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D provides absolute colorlessness in an old mine oval. The antique-style faceting with larger facets and open culet can show body color more prominently than modern ovals. D eliminates any warmth concerns, ensuring the vintage elongated stone appears ice-white through every broad flash of its characteristic antique sparkle.
Old mine ovals have larger, more open facets that can transmit body color more visibly than modern ovals. The higher crown and open culet create broader light flashes that may reveal warmth at lower color grades. At D, this is irrelevant since there is no body color. The distinction matters more at G and below.
VS1 or VS2. The old mine oval's larger facets are somewhat more transparent than modern crushed-ice ovals but less transparent than emerald step cuts. VS2 is typically eye-clean. VS1 provides extra assurance for the larger antique facet pattern.
A D old mine oval natural diamond looks best in vintage-inspired solitaire settings, east-west orientations, and ornate halo designs. With D color (colorless), only detectable by trained gemologists with master stones. The antique facet pattern produces broad, romantic light flashes different from modern ovals. All Do Amore rings include free lifetime maintenance covering inspections, polishing, cleaning, stone tightening, rhodium plating, and resizing.