The moment, and the ring...

These pictures DO NOT do it justice but it's a "raw diamond" dark in color- a gorgeous lavendar in the sun and as dark as night in low light. Surrounded by yellow hammered gold and designed by a jeweler on Montana in Santa monica (with the help of my lovely fiance).

Learn more about raw diamonds the way I first did here. And I dare you not to fall in love with the unique and one of a kind designs these "conflict free/green" gems inspire.

The 3 C's do not apply here obviously (because the color, sediment and flaws disqualify it from ever being able to be cut into the diamonds we know so well....but it's pretty darn awesome!