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Rough_Rock
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- Dec 18, 2020
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Hi folks, I am totally clueless about buying a ring for my GF. Frankly, I've been procrastinating so much because the process gives me crazy anxiety. I'm so worried that what I get won't live up to expectations, even though my GF has said she's happy with anything.
She gave me some brief guidelines. Can anyone direct me where I should look or some ideas? The budget is $15k. I've found a few sites that 3 carat rings for under $15k but can those be trusted? Any help so APPRECIATED.
1. Radiant/ radiant with traps
- probably makes the most sense to get the biggest center stone in your budget and then add on the traps later or can get this 3 stone setting with a smaller center stone and upgrade later on in life (center stone in both pics are 3 Carats for reference)
- for this ring, I’d want the thinnest band possible
- leaning towards yellow gold for the band and white gold for the prongs (I think you can get a slightly lower level color if you do a yellow gold band which is my first choice anyways)- maybe around H-J
- I’ll want the radiant to be this shape (rectangle vs square)
- since it’s sparkly, you can get away with a lower grade on clarity (prob SI1 or SI2- as long as you can’t see it with a human eye, that’s perfectly fine)
- I’m a 5.5 in size but 6 is probably fine
2. Emerald instead of radiant cut
- same thin, color of band/prongs as noted above
- color can go as low as K
- probably need to go VS2 but you might be able to get lucky and find a SI1 or SI2 where the imperfections are hidden (you’ll have to look at it)
3. Eternity band
- if the larger stone options don’t fit into your budget, I’m honestly fine with a simple eternity band
- would prefer a square/rectangle shape
- hard to close your hand with super big stones so maybe keep to .20 or .30 carats per stone
- since they are super small, no need to get super good clarity etc
She gave me some brief guidelines. Can anyone direct me where I should look or some ideas? The budget is $15k. I've found a few sites that 3 carat rings for under $15k but can those be trusted? Any help so APPRECIATED.
1. Radiant/ radiant with traps
- probably makes the most sense to get the biggest center stone in your budget and then add on the traps later or can get this 3 stone setting with a smaller center stone and upgrade later on in life (center stone in both pics are 3 Carats for reference)
- for this ring, I’d want the thinnest band possible
- leaning towards yellow gold for the band and white gold for the prongs (I think you can get a slightly lower level color if you do a yellow gold band which is my first choice anyways)- maybe around H-J
- I’ll want the radiant to be this shape (rectangle vs square)
- since it’s sparkly, you can get away with a lower grade on clarity (prob SI1 or SI2- as long as you can’t see it with a human eye, that’s perfectly fine)
- I’m a 5.5 in size but 6 is probably fine
2. Emerald instead of radiant cut
- same thin, color of band/prongs as noted above
- color can go as low as K
- probably need to go VS2 but you might be able to get lucky and find a SI1 or SI2 where the imperfections are hidden (you’ll have to look at it)
3. Eternity band
- if the larger stone options don’t fit into your budget, I’m honestly fine with a simple eternity band
- would prefer a square/rectangle shape
- hard to close your hand with super big stones so maybe keep to .20 or .30 carats per stone
- since they are super small, no need to get super good clarity etc
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