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Message:: [QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 11338557, member: 10944"]Thanks guys. CCE is an interesting outcome for me! Not a stone I was very familiar with. I’ve seen them online but it wasn’t in my immediate mental Rolodex. The only one I knew of with “lines” (for lack of knowing a better term) off the top of my head were star sapphires, hence my guess. Thought maybe it was a yellow star sapphire that gave up being a star 33% through the job. I was looking at it closer after seeing your posts and I think I unfortunately discovered a crack or fracture in the top of the stone. The top “prongs” are also uneven. It looks like where they meet the stone a fault line of sorts may have formed. I’ll get better photos in a few days. You can’t see it unless you are looking at it top down with a loupe but it looks like something is wrong there. Very sad. I paid up for this one but I at least bought it for a small chunk under melt and nearly a year ago, so melt has gone up a lot since then. I had just assumed the top stone was a diamond but maybe it’s not. I do have a diamond tester so I can check that one. It’s a humdinger even if there is an issue with the main stone. I think a decent amount of potential buyers won’t be too worried about that as it seems totally stable at least. Who knows maybe I’ll even keep it. I’ve let go of some pretty great tie bars and cufflinks in the past. Even if I only wear it once or twice in my life it would be fun when I do.[/QUOTE]