dreamer_dachsie
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Lookey what I got...
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dreamer_dachsie
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I have been dreaming of a ring like this for five years! 
decodelighted
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Is that the Charlotesville steal? You sly fox .... 
armywife13
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Oh my gosh, it is stunning! Congratulations on finding your dream 3 stone!
Are you thinking of resetting or keeping it in the original setting?
Are you thinking of resetting or keeping it in the original setting?
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I am very pleased for you Dreamer! Congratulations on such a fabulous find 
It's gorgeous 
It's gorgeous 
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beautiful ring DD.. 
don't get to see many 3 stone OEC.
don't get to see many 3 stone OEC.
hearts-arrows_girl
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It's gorgeous!
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It looks so HUGE on you! Congratulations dreamer, I know you've been looking for something like this for a very long time!! Excited to hear what your thoughts are, after wearing her and getting to know her a bit.
Congratulations dreamer, I know you've been looking for something like this for a very long time!! Excited to hear what your thoughts are, after wearing her and getting to know her a bit.
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That's the Craigslist to Ebay one, isn't it?! I love it! It looks great on you. I've never understood the 3 stone obsession, but I was visiting a jeweler earlier today and she had on the most amazing 3 stone, old cut ring ever. And I realised that computers just don't do them justice and never will. So I'm betting this is a stunner in real life - the finger coverage is perfect!
We need details!
We need details!
dreamer_dachsie
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I was being a tease not posting all the details
The center stone is 6.95mm and the sides are 5.85mm each. The center is at least 1.25ct, but it has a really high crown so I would suspect closer to 1.3ct. Sides are probably 0.75ct each with those measurements and their proportions.
Now that I washed the stones they are immaculately clean, probably VS. In the pictures there are some black marks on the sides, but it was dirt! The stones look like they have been polished in their life at some point, they are so free from abrasions or chips and the crown meets are all super crisp.
Color is hard to tell in yellow gold. They face up white when worn, but held next to my AGS G color stones they are quite warm. Seller saud J-K and I think that ballpark is right, but perhaps more K-L. In my experience yellow gold adds a couple color grades to these stones, so I might not be able to get a firm idea until they are unset. They are beautiful to my eye and the tint is not an issue.
The center stone in particular is a really surprising example of an old cut - it is perfectly round, the girdle compleyely unblemished, and I cannot find one weensy spec inside with my loupe. It is very well cut, the nicest old cut I have had the pleasure of owning -- and I don't think that's just because of its size Actually, the funny thing is that is to *so* perfect, a small part of me wonders if it is fake! I know it likelihood is really small given its color and cut, but I am still going to have it tested 
The sides are not totally round, they have some wonk. In the mounts you can't really tell. They are original to the setting and look like they have never been unset in their lives (which I guess means they were not polished). They are really engulphed by the mounts and one shows a little bit of a blackish tint that I think (hope) is from the insides of the mount being scorched/blackened from work done in its life -- my 0.97ct showed a similar appearance in its own yellow gold mount that had been similarly worked on in its life. Unset the slight dark appearance went way. This, and the slight wonk, are my only *slight* hesitations about the suite of stones. But they are really well suited in faceting and color. They were put together in the ring by the woman who sold me the ring, and she bought them separately, so I am impressed at how well the stones all match!
The center stone is 6.95mm and the sides are 5.85mm each. The center is at least 1.25ct, but it has a really high crown so I would suspect closer to 1.3ct. Sides are probably 0.75ct each with those measurements and their proportions.
Now that I washed the stones they are immaculately clean, probably VS. In the pictures there are some black marks on the sides, but it was dirt! The stones look like they have been polished in their life at some point, they are so free from abrasions or chips and the crown meets are all super crisp.
Color is hard to tell in yellow gold. They face up white when worn, but held next to my AGS G color stones they are quite warm. Seller saud J-K and I think that ballpark is right, but perhaps more K-L. In my experience yellow gold adds a couple color grades to these stones, so I might not be able to get a firm idea until they are unset. They are beautiful to my eye and the tint is not an issue.
The center stone in particular is a really surprising example of an old cut - it is perfectly round, the girdle compleyely unblemished, and I cannot find one weensy spec inside with my loupe. It is very well cut, the nicest old cut I have had the pleasure of owning -- and I don't think that's just because of its size
Actually, the funny thing is that is to *so* perfect, a small part of me wonders if it is fake! I know it likelihood is really small given its color and cut, but I am still going to have it tested The sides are not totally round, they have some wonk. In the mounts you can't really tell. They are original to the setting and look like they have never been unset in their lives (which I guess means they were not polished). They are really engulphed by the mounts and one shows a little bit of a blackish tint that I think (hope) is from the insides of the mount being scorched/blackened from work done in its life -- my 0.97ct showed a similar appearance in its own yellow gold mount that had been similarly worked on in its life. Unset the slight dark appearance went way. This, and the slight wonk, are my only *slight* hesitations about the suite of stones. But they are really well suited in faceting and color. They were put together in the ring by the woman who sold me the ring, and she bought them separately, so I am impressed at how well the stones all match!
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TitanCi|1337920612|3203271 said:
Kozibe is the culet reflectign around in the stone, off the crown and back to the pavilion a billion times. An open culet is necessary to see the effect. I don't think that it is avoided? It is a result of an open culet and compatible CA and PA angles so it *can't* be avoided if you a) clip the culet and b) cut the stone well
It is actually something I look for in bad photos to suggest to me that an old cut is well cut.
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decodelighted|1337921464|3203279 said:Is that the Charlotesville steal? You sly fox ....
Yes
I acutally did not see the thread Mico posted about it, and just found the ebay listing when I did my usual daily searches. A friend alerted me to the attention the ring had already gotten on PS! Apparently I have Bright Ice to thank for the woman posting it on ebay 
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