Anyone know about diamond rings?
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Comments (11)We inherited three diamonds from my DHs family. One was from his great uncle's pinky ring. We had it made into a drop pendant of the diamond only in a thin rim of silver, and hung it on a slender chain. That was a gift from us to our only daughter to wear on her wedding day with the diamond studs her groom gave her. We have about a 1 carat diamond from his grandmother's ring, and that stone has been offered to our son to put in a setting for his fiance, whenever he finally decides to get engaged. DH also had a mother's ring made for me, with stones for our 3 children--two emeralds and one sapphire. But it looked too dark and needed sparkle with those dark stones, and so we put in the center of them a smaller diamond from his grandmother, which is the April birth stone, the month we got married. Those stones had sat in the safety deposit box for many years. One is still there. But we waited to use them when the occasion seemed to call for it. DD looked beautiful on her wedding day with her great, great uncle's diamond hanging from a slender chain around her neck to match the earrings her groom gave her....See Moreanyone know if schrock/thomasville/diamond are interchangeable???
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Comments (49)I think the "3 months salary" rule was invented by deBeers in a 1930s marketing campaign. Obviously it was pretty successful. There's a few vendors selling synthetic diamond, which do not carry the "blood diamond" stigma, although they seem to top out at 1 carat. Synthetic is compositionally the same as mined, although I think they put something in so that a jeweler/professional can tell the difference. I never considered that a jeweler offering to clean a ring might not be on the up and up. The only time I had my ring cleaned the person was right back with it in about 10 minutes....and I have a unique setting that is probably not possible for the average jeweler to be able to re-set a stone in that amount of time. One of the "four Cs" is clarity -- the prices start to really hike up for quality diamonds above 1 carat (well ok, depends on budget what is considered a lot of money to spend)..... one etiquette rule I'd never considered (well, like life, never considered until I encountered it)... don't ever hold out your hands to show off a diamond in a group. One friend went for a 3carat size, but in order to afford it, they had to make concessions - not visible to most, particularly in every day wear. But when the hands shot out for the "group engagement ring show off" -- it was pretty darn yellow/dingy compared to the higher quality stones... more power to folks with the disposable income for high quality large diamonds. Rock on. Another consideration could be insurance; if the owner of a large diamond ring wants to insure it -- that's can cost a fair amount on an annual basis....See Morenini804
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