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3 Budget MMD's from Different Retailers Compared

doribird

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I've been on a lab grown diamond kick lately, and thought pictures of the pieces I've purchased might be helpful. They all came from different sources, and were each well under $1000.

The .90 carat solitaire in yellow gold came from New World Diamonds, and you can read about my fiasco in the thread asking about that company. It's a well cut, clean diamond that has a VERY warm color. I personally love it, but I realize it might not appeal so much to others.

The middle pendant is the .50 ct colorless Lightbox. I bought it during Bloomingdales sale. It's very white and well cut. The size is a bit smaller than I expected, and the design allows the diamond to flip over a lot, so frustrating!

The halo ring is from JTV. I couldn't find much mention of JTV on here, so I was wary to order. This is a nice little ring. As white as the lightbox and very clean. The center is .25 ct, but it looks larger, and is a great right hand ring. The cut doesn't seem as good as the other two, but it throws off nice sparkles. It is set in a 14kt gold setting as well, which is slightly unusual for JTV. I was pleasantly surprised with this ring when I got it.

Pictures (if you want any additional pictures of anything, I'll get my actual camera out. These are just pictures on my phone):
 

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Thank you for the pictures and comments! :))

They look really good!

The NWD stone does look the most well-cut in terms of the arrows patterning - do you have an ASETscope to check each of them out??
 
I don't have an ASETscope, but it'd be interesting to see how each performs. Maybe someday!
 
Thank you for sharing your experience and these pictures! I find the .5 Lightbox pendant very tempting. I think I am going to wait and see if they release 1.5 or 2 tcw studs.
 
The pendant is nice, but it does roll around on my neck a lot. My future plan down the road a ways is to mount the stone in a target ring setting from Ivy and Rose.
 
The pendant is nice, but it does roll around on my neck a lot. My future plan down the road a ways is to mount the stone in a target ring setting from Ivy and Rose.

Oooh - I really like the Ivy and Rose target rings! That's a great idea =)2
 
Thanks for these pics--super helpful! I love your stone from NWD even though the overall experience with them sounded extremely sub-par.
 
I added a chain extender to mine with a dangle end and it doesn’t move at all. You don’t even need to extend length, just use it for weight.
 
The pendant is nice, but it does roll around on my neck a lot. My future plan down the road a ways is to mount the stone in a target ring setting from Ivy and Rose.

THATS WHAT I WANT TO do! Lol great minds think alike!
 
Thanks for sharing! :kiss2: I have been looking at MMDs lately.
 
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