downtownfish
Rough_Rock
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I''ll stick to giving up chocolate it''s easierDate: 3/9/2009 9:58:09 AM
Author: motownmama
I''m supposed to be OFF this forum for Lent, but I just have to say a quick WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: 3/11/2009 2:33:02 PM
Author: downtownfish
Sorry I don''t have any stats on the stone besides the weight. It is 1.24 carats, but I do not know the color or clarity. There are no internal blemishes, but there are tiny little blackish marks on the outside of the stone. You can see them with the naked eye, but only if you are looking for them. The stone has a yellow tint, which is noticable when compared to the surprise diamonds that came with the ring, but when viewed by itself I don''t notice.
The stone came from my great gradfather who died in 1992 at age 99. My family believes he bought it in 1910 for his first wife. they seperated, and he put the stone in a mens ring and wore it until his death.
It also a mix of an old mine cut and an oec. It has a rounded square look to it. At first glance it looks round, but with a closer inspection it is squared off on all four sides. I don''t know if this is true but a jeweler told me that many of the old mine cuts were rounded off later in there life to look more like OEC''s. He said that my diamond looks like it may have been changed from an old mine cut to look more like its newer OEC friends.