I want to thank everyone at PS that gave advice on my proposal plans (I had her children wake her up on Xmas morning and take her to the Christmas tree where I was waiting in a tuxedo), educated me on diamonds, and special thanks to the dealers: James Allen for the stone and Excel Diamonds for the Classic Tiffany six-prong platinum setting.
The diamond is a 1.53 carat, F, VS2, Ideal Hearts-and-Arrows, rating a 1.3 on the HCA. Here are a couple of pictures (my auto camera cannot do close-ups, so this was the best I could do):
The diamond is a 1.53 carat, F, VS2, Ideal Hearts-and-Arrows, rating a 1.3 on the HCA. Here are a couple of pictures (my auto camera cannot do close-ups, so this was the best I could do):