My visit to Langerman Diamonds

[Marlow]

A million dollar - but you get a Chanel plastic bag????


I love this one...

http://www.langerman-diamonds.com/shop/4720-green-diamond-octagon-0_19-ct-polished.html

 

[Marlow]

@kroshka

I found the 0,22 ct pinkpurple - they should give you a job - like your pics more than the vendors pics.

 

[kroshka]

@kroshka

I found the 0,22 ct pinkpurple - they should give you a job - like your pics more than the vendors pics.

Thanks Marlow, I take that as a very nice compliment!

Kroshka

 

[kroshka]

Some random blues - don't recall the sizes exactly, but they were under 0.15ct for sure.





Kroshka

 

[kroshka]

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[kroshka]

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[kroshka]

Here is a stone that I bought - guess the weight - it is tiny!


Kroshka

 

[marcy]

Wow, how wonderful to see these beauties.

 

[gregchang35]

WOW!!!

i like that one that you bought- nice colour green blue???.... i am guessing that it is under 0.1ct so let me guess at 0.05ct...

 

[kroshka]

Thanks Marcy!

Greg - how about one more guess, as the stone is less than 0.05ct....

Kroshka

 

[pinkjewel]

Thanks Marcy!

Greg - how about one more guess, as the stone is less than 0.05ct....

Kroshka

.02?

 

[kroshka]

Thanks Marcy!

Greg - how about one more guess, as the stone is less than 0.05ct....

Kroshka

.02?

It's smaller than that too....lol

Kroshka

 

[pinkjewel]

Thanks Marcy!

Greg - how about one more guess, as the stone is less than 0.05ct....

Kroshka

.02?

It's smaller than that too....lol

Kroshka

Well, in that case a one pointer? and did you buy more than 1?

 

[Marlow]

0,015 ct ??

The most expensive in the world !

Beautiful - I'm jealous!!! Hope it has fluorescence - so you find it easier on the carpet

With a plastic bag ??

 

[kroshka]

Drumroll please.....0.005ct - yup 1/2 pointer It was so tiny it got stuck to the diamond tweezer by itself for the photo. I've never seen natural FCD's in such saturated colors in tiny tiny rounds before. Picked up 2 of them, as there were not that many but wish I could have had a whole parcel of them! Rare but at least I know they exist.

Kroshka

 

[Marlow]

some inclusions are larger!!!

 

[gregchang35]

Noice- 1/2 pointers... Yummy colour!! Congrats.

 

[kroshka]

Kroshka

 

[mr_kroshka]

The 1/2 pointer went flying on the floor while we were trying to photograph it. Luckily Kroshka spotted it (she never misses the FCD's )

 

[lambskin]

it just amazes me how the cutting can be so beautiful even on 1 pointers. How many facets are on these stones? Pardon my ignorance but where does the fine cutting occur on such small stones? India, Belgium or Amsterdam or another place?

 

[Marlow]

This collection is awesome!!!!

Need some too!!!!

 

[LoversKites]

Kroshka

I realllly like the larger elongated blue.

 

[LoversKites]

it just amazes me how the cutting can be so beautiful even on 1 pointers. How many facets are on these stones? Pardon my ignorance but where does the fine cutting occur on such small stones? India, Belgium or Amsterdam or another place?

Maybe Israel? I dunno. Hope someone here will answer the question as I'm curious myself.

And Kroshka, your 1/2 pointer has beautiful colour. The entire little collection does.

 

[chrono]

Lots more lovely FCDs!

 

[kroshka]

it just amazes me how the cutting can be so beautiful even on 1 pointers. How many facets are on these stones? Pardon my ignorance but where does the fine cutting occur on such small stones? India, Belgium or Amsterdam or another place?

Hi lambskin,

I believe the small stones were cut in India. I can't speak as to how many facets are on these stones, if you look carefully the cutting does vary a bit, but because they are so small, you can't see it that much unless you magnify them in photos or look very very carefully in proper lighting.

Kroshka

 

[kroshka]

it just amazes me how the cutting can be so beautiful even on 1 pointers. How many facets are on these stones? Pardon my ignorance but where does the fine cutting occur on such small stones? India, Belgium or Amsterdam or another place?

Maybe Israel? I dunno. Hope someone here will answer the question as I'm curious myself.

And Kroshka, your 1/2 pointer has beautiful colour. The entire little collection does.

Thanks LoversKites! It seems a bit strange to say I've collected a 1/2 pointer fcd, but then again that color said it had to be part of the collection

Kroshka

 

[kroshka]

Lots more lovely FCDs!

Thanks Chrono!

Kroshka

 

[kroshka]

This collection is awesome!!!!

Need some too!!!!

Thanks Marlow! Wish every stone I photographed could be mine.....lol. Do you currently have any FCDs? If not, highly recommended you have a least have a few tiny ones

Kroshka

 

[Marlow]

Not many...

two small pink bought around 1988 - quite cheap but terrible clarity.

And some diamond purchased on ebay - from India and Thailand - cheap and "untreated" - was a bit gambling - some def. treated course
color and fluorescence are typical - some not - will send the larger ones step by step to GIA - a 0,29 fancy deep gray cushion for less then
100$???? We will see - o.k. deal if treated - super deal if really untreated.

But pink and blue in tiny gems .... why not.

 

[Langerman_Diamonds]

Wow!!! Gorgeous pictures Kroshka, you have really done our stones justice! It was our pleasure to host you in our office and we would love to host you again if you ever return to Antwerp for a visit.

Just to quickly address a couple of questions regarding our policies and the certification issue. We have access to one of the largest stocks of natural colored diamonds (or FCD’s as referred to here), some of which my father has been collecting since before FCD’s were popular (I know this is hard to believe, but there was a time when FCD’s were placed in the path of rejection).

So, to have every FCD certified in advance would, first, be an enormous task, and more importantly, it would not be economically viable for us. Then, to top it all off, the GIA has an incredible backlog of work due to high demand and it takes 4-8 weeks to get a stone graded by the GIA. This is why our preference tends to lean towards the IGI, whom we believe is an equally credible laboratory and a great alternative to the GIA. At the IGI it is half the time only taking 10-14 days.

Also, our main client body is made up mostly of jewelers and diamond dealers, as we remain a wholesale natural colored diamond shop first, and most professionals in the trade do not require a certificate. In fact, they usually only demand a certificate for diamonds that have a value above $5,000.

Lastly, how much confidence do you have in a certificate dating from the 1940’s? I don’t know about you, but if I were going to make the splurge, I would probably want to get that diamond certified again. Science has progressed so much over the decades and continues to leap mounds, while a certificate from decades ago has its prestige, I would doubt its scientific accuracy. Although it is a nice thought to think that we would sell all of our diamonds within the next decade, it is just not realistic. This is why we prefer to wait and then have the diamond certified according to our customers’ preferences.

With all of this being said, we are happy to get any of our stones above $800 certified for you by the IGI and any stone above $1,500 by the GIA, free of charge. However, for stones below this price we ask you to pay a participation for the certification costs (between $80-$150), but we are always happy to get that done for you. Our website was first created as a tool to bring awareness to natural colored diamonds and their many shades, serving the main purpose of sharing our passion around the world.

I hope this demystifies any concerns! If not, then please do not hesitate to ask

P.S. @lambskin all round diamonds, even the very small diamonds, have 57 facets