emeraldlover1
Ideal_Rock
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Hi, everyone! First off, I am out of town and I won''''t be able to post pics till Thursday, I brought my camera with me but I forgot the attachments but I promise I will share when I return home. In the mean time I''''ve been given what looks to be around a 2ct. either OEC or transitional cut diamond in an antique white gold setting. The ring was last worn by my great aunt who died in 1989. My grandmother inherited the ring when she died but it wasn''''t her style so she never wore it. Its also a long story but my great aunt was my grandfathers sister and out of respect for my grandfather (he didn''''t get a long too well with great aunt) my grandmother never wore it. So, for the last 20 years the ring has been hidden away and also not cleaned. I cleaned it up a little last night and was hoping to get some pics but the sun just wasn''''t out today.
I''''m not sure if the ring was worn by someone else in my family previous to my great aunt. I''''m inclined to think that it was my great grandmothers only because my great aunt was never married or engaged. Its possible that she just liked jewelry but my great grandmother had a lot of old diamonds. I was also given my great grandmothers stones from her wedding band (it has been re-set into a terrible ring that I will eventually have re-made). I was also given an art deco platinum, sapphire, and diamond ring with what appears to have had 6 of the 9 diamonds removed. I will be having that piece restored however right now I have some quesitons about the engagement ring.
I''''ve tried to read a lot of the threads on OEC''''s and Transitional cuts but I am confused by this diamond because it does appear to have an open culet but its the size of a pin whole at best. You can''''t really see it unless its backlit. I haven''''t seen a lot of antique cuts in person so I really don''''t know how they are supposed to perform. This diamond doesn''''t perform anything like my emerald cut at all but they are so different its going to be hard to explain the difference between the two without showing you pictures. In a resturaunt today the diamond in question gave off all sorts of sparkly light and different colors. In other lights from what I can tell it gives off pretty chunky bold flashes of white light return. Right now I''''m sitting in an extream low light setting and it just looks dull. It also appears to have a chip on the table. I should mention that at first I had doubts that it was even a diamond because the table seemed so small to me. I asked my grandmother and she said that in 89 he had it appraised and it is a diamond and she said she thought it was an OEC but she couldn''''t be sure. Is it possible that its just isn''''t a well cut stone or is that part of the beauty in antique diamonds?? I''''ll be intrested to see what it looks like when I finally get it into sunlight.
I can''''t wait to show you the pictures but if you have questions in the mean time I will answer them. I didn''''t know that any of this jewelry existed in my family. My mom got a few of my great grandmothers diamonds but I didn''''t know that there were more. This all came as a result of the visit with my grandmother this weekend. My grandfather is quite ill and my grandmother wanted to make sure that she passed on the pieces to someone in the family that would appreciate them.
I''''m not sure if the ring was worn by someone else in my family previous to my great aunt. I''''m inclined to think that it was my great grandmothers only because my great aunt was never married or engaged. Its possible that she just liked jewelry but my great grandmother had a lot of old diamonds. I was also given my great grandmothers stones from her wedding band (it has been re-set into a terrible ring that I will eventually have re-made). I was also given an art deco platinum, sapphire, and diamond ring with what appears to have had 6 of the 9 diamonds removed. I will be having that piece restored however right now I have some quesitons about the engagement ring.
I''''ve tried to read a lot of the threads on OEC''''s and Transitional cuts but I am confused by this diamond because it does appear to have an open culet but its the size of a pin whole at best. You can''''t really see it unless its backlit. I haven''''t seen a lot of antique cuts in person so I really don''''t know how they are supposed to perform. This diamond doesn''''t perform anything like my emerald cut at all but they are so different its going to be hard to explain the difference between the two without showing you pictures. In a resturaunt today the diamond in question gave off all sorts of sparkly light and different colors. In other lights from what I can tell it gives off pretty chunky bold flashes of white light return. Right now I''''m sitting in an extream low light setting and it just looks dull. It also appears to have a chip on the table. I should mention that at first I had doubts that it was even a diamond because the table seemed so small to me. I asked my grandmother and she said that in 89 he had it appraised and it is a diamond and she said she thought it was an OEC but she couldn''''t be sure. Is it possible that its just isn''''t a well cut stone or is that part of the beauty in antique diamonds?? I''''ll be intrested to see what it looks like when I finally get it into sunlight.
I can''''t wait to show you the pictures but if you have questions in the mean time I will answer them. I didn''''t know that any of this jewelry existed in my family. My mom got a few of my great grandmothers diamonds but I didn''''t know that there were more. This all came as a result of the visit with my grandmother this weekend. My grandfather is quite ill and my grandmother wanted to make sure that she passed on the pieces to someone in the family that would appreciate them.
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