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My FI and I designed my ring ourselves with a bespoke jeweler, so yes, I definitely got the ring I wanted, although what I wanted changed very much from what I thought I wanted once I'd tried on a few rings.

It's a round center stone with tapered baguettes on the side, set in platinum.  The center stone is .83 carats, F color, VS 2 clarity, and the GIA cut is "excellent."  It has slight flourescence which I love- it makes it more sparkly! :-)  I can't remember the carat weight of the side stones (maybe .20 each?), and they are E/F color, VS clarity.

Color and cut were what concerned me most, since I could see the difference in color and sparkle between an F and an H, for instance, and between an "excellent" cut and a "very good cut" so we prioritised those.  I found that clarity doesn't make much difference as long as it's "eye clean." 

My ring is an antique. From the appraisal, it has a .5 carat center stone, I1 clarity, F color (there are no visible inflections, and one jeweler who looked at it thought it was VS). It has 5 pave set small stones going down from each side of the center band, and another 15 small pave set stones making a pattern on both sides of the band. All set in white gold

I know this is an older post but it's a really interesting question so I thought I'd contribute!

FI really worked hard to find a high quality stone and he did great! My e-ring is .64 carat, G color, VVS2 clarity. We're upgrading in a few weeks...hopefully we'll get as close to these stats as possible! :)

I like this question, too! My diamond is round cut, excellent grade cut, .52 carat, VS2 clarity, and F color. The cut is what makes the diamond absolutely sparkle in the light. It's fabulous. :) I found that the color and clarity don't matter as much when the cut is flawless.

@MsAnnaLytical: I wonder if it works the other way around -- does the cut matter quite as much if the clarity is flawless or internally flawless?

@ejs4y8: I love your ring! I'm hoping to upgrade to almost that exact same stone. I love cushion cuts! :)

Ladies, your rings are gorgeous! *sigh*

@jacqualine: My fiance bought a diamond from Blue Nile, which he found a great price for.  He went to the b&m store to compare the online diamond and one he had previously picked out in the store.  The side by side comparison showed that the online diamond had better specs overall, and it cost a fraction of the price.  The store was desperate to keep a sale and a customer, and they gave him a ridiculously good price ($2k less than the original quoted price) for a name brand diamond (Lazare Kaplan).  After much debating, he went with the store diamond and returned the one online.  If he had the money, he would have kept the one online as well.

Specs found from my fiance's post on pricescope that I didn't know about until after the proposal...

<span class="BodyFont">Lazare Kaplan
Shape and Style:   Round Brilliant
Measurements:    6.33 - 6.42 x 3.86 mm
Cut Grade:   AGS Ideal 0
Color Grade:   AGS 3.0 (J)
Clarity Grade:   AGS 2 (VVS2)
Carat Weight   0.948

Table:   56.4%
Crown Angle:    34.1
Crown Height:    14.8%
Girdle:   Faceted, 0.9% to 3.3%
Pavilion Angle:   40.9
Pavilion Depth:   43.1%
Star Length:   50%
Lower Girdle Length:   80%
Total Depth:    60.5%
Culet:    Very Small

HCA of 1.2

I don't know exactly what all of that means, but it's an ideal cut, J color, VVS2, and 0.948 carats.  The side stones bring the overall carats to a little over 1.  My diamond and setting is almost identical to sal75, except my diamond is smaller.

My FH did a great job as well.

Fancy Light Yellow Color

VVS2 clarity

Brilliant Cushion Cut

A little over 3 kts. 

The setting is awesome b/c its both yellow and white gold by Parade designs and has a micro pave setting with white diamonds and the side settings around the center molding has yellow diamonds :)

@val1027: your ring is gorgeous and our settings are almost identical! :)

I have pictures of my ring, just not with me but it is very similar to this one:

The intimate details of the ring are:

• 3 stone ring, trellis design
• Carat: 1.5 ctw. Center stone .8 carat, two side stones ~ .6 carat
• Cut: Excellent on all three
• Clarity: VVS2 on all three
• Color: H on all three

I love my ring! The only pitfall is the side stones are easily loosened because there are only three prongs.  The jeweler said its not normally a problem but my diamonds are larger than what they typically see in this style.  Oh well, I love it anyways!

@blushingaudrey: It's funny, shortly after I wrote that comment I found the answer to my own question. I definitely knew that cut was pretty important but wasn't sure what its priority was compared to the other three C's...until now. Thanks for the explanation!

PS -- your ring is gorgeous! :)

@Sal75 and Val1027  SO in love with your rings! That's exactly what I want. Round on a diamond band. So classic. Going to Pricescope and Good Old Gold now, lol!

My ring is .5 center stone, with .25 side stones. It's small and I love it.

It's what my FI could afford without going into debt and it's nice a sparkly and perfect.

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