Bling it on
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Jan 18, 2014
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Hi Pricescopers,
Have lately been dreaming of a fancy coloured diamond for a ring that currently holds a 0.5ct colourless diamond. Having spoken to my jeweller, the setting could hold up to a 1ct round. In that case, I have been doing a little bit of searching for a nice FCD - under 1ct to go into my ring.
Have been mostly looking at Pricescope vetted sites for coloured diamonds (DBL, Leibish etc) but did also did a bit of looking on Ebay out of curiosity. I then came across a vendor selling GIA certified colour treated diamonds. I didn't even realise that GIA certed such diamonds?? I understand that they do not certify fracture filled diamond but do cert laser drilled diamonds. I think I also recall a thread about GIA certing diamonds that had been "bleached" to become more colourless (HPHT colour annealing?) But I did not realise that GIA was certing fancy colour diamonds that had been treated to become that colour - a fancy colour (pink, yellow or blue for example)
Here is one example of a small fancy pink that I found. See pics below.
What are your thoughts? Would you buy such a diamond? I know most people's preference is to stick with natural - all natural - fancy colour diamonds, but the thing is - I can't afford a natural fancy pink in the half carat range!! The fact that this diamond is GIA certed is certainly making me think about it. The price on the listing is given as $1525USD (and there is a "Make an offer" option too, so I am assuming they might take an offer even if not much of a discount).
The diamond is to go into a ring for me to appreciate, wear and enjoy. Obviously I am not looking at buying a pink for any sort of investment purpose (though it wouldn't be investment grade anyway given the colour treatment.) I would like to buy, but am on the fence. Thinking out loud on Pricescope sometimes is a big help in making a decision!
Have lately been dreaming of a fancy coloured diamond for a ring that currently holds a 0.5ct colourless diamond. Having spoken to my jeweller, the setting could hold up to a 1ct round. In that case, I have been doing a little bit of searching for a nice FCD - under 1ct to go into my ring.
Have been mostly looking at Pricescope vetted sites for coloured diamonds (DBL, Leibish etc) but did also did a bit of looking on Ebay out of curiosity. I then came across a vendor selling GIA certified colour treated diamonds. I didn't even realise that GIA certed such diamonds?? I understand that they do not certify fracture filled diamond but do cert laser drilled diamonds. I think I also recall a thread about GIA certing diamonds that had been "bleached" to become more colourless (HPHT colour annealing?) But I did not realise that GIA was certing fancy colour diamonds that had been treated to become that colour - a fancy colour (pink, yellow or blue for example)
Here is one example of a small fancy pink that I found. See pics below.
What are your thoughts? Would you buy such a diamond? I know most people's preference is to stick with natural - all natural - fancy colour diamonds, but the thing is - I can't afford a natural fancy pink in the half carat range!! The fact that this diamond is GIA certed is certainly making me think about it. The price on the listing is given as $1525USD (and there is a "Make an offer" option too, so I am assuming they might take an offer even if not much of a discount).
The diamond is to go into a ring for me to appreciate, wear and enjoy. Obviously I am not looking at buying a pink for any sort of investment purpose (though it wouldn't be investment grade anyway given the colour treatment.) I would like to buy, but am on the fence. Thinking out loud on Pricescope sometimes is a big help in making a decision!