UNBELIVABLE BEAUTIFUL!!!! 

Seriously, sorry about the blizzard. I spoke with my 80-year-old Dad earlier today and he was outside with his snow blower.   

I need to call again and check on him...

I love the purple!  It's totally awesome .  .  .  what an absolutely perfect color.  

Mikla

Oh my, oh, my! What a beauty that purple is!  Almost as gorgeous as Li'L BLOOO!

What a gorgeous purple pink diamond!  DBL - do you have any plans for it?

more pinks............. although i am craving one totally purple. i would like to compare it with a pink or purpulish pink.

No need to duck, shiba!

Perhaps there is an issue of weight and proportion that is creating conflict for your eye... ? To explain what I mean: size generally indicates a certain weightiness to an object. So, sometimes when I see a large "weighty" gem, with a fine, delicate border, it seems like the gem is about to "bust out" from its frame. It is like looking at a large painting with a tiny, thin frame... the frame is not enough to hold your eye "inside" the painting. It all has to do with proportion and visual weightiness. I think that may be what is going on here.

To that end, this may not have been my choice for such a stone either. Regardless, I think the mounting is exquisite, and certainly, it does not distract. Really, I'd be over-the-moon to walk out the door with this puppy... as is!

Now that I think about it... I remember trying on a similarly sized and shaped diamond ring with a similarly styled setting last time when I was at DBL. I LOVED it on my hand, and if it had been DBL quality and David had kept it to sell – it was not and he did not –  I would have begged, borrowed and stole for it.  Because of the setting style, and my perceived preference for other settings, I would not have given the ring a second thought if I'd just seen it in photos. Hummm... makes me think here...

Although David's photos are very good in terms of reflecting what your eye sees, these uber close-up online photos still can distort the eye's perception somewhat. Hard to know what the overall impression actually may be until this one is seen IRL. (I may have to break down, make the sacrifice, and travel to NYC to see this in person  ).

I hope, when the time comes, that my DH buries the proceeds from the sale of my house (as he said he would), deep, DEEP, in the ground. For, I'll surely be looking for a way to snitch some funds in order to snag a BIG PINK diamond. 

*SIGH*

David,
On the purple pink diamond, if you were to mount it with a halo, would it be better to surround it with yellow diamonds or pink diamonds to bring out the purple pink color?

Love that stone!
Sheryl  

I'd go white all the way to bring out the color of the center stone . . . maybe a Princess Di style setting?

Something a la Miss Tropicana . . . and this purple stone is a cushion with beautifully rounded corners so I think the effect would be really grand.  Honestly, with this unique color and a DBL-quality setting, it would be a once-in-a-lifetime ring.  Swoon!

or to be exact... this is it.

Thank you both very much!  So, do you think DBL would take 2 children in as part of the trade-in?  If I didn't have to pay their college tuition, I would have this purple pink cushion ring!  I paid for my college,  they should pay for theirs.  Right?   

Send them to a community college for the first 2 years - that helps keep the cost down.  Unfortunately, mine insisted on a private University and both want to get their Master's degrees.  I was able to get 2 merit scholarships for each of them - one from my work and one from the University - so that really helps.  Good luck!