[Megathread] Fatty Friday!

It’s Fatty Friday! Post your biggest, baddest diamond—we want to see the stones that make your hand look tiny. Natural, lab-grown, antique, modern, colorless, or fancy color: show us what you’ve got and include the specs if you know them! 👀✨

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u/OlaFineGems — 6 days ago

Hi 👋🏾 New Moderator

Hi everyone!

My name is Georgie! I am a new moderator for this sub! I truly love diamonds and diamond collecting so it seemed like a perfect opportunity to join this community delicious diamond has built!!! With this change I’m excited to hear your guys feedback and requests. It seemed like this sub was flourishing for a while and then ultimately died down, so I’d like to revitalize it. What would you like to see changed? Are there any rules you’d like implemented? We also want to start a trusted vendors list so please message the mods if you’re interested in becoming a trusted vendor. One of the new rules will be only trusted vendors will be allowed to post, however all vendors will be allowed to engage in the comments with helpful industry insights. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this!

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u/OlaFineGems — 9 days ago
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This ring was made in unplated 14k white gold but wondering if 18k would’ve been better

I’m wondering if 18k would’ve been a better fit for this unplated white gold ring because it’s still a little bit too white for my liking. 18k=higher gold content, slightly yellower but not yellow gold yellow if you catch my drift. What do you think?

u/OlaFineGems — 9 days ago

Custom cut diamond!

A customer asked me for a super elongated champagne pear. This is waiting to be certified but is likely a j/k

u/OlaFineGems — 15 days ago
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Loving this champagne diamond with unplated white gold

It’s hard to pick up on camera but the warmth of the band and the stone really compliment each other! I think next time I’ll do 18kt unplated to bring out the yellow a little bit more. This is 14kt.

u/OlaFineGems — 15 days ago

Debating between which of these 4ct pink beauties will be my engagement ring

Do you guys have a preference? I’ve known for a while I wanted a pink pear but recently sourced some for a different project. That project fell through so I decided I’d keep one of the pears for myself. Which one should I keep?

u/OlaFineGems — 2 months ago

I want to see who has the biggest diamond ring in the sub!

I want to see the biggest fattest diamond ring! I’m curious to see if we have anyone over 20cts here! Sound off in the comments. Winner gets bragging rights lol.?

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u/OlaFineGems — 3 months ago
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I produced my first ring

Just produced my first piece of jewelry for someone outside of family and friends and I am so proud of it.

I’m still very much in the learning phase. Right now I’m taking online GIA courses to better understand diamonds and jewelry at a deeper level, while also taking business classes at my local community college. My father is a businessman and he told me I needed to take a class on it because at this point “you don’t even know what you don’t know”

Which leads me to this next part lol. I definitelyyyyy misquoted this ring and sold it at a loss but I honored the original price I gave the customer and just charged the difference to the cost of learning business properly. There were so many other costs I just didn’t factor in to my original quote and I learned that very quickly.

I’m also incredibly grateful I found a fantastic US-based manufacturer with 30+ years of B2B experience that I can literally drive to. Yes, it costs more than going overseas, and I’ve lost a few interested clients because they can get it cheaper in China but at this stage I need that level of experience, communication, and guidance while I build my own foundation and I think it really shows in the quality of this ring.

Still learning every day, but really proud of this milestone!

u/OlaFineGems — 3 months ago

🚨 AURELINNE PRICE BEAT SPECIAL 🚨

Found a diamond on Aurelinne? Send me the IGI number and I’ll match BOTH the listed price and the discount code. 👀💎

But here’s the difference: every stone is vetted by a team of GIA graduates and industry professionals with 30+ years of experience. No blindly picking from a database and hoping for the best. We review cut quality, light performance, bow ties, windowing, durability concerns, and all the little details that make or break a diamond. If it doesn’t match the standard of a stone we’d sell ourselves, we will let you know and present a better stone at a comparable price!

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u/OlaFineGems — 3 months ago

90 days on Etsy!

I should definitely put more listings up but I don’t carry much stock because gemstones are expensive! Most of my sales have been custom gemstone sourcing requests.

u/OlaFineGems — 3 months ago

Not sure why I only got $200 today?

I don’t think I understand the Etsy reserve system. My current net profit on Etsy for this month is $1,779.19. So if my reserve minimum is $0 shouldn’t I have received all of that today?

u/OlaFineGems — 3 months ago