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What a great thread. These are making me tear up - all so beautiful.
Thanks for the effort taken, LLJs, in putting this thread together. It's so good to see a lot of OECs in one place!
and I am so happy for you with yours. I know you are looking at it all the time and having fun : ) :love:
 
Magnificent OEC'S! :love: :appl:
 
Awesome idea and long overdue! I will help add a few!
 
 
Great thread LLJsmom. Beautiful diamonds.
 
Great thread....This OEC is going to buck the trend a little....
It's set into a gents tablet style ring.
It is also tiny compared to what is on here. :-)
0.65ct OP colour.

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My new 0.70ct J VS2 OEC in a platinum bezel setting. Size 4.25 for a 3.75 finger (likes my rings loose). It faces up large for its weight. I am an awful photographer but it is stunning in real life.

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Susief!! When did this happen??!!! It's absolutely STUNNING! What happened to your new Blue Nile ring? Did you trade it?

Details & hand shots please!! :appl:
 
Hi Alex! Thank you for the lovely compliment. Yes, I returned the Blue Nile ring. You might remember I didn't like the setting and was going to have it swapped for a bezel, but the only bezel setting Blue Nile did wasn't quite to my taste, and I was worried about having such an expensive stone (to me!) set locally in case it chipped etc... and I was overall just a bit uncomfortable about spending such a lot of money... so ended up returning the whole thing and looking for an alternative. Along the way, I started being drawn to OECs more and more, and found this one! It is a 0.70ct GIA cert J VS2 OEC from a jeweller in Scotland who specialises in old cuts. Amazingly it was about a third of the price of the 1 carat BN diamond but has a really good spread so once in the bezel setting (which I had done by a local jeweller - platinum and a custom job but very well priced), I really can't tell much difference in size. I love the faceting and it performs like nothing I've ever seen before - I just wish I could take better photos to show it.

I posted a (rubbish) hand shot in this thread:

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I will work on better ones... :oops:
 
My EGL 1.35 vs1 7x6.84mm with 44% table. In bezel, halo and solitaire.

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Still thinking about the direction to go for a new setting but here is my 3.36 ct. OEC.

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Thought I would add my 1.81 cttw MN/OP SI OEC Earrings from JbG :love: :love:

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Gorgeous earrings MayK. :love:

Great thread LLJsmom. Thanks for including Bea. Sharing some of her latest photos that I took just for you if you remember. :bigsmile:

First pic is Be a under the green leafed trees at the Botanical Gardens. She is very green here.

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Still looking very green under all the greenery at the gardens. I never saw her this green before and I am liking it. :mrgreen:

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and here she is at work in a room of beige walls and beige tiles and fluorescent lighting. Here she is at her softest creamiest color but still pretty.

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Here she is under some fun red lighting.

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Under fluorescent lighting. As you noticed our OECs can face up pretty darn white under fluorescent lighting.

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Here she is under some of my favorite conditions. Outdoors in the sun on the beach with the ocean hitting the shore.

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and just another few photos showing what a chameleon our OECs are. They are never boring. :halo:

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Bea outside again. Love her under the blue skies and on the ocean.
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Lastly since this is a thread about OECs here is are 2 quick pics of my newest OEC addition. A pair of OEC drop earrings.

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Terrible Iphone pic. lol

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My two OECs are babies compared to all these beautiful rings. They're niblets! but here goes. Greg, thanks for posting pics of yours.

The first is a platinum ring that is dated 1921 inside. The OEC is F color, VS clarity and a little under a half carat. Somewhere between .45 and .50 pts. is as close as we're going to get. I didn't want to have the stone disturbed and taken out of it's long time home. I did have it looked at by a Master Gemologist/Appraiser (the only one in NY) and he liked it, so I was happy.

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My second one is a certified (although by EGL) (ehhh :? ) to be 53 pts., H in color, VS2 in clarity. I agree with the clarity grading although I think the color is either an I or J. The stone was set by Papa I. at IDJ surrounded by .05 pt. diamonds hand chosen by him. Everyone loves my little pendant.

If you want to have a little fun with a person who knows nothing about diamonds, tell them your stone is an OEC and watch the expression on their face. They'll either immediately change the subject -or- they'll pretend to know what you're talking about and dig themselves a nice deep hole of confusion. LOL!

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Thank you for starting this thread LLJsmom!! And thanks for including my OEC ring.
I enjoy looking at all the bold flashes.

I really appreciate all the effort you have put in posting the pics.
 
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