My first post on TK was a request for advice: my then-BF and I were looking at engagement rings, but my parents had given us a large (over 14 carats) natural yellow sapphire. It was an investment stone, which meant a couple of things. One: My parents were poor/strange investors. Two: it was badly cut and had never been set into jewelry. My dilemma was: use the swanky, big stone - which would have to be re-cut and custom-set - or go with a traditional, more modest, diamond ring. Same price.Overwhelmingly, you said go with the diamond.In the end, you made a good call. After wearing my diamond engagement ring for a couple of weeks, I have realized that the sapphire was much too large to be practical. Here's a comparison picture, with my engagement ring and the sapphire:[img]
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/myother1/IMG_0081.jpg[/img]Go Knotties.