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Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Jun 8, 2013
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- 4
First post and unfortunately, it is not a good one. I recently became engaged and a few days later, while looking at pictures of the ring, I noticed a chip on/cleavage of two of the upper girdle facets. I tried to capture the damage, below. Is this stone salveagable???
The center stone was a 2.01 F SI1 XXX. Now, with the chip I'm not sure if it is even above that magic 2 ct mark. Ideally, I would be able to recut and save the stone without losing cut quality or too much size. I fear a large reduction in diameter, however, based on the location of the damage. Does insurance seem to be the way to go and if so, what would you get for the $27,500 the center stone is (somewhat conservatively, imho) appraised for? I bought the ring before I stumbled upon PS, and now I'm afraid I won't be able to settle for anything less than AGS0-type cut, though I don't want to give up the colorless range either (for purely sentimental reasons). Assuming I could do better than JA/Blue Nile pricing by a few percentage points, what would you do?
The center stone was a 2.01 F SI1 XXX. Now, with the chip I'm not sure if it is even above that magic 2 ct mark. Ideally, I would be able to recut and save the stone without losing cut quality or too much size. I fear a large reduction in diameter, however, based on the location of the damage. Does insurance seem to be the way to go and if so, what would you get for the $27,500 the center stone is (somewhat conservatively, imho) appraised for? I bought the ring before I stumbled upon PS, and now I'm afraid I won't be able to settle for anything less than AGS0-type cut, though I don't want to give up the colorless range either (for purely sentimental reasons). Assuming I could do better than JA/Blue Nile pricing by a few percentage points, what would you do?