26:35 PM
Author: RockDoc
When you have a 12 million dollar piece of rough, you can bet your ''A double scribble'', the plan for cutting it was very throughly studied.

Just studying that piece of rough for cutting may take months, and if a difficult stone, years, before it gets near the cutter''s wheel.

Depends how it crystalized, strain and yield is studied on a stone like this with every conceivable direction of orientation.

Rockdoc

Oh I''m sure of that. Just wonder if over time after studying it some more, what are the chances they will go for a different shape?? Just curious...

 

[kcoursolle]

It appears to be very white with few inclusions. Wowza!

 

[MINE!!]

"She started screaming and all the staff thought she had been electrocuted," said Clifford Elphick, head of Gem Diamond Mining, which owns 70 percent of the mine.

Wonder what she got for her find... an extra dollar for her months work?