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Hello All! I have to be honest, I hadn’t started a thread here for a number of reasons. First, I wanted to be 1000th percent sure that my upgrade would be a keeper. Then. I wanted to debut her in a perfect dress. Finally, I needed a fitting title. Well 2 out of 3 isn’t bad, lol.
I’m going to post pics in the first halo setting-my jeweler had me examine her in this setting-only bc that’s the one that I took at the time. Then I recycled a solitaire setting when I decided to keep her because I wanted focus on the stone. I hate the prongs but I’ll live until I decide my next move for the setting. For now, this will do and I’m in no hurry to reset but I did want to show her off.
So a bit of background for those of you who didn’t follow the thread. This stone is not ideal cut and scores a 3.4 on the HCA scale. She weighs 2.9 but only measures 9.03 by 9.09 bc she is a deep girl. With her angles, I don’t think many pser’s would consider her. And I had already written her off were it not For some lovely pser’s who encouraged me to check her out in person—based on the video. Thanks again @yssie @SimoneDi @stonewell. Thanks also to @Rockdiamond for talking some sense into me about the idea that beauty exists outside of certain angles.
When I finally met her, I got a chance to compare her to my old stone—that Although not an ideal cut, had passed the ideal scope and hca test and I loved dearly. She was a super performer but I had become dissatisfied with the I color and clarity. So I fell hard for this one, in all her brightness and crispiness! and I scoped her and she passed the test! I was sooo relieved!!! But I was still skeptical. And so I’ve been spending all this time scrutinizing her under every light and corner and setting! And I am soooo in love! She doesn’t fail to disappoint. As to the title. She has become my escape. I would not have upgraded if Covid hadn’t cancelled my vacation plans. Or if I was caught up in my day to day life, lol. Truth is that I looked into the upgrade bc I needed a pick me up and here we are. I’ve been teaching online for a few weeks now and learning all kind of technology and jumping through all these new challenges that this pandemic has made me feel like A year 1 teacher. So my ring has become my escape! Every time I need a break, I take her out and photograph her! And stare. And fall in love. And fantasize about her new dress.
So here she is. My 2.9 E. si1 Gia with medium blue flour.
I’m going to post pics in the first halo setting-my jeweler had me examine her in this setting-only bc that’s the one that I took at the time. Then I recycled a solitaire setting when I decided to keep her because I wanted focus on the stone. I hate the prongs but I’ll live until I decide my next move for the setting. For now, this will do and I’m in no hurry to reset but I did want to show her off.
So a bit of background for those of you who didn’t follow the thread. This stone is not ideal cut and scores a 3.4 on the HCA scale. She weighs 2.9 but only measures 9.03 by 9.09 bc she is a deep girl. With her angles, I don’t think many pser’s would consider her. And I had already written her off were it not For some lovely pser’s who encouraged me to check her out in person—based on the video. Thanks again @yssie @SimoneDi @stonewell. Thanks also to @Rockdiamond for talking some sense into me about the idea that beauty exists outside of certain angles.
When I finally met her, I got a chance to compare her to my old stone—that Although not an ideal cut, had passed the ideal scope and hca test and I loved dearly. She was a super performer but I had become dissatisfied with the I color and clarity. So I fell hard for this one, in all her brightness and crispiness! and I scoped her and she passed the test! I was sooo relieved!!! But I was still skeptical. And so I’ve been spending all this time scrutinizing her under every light and corner and setting! And I am soooo in love! She doesn’t fail to disappoint. As to the title. She has become my escape. I would not have upgraded if Covid hadn’t cancelled my vacation plans. Or if I was caught up in my day to day life, lol. Truth is that I looked into the upgrade bc I needed a pick me up and here we are. I’ve been teaching online for a few weeks now and learning all kind of technology and jumping through all these new challenges that this pandemic has made me feel like A year 1 teacher. So my ring has become my escape! Every time I need a break, I take her out and photograph her! And stare. And fall in love. And fantasize about her new dress.
So here she is. My 2.9 E. si1 Gia with medium blue flour.
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and your E would be gorgeous in any setting!
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