Tacori Engagement Ring, "Gunk" Under Prongs in Engagement Ring ?
Q.Help! A couple days ago I was looking at my wife's engagement ring (we've been married a year) when I noticed for the first time that there's some kind of dark brown-black solder or residue under several of the prongs which doesn't clean off. Now, I bought this diamond (and ring/setting) from a reputable midtown Manhattan jeweler, but before I bring the ring back to have it examined by the dealer (and alarm my wife), I wanted to see if anyone knew what this was. Serious trouble damaged diamond? Will it come off with a new setting? Anyone ever heard of something like this?
A.Sounds like dirt (to be honest). A good soak in the ultrasonic followed by a little steaming should fix it. There really isn't any reason for solder to be in that spot since the head gets solder on first and then the seats get cut. If there was solder there the bur (seat cutter) would have cut it out. If it doesn't come off it could very easily be solder. We don't know that it wasn't an estate ring that has been retipped. From the color of the "gunk" and the fact that it doesn't come off, that would be my guess. By the way, with the scant information given, a guess is all that it is. True. I guess I watch too much HBO. My assumption was that since they live in Manhattan and since Sex in the City says MQ is out and Princess is in, I assumed that he had either a round or princess modern (traditional or tacori-ish) design.
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