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Brilliant_Rock
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I just realized that I didn't post photos of the earrings I got to go with my Yvonne Raley Paraiba tourmaline ring that I got from LoupeTroop. Here's a thread on the ring!
When trying to decide whether or not to keep the ring, I found out that Harper and Faye in Boston carries quite a lot of Paraiba. Since this LT ring was the first Paraiba I had ever seen, I stopped by to see other stones next to my ring in the jewelry store lighting. The ring held up! There was one similarly-sized stone that was noticeably more saturated than mine, but it was more than double the price I paid and it had a dark inclusion, so it just solidified how I felt about the LT ring.
But the jeweler had these darling studs, so I had to get them to match! I don't know if the diamonds are true H&A or not, but I will say that they light up in dim lighting a lot more than my other small diamonds do. To my eye, Yvonne's center stone Paraiba is more saturated than these earring center stones which are more saturated than the ring melee, but maybe that's just due to size alone.
Here are the stats per the website copy before they were taken down:
And now, the photos and videos! I never appreciated how hard it is to take ear photos before this, and we all know how hard both diamonds and glowy stones are to photograph. I tried my best!
When trying to decide whether or not to keep the ring, I found out that Harper and Faye in Boston carries quite a lot of Paraiba. Since this LT ring was the first Paraiba I had ever seen, I stopped by to see other stones next to my ring in the jewelry store lighting. The ring held up! There was one similarly-sized stone that was noticeably more saturated than mine, but it was more than double the price I paid and it had a dark inclusion, so it just solidified how I felt about the LT ring.
But the jeweler had these darling studs, so I had to get them to match! I don't know if the diamonds are true H&A or not, but I will say that they light up in dim lighting a lot more than my other small diamonds do. To my eye, Yvonne's center stone Paraiba is more saturated than these earring center stones which are more saturated than the ring melee, but maybe that's just due to size alone.
Here are the stats per the website copy before they were taken down:
And now, the photos and videos! I never appreciated how hard it is to take ear photos before this, and we all know how hard both diamonds and glowy stones are to photograph. I tried my best!
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