ModerateMatt
Rough_Rock
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- Mar 4, 2008
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Hey guys, (sorry this post is SO LONG!!)
First let me say thank you to everyone on the forum for all your help! I''ve been looking for engagement rings and diamonds for my GF for a few weeks now, but I think this forum has helped me more than anything else I''ve seen or read online or in person!!
It''s been quite a journey trying to find the perfect ring for my GF...there''s been many times I thought I had the style/shape nailed down...only to have my GF change her mind, ha! Everything from simple solitares..to my personal favorite, trying to get a "Katherine Heigl"-esque (um, or maybe I should say FireGoddess-esque on this forum!
) pear custom made ring (man, I still regret her changing her mind from that one)...to what I finally realized she wanted...a round diamond w/ a slightly more intricate band w/ pave diamonds on it.
After all the praise here for WF, I decided to go w/ their Divisi setting...not entirely my style, but based on what I know, I think my GF will love this..and after all, its all about her and making her happy!
After I decided on that, I needed to find a diamond. I know a lot of people here are into H&A diamonds, and I thought they were beautiful, but just not sure I could afford one since I wanted a diamond at least 1 carat, and most H&As at that size were more than my entire ring budget! So I tried to find diamonds that seemed to share proportions and factors w/ many other Ideal cuts and that scored pretty well on the HCA, and tried to concentrate on the factors more important to me (ie. I care more about color than clarity as long as the stone was "eye-clean"...probably different than more people here!)
Sooo after a bunch of checking around WF''s site, I found a few I thought might work. My first choice was already sold, but they got my second choice, a 1.02 G SI2, in and sent me the specs and pics today. My main concern about this from the diagram on GIA cert was a pretty large crystal in the center of the diamond! I was worried about how this would affect the performance of the diamond, but since all the other specs seemed to look REALLY good I decided to have WF bring this one in anyways and keep my fingers crossed!
Suprisingly, the pics they sent looked really great! At least to my newbie eyes
The crystal is pretty noticeable in the 40X image, as well as on the ideal scope..but even despite that, the ideal scope image looks good, so I dont think the crystal and other inclusions affected this much. And the best surprise was that even w/ the inclusions, and the fact it wasn''t branded as H&A, it looks like there''s some great arrows on this diamond!!!
And the Sarin report graded as all 0s. So I''m thinking this was a pretty good choice since WF told me the diamond was "eye-clean"? But until I see it in person I guess I''m still slightly nervous that that crystal might be a concern?
So I''m hoping some of you w/ a little more knowledge will let me know if you think this was a good choice or not and what you think about this stone...I''ll enclose the pics after this, but hopefully some comments from you guys about this stone will help allay my lingering concerns until I get the ring in person! Let me know your thoughts..THANKS!!!
-Matt
First let me say thank you to everyone on the forum for all your help! I''ve been looking for engagement rings and diamonds for my GF for a few weeks now, but I think this forum has helped me more than anything else I''ve seen or read online or in person!!
It''s been quite a journey trying to find the perfect ring for my GF...there''s been many times I thought I had the style/shape nailed down...only to have my GF change her mind, ha! Everything from simple solitares..to my personal favorite, trying to get a "Katherine Heigl"-esque (um, or maybe I should say FireGoddess-esque on this forum!
After all the praise here for WF, I decided to go w/ their Divisi setting...not entirely my style, but based on what I know, I think my GF will love this..and after all, its all about her and making her happy!
After I decided on that, I needed to find a diamond. I know a lot of people here are into H&A diamonds, and I thought they were beautiful, but just not sure I could afford one since I wanted a diamond at least 1 carat, and most H&As at that size were more than my entire ring budget! So I tried to find diamonds that seemed to share proportions and factors w/ many other Ideal cuts and that scored pretty well on the HCA, and tried to concentrate on the factors more important to me (ie. I care more about color than clarity as long as the stone was "eye-clean"...probably different than more people here!)
Sooo after a bunch of checking around WF''s site, I found a few I thought might work. My first choice was already sold, but they got my second choice, a 1.02 G SI2, in and sent me the specs and pics today. My main concern about this from the diagram on GIA cert was a pretty large crystal in the center of the diamond! I was worried about how this would affect the performance of the diamond, but since all the other specs seemed to look REALLY good I decided to have WF bring this one in anyways and keep my fingers crossed!
Suprisingly, the pics they sent looked really great! At least to my newbie eyes
The crystal is pretty noticeable in the 40X image, as well as on the ideal scope..but even despite that, the ideal scope image looks good, so I dont think the crystal and other inclusions affected this much. And the best surprise was that even w/ the inclusions, and the fact it wasn''t branded as H&A, it looks like there''s some great arrows on this diamond!!!
So I''m hoping some of you w/ a little more knowledge will let me know if you think this was a good choice or not and what you think about this stone...I''ll enclose the pics after this, but hopefully some comments from you guys about this stone will help allay my lingering concerns until I get the ring in person!
Let me know your thoughts..THANKS!!!-Matt
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