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I know many of you have followed my long journey on my RT thread, but I wanted to post pictures of the finished ring now that I have it in hand. I hope this helps any potential buyers or people who are considering getting a CBI. I am seriously blown away by this stone. I've never seen anything like it. IMHO it looks MUCH bigger than the other 1ct stones I've seen, even those that are well cut. Just to be fair to other super-ideal vendors, I will freely admit that I haven't compared CBI to the BGD super ideal line, or to ACAs, etc. But I feel like this stone looks huge, and now know what Wink and Melissa are talking about when they say "edge to edge brilliance" and "the hall of mirrors".
When I tried on my ring with my H&A cut moissanite 3/4 eternity band I had to take it off because the CBI makes the moissanite look like crap (and this is coming from someone who was, and still is, a die-hard moissanite fan). Obviously I'm not going to be able to afford all CBIs from now on, and I still love my moissanite for earrings and will continue using them for other pieces. But I was honestly doubtful about whether a diamond could be worth the massive price increase (think 10-12x as much!), since I'm not someone who has issues with "mind clean". But I totally get it now, and can't imagine having anything else in my e-ring. I'm basically "ruined" now. DAMMIT, PS!
Enough words, PICTURE TIME!










Kudos to my maltese girl for helping me model how white this stone looks. Oh yeah, and for anyone who doesnt know, this is an N color! WTF! It seriously blows my mind.
When I tried on my ring with my H&A cut moissanite 3/4 eternity band I had to take it off because the CBI makes the moissanite look like crap (and this is coming from someone who was, and still is, a die-hard moissanite fan). Obviously I'm not going to be able to afford all CBIs from now on, and I still love my moissanite for earrings and will continue using them for other pieces. But I was honestly doubtful about whether a diamond could be worth the massive price increase (think 10-12x as much!), since I'm not someone who has issues with "mind clean". But I totally get it now, and can't imagine having anything else in my e-ring. I'm basically "ruined" now. DAMMIT, PS!
Enough words, PICTURE TIME!










Kudos to my maltese girl for helping me model how white this stone looks. Oh yeah, and for anyone who doesnt know, this is an N color! WTF! It seriously blows my mind.