dreamer_dachsie
Super_Ideal_Rock
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- Dec 16, 2007
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Okay, I am looking to trade in some small diamonds that I have for a single larger diamond with my local jeweler. My solitaire is warmer in color, so I am looking to get a nice little stone in the colorless range so I can enjoy the icyness. He has found me a .63ct, ideal cut, F color diamond that is in my budget and is a real beauty -- nice arrows, good fire, sparkle wow.
The catch -- if that''s what you would call it -- is that it is an I1! I looked at this puppy in pot lighting, florescent lighting, in the shade, indirect lighting, and couldn''t for the life of me see the inclusions with my naked eye. Using the loupe they are, of course, more obvious -- a foggy looking spot near the edge, and a cluster of white and brown dots under the table. Makes the stone easy to identify
But it is totally and completely eye clean, even at 1-2 inches. In his estimation it is more like an SI2 than an I1, but still it is priced accoring to its lab grading. I very much loved the diamond and with my trade-in budget I would need to go down in size or down in color a fair bit to get a higher clarity grade.
Now my question for you is whether or not it would bother you to just *know* those inclusions were there?
The catch -- if that''s what you would call it -- is that it is an I1! I looked at this puppy in pot lighting, florescent lighting, in the shade, indirect lighting, and couldn''t for the life of me see the inclusions with my naked eye. Using the loupe they are, of course, more obvious -- a foggy looking spot near the edge, and a cluster of white and brown dots under the table. Makes the stone easy to identify
Now my question for you is whether or not it would bother you to just *know* those inclusions were there?