Meroë Oval Solitario | Diamante de Laboratorio

I was nervous buying a lab-grown diamond sight unseen, but the basket setting is so elegant in person and the stone has this lovely vintage sparkle that photos just don’t capture. My fiancée hasn’t stopped staring at her hand since I proposed, and the prong halo makes it look way more expensive than

The halo of soft prongs catches the light from every angle, and the lab-grown stone has that crisp, brilliant sparkle I hoped for. It sits low enough that I don’t snag it on sweaters, which was my biggest worry.

The sweeping basket sits surprisingly low and secure, so it doesn’t snag on sweater sleeves the way I worried it might. The halo of soft prongs frames the stone beautifully from every angle, and I’ve caught myself staring at it during zoom calls all week.