ideas for a 0.5 c rb

[littlelanhua]

hi everyone! i have a 0.5 c rb currently set in a solitaire - i am very lucky to be upgrading my ring - what should i do with the original stone - sell to go bigger in the upgrade? or turn it into a vintage inspired ring i have oftern dreamed of? what would you do?

 

[reader]

It would be the perfect size (IMHO) for a flower ring.

 

[yssie]

hi everyone! i have a 0.5 c rb currently set in a solitaire - i am very lucky to be upgrading my ring - what should i do with the original stone - sell to go bigger in the upgrade? or turn it into a vintage inspired ring i have oftern dreamed of? what would you do?

get another that matches and make studs or earring danglies

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

hi everyone! i have a 0.5 c rb currently set in a solitaire - i am very lucky to be upgrading my ring - what should i do with the original stone - sell to go bigger in the upgrade? or turn it into a vintage inspired ring i have oftern dreamed of? what would you do?

get another that matches and make studs or earring danglies

Ditto! That was my idea

My second idea is get another that matches, and then get a colored stone or another diamond, and make a three-stone right hand ring

My THIRD idea, lol, is to get it set into a pendant - I think that size looks great in a bezeled pendant.

 

[oranges]

A stone that size would look amazing The BGD barbara pendant

 

[Dandi]

If you can comfortably afford your upgrade and don't particularly need to sell your .50ct to fund it, I would absolutely turn it into the vintage type ring you dream of. Oh, and post pictures of it and your upgrade here
Very excited for you!!

 

[gemgirl]

I can tell you from a personal attempt to sell my two GIA certed G VS2 diamonds (they're my stud earrings) that it doesn't pay to sell a diamond because you'd be very lucky to get 40%-50% of what you paid for it, even if it's certified and it's a great stone. I honestly can't stomach losing money on anything. I would say to definitely make yourself a lovely RHR

 

[littlelanhua]

thanks to everyone for the suggestions! after speaking with the jeweller it does seem like you lose a lot on the sale, for sentimental reasons and since I don't have a lot of diamond jewellery I think I will probably go for a reset into a pendent or a rhr - still can't decide that bit! I have only just started this process and the jeweller is still looking for my upgrade stone - the reset will follow sometime after that. As soon as DH and I get my new goodies – the PS community will be the first to see! thanks again everyone