ENGAGEMENT RINGS! What does yours look like?
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I saw this when you first posted it and I didn’t have time to post a compliment. It’s truly gorgeous. They do wear pretty huge diamond rings here as well, but my son is getting married to his girlfriend soon. They have already purchased wedding bands. She has always wanted a very small princess cut diamond ring from Zales. I just felt she would be disappointed in the long run. When she was here last, I finally got a chance to talk her out of it, because the diamond quality is so poor. But my goodness, your setting is amazing! I just [emoji173]️ it! I decided to show her a few of my diamond engagement rings and the last one I showed her, was the diamond ring I really wanted to give to her. It’s a bit bigger than the 3 1/2 mm to 4 mm princess cut from zales. I gave her the ring and she put it on and after quite some time ...maybe 50 minutes of her with all these range of emotions, there was quite a bit of confusion (on my part) she said she needed to get air. So I told her to take the ring with her and wear it and see if it grew on her, because I got the impressed she didn’t like it. So she came back the next afternoon and guys went in theater room to watch a movie. So it was just the two of us and she said she wanted to talk to me about the ring. She said that she has been looking and so many rings and that when she saw my ring she knew it was the one. Which was so sweet, I was happy to hear that.
But I really think she would love your setting. Because she now wants something with a little more style to it now. So I will definitely show her this gorgeous ring. This is a picture of the vintage diamond ring when I used to wear it. It’s and OEC/ transitional cut diamond, around 70 points. I usually wore it with one of those three rolling band rings. I just think she would love the style of your ring much more. I forwarded them a picture of your beautiful gem. The ring....
Hello ladies (and gents)! I’ve completely fallen in love with this ring and would like to find something in a similar size with my partner. Can any of your knowledgeable ladies guess the specs? Just thought I’d ask here first so we can start doing our research online before going into the store. Many thanks for your time and help!!
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It's probably a six prong, petite comfort fit setting. The stone looks like it's close to 2 carats, and it was set low profile. You can look at brilliant earth, blue nile and James Allen. They all have this type of setting. However, you will get the best deal and customer service from James Allen. Free shipping , free return, no question asked. (Be reasonable of course). I got my ring there. I love it.
Thank you so much for your reply! This was really helpful! Another thing to think about is the clarity and color. What clarity and color do you think this ring is so I can compare it to something on James Allen? Thanks a bunch for sharing your wisdom!
You are very welcome. I just really like this stuff. Ok.
Color:
If you are getting white metal like white gold or platinum. It is NOT necessary to get like D-F (colorless) because you really can't see any color in the stone from grade H, anything between GH is good. It will look just as colorless as D-F and A LOT less money.
If you like rose gold and yellow gold, then yellow ish stone like I J K is perfect for it and so much cheaper because the setting is already yellowish. It will only enhance the look.
All this is under the fact that you are not getting a 2 carats or above. The bigger the carat, the more obvious the imperfection of the stone becomes. Anything below 0.5 carat, none of them will matter much just get a great cut so it will sparkle like nuts. From 0.5 to 1.5, a good great cut and follow the color thing I said above.
You are very welcome. I just really like this stuff. Ok.
Color:
If you are getting white metal like white gold or platinum. It is NOT necessary to get like D-F (colorless) because you really can't see any color in the stone from grade H, anything between GH is good. It will look just as colorless as D-F and A LOT less money.
If you like rose gold and yellow gold, then yellow ish stone like I J K is perfect for it and so much cheaper because the setting is already yellowish. It will only enhance the look.
All this is under the fact that you are not getting a 2 carats or above. The bigger the carat, the more obvious the imperfection of the stone becomes. Anything below 0.5 carat, none of them will matter much just get a great cut so it will sparkle like nuts. From 0.5 to 1.5, a good great cut and follow the color thing I said above.
Clarity: anything better than I1 is good for carat under 0.5. Between 0.5 and 1.5, I think S or VS 1 or 2 is good enough. Sometimes the impurity is at the edge of the stone, when the stone is set in the ring, you will not be able to see it. James Allen let you visually look at every stone 360 degrees and you will know what I am saying. A stone can have a terrible grade in purity but doesnt matter because of the position.
In short, what really matters is CUT!!! Get at least a very good cut then the stone will sparkle well to cover up all the imperfections
Let me know if you have any more questions.
Haha. I really didn't answer your question. It is too hard to tell the cut and color from the picture....Clarity: anything better than I1 is good for carat under 0.5. Between 0.5 and 1.5, I think S or VS 1 or 2 is good enough. Sometimes the impurity is at the edge of the stone, when the stone is set in the ring, you will not be able to see it. James Allen let you visually look at every stone 360 degrees and you will know what I am saying. A stone can have a terrible grade in purity but doesnt matter because of the position.
In short, what really matters is CUT!!! Get at least a very good cut then the stone will sparkle well to cover up all the imperfections
Let me know if you have any more questions.
Color really has to be seen irl to see how it “reads”. Color grading is done from the bottoms of stones and a super well-cut stone will quite often face up whiter than the color grade might indicate. Cut should always be the first consideration. Buy the best you can afford. Also it is really hard to say what size the stone is in your photo....what size finger is it on? How low is it set? Some photos distort, especially iPhone photos. That stone could just as easily be one carat.
Go to a good jeweler and try on rings, look at loose stones. Online purchse should be the last resort if you are a neophyte to diamond shopping. It is good to research online to gauge costs that you can use to negotiate with a brick and mortar jeweler.
Good luck.
Go to a good jeweler and try on rings, look at loose stones. Online purchse should be the last resort if you are a neophyte to diamond shopping. It is good to research online to gauge costs that you can use to negotiate with a brick and mortar jeweler.
Good luck.
WOW, you are extremely knowledageble and full of wisdom! Thank you thank you thank you! The point you made about the imperfection being on the side was very insightful. Didn’t even think of that! I would like to get a diamond above 2 carats although that all depends on him. Fingers crossed! I’m just helping by looking around for now!
Thanks so much for your insight! I’ve grabbed some photos from this persons page. I know it’s kind of creepy but honestly, I just really am love with the ring! Now that I’m looking at it, it does seem kind of hard to depict the size without seeing it in person. Thank you for your advice about looking at loose diamonds! I’ve never actually thought about that. There is so much to learn...gah!
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This looks like my purple (lavender) sapphire, I love this!
