Here's a split shank solitaire diamond ring
We start with a lovely antique diamond ( more details on that below). It is set next to natural pink diamonds. The "ivory white" center diamonds, and Natural Pink Diamonds running down the shank
Center Diamond
We scour the secondary market to find desirable antique diamonds.
In this case, a transitional cut- GIA calls it "Circular Brilliant"
The facets are large - giving us large, brught flashes of refelcted light. They are sometimes lovingly reffered to as "Chunky facets"
The stone has a little biy of body color- GIA graded it L.
It doesn't really come across as yellow, more like softer, antuque white.
The diamond is not perfectly symmetrical, which really takes nothing away from the beauty- GIA noted this in it's "fiar" symmetry grade. Of course thier job is a clinical one. Some of the most lovely things are not exacly syymetrical
When we found the stone, it was showing wear from its' age- we had an expert cutter bring the stone back to "brandy new" condition"
The ring is beautifully finished- so nice to the touch.
It is solid.
Built to wear on a daily basis