Design

“Could This Gem be a Little Bigger?” (How Big is Your Wallet?)

I get asked the question posed in the title about once a week.  Two out of three times I don’t hear back after my response.  I guess it's time to cut down on some of these questions, and put the request for bigger gems into perspective.
Let’s start with basic gem sizes and weights: each mm increase in diameter roughly doubles the weight of the gem.  Since gem prices are determined by weight, this...
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