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ADVICE Needed: Ladies with J stones

DiamondsNPearls

DiamondsNPearls

Brilliant_Rock
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Hey everyone, I'm new to the board & getting married next year (February 2014) & my fiance has let me choose the E-ring that I wanted. I knew I always wanted a 1ct so yesterday I went to our family jeweler, & he offered us a 1.02ct ideal cut, brilliant round J color SI2. I've done my diamond homework & was a little concerned about the J color being warmer. I couldn't see the "spots, specks" in the SI2.

I am dark-skinned (think milk-chocolate brown) & the ring is 14k white gold. Will the color tint be very obvious?

However, the stone was beautiful, & the ring setting is vintage/antique halo. I'm just curious about whether it is too big for a size 4.5 finger, (think: skinny fingers) & if it will be too yellow compared to the white gold on black skin?

The other option was a .80ct I color SI1, but I chose the J because I thought it was romantic & went well with the vintage/antique theme.

Any other ladies care to share?

Thanks!
 
I have a 2 ct. J oval that I love. I'm fortunate that I like warmer colors and am fine with lower clarity as long as I can't see black spots and such.

In some environments (think beige or brown walls) you will see more tint than in others. But a warmer diamond in a vintage halo should be gorgeous.

Too big? No such thing here on PS :). The warmer color will probably actually look even better on your warmer skin than it does on someone like me, who has pasty white skin.

If you love it, that's all that matters. You won't be running around telling everyone what color it is and they're not going to ask. Besides, it's probably not going to be any warmer than the diamonds people purchased from many brick & mortar or chain jewelry stores.

liz
 
J is okay however is it certifiede J or is it his opionion J there might be a big difference. Put the stone you are looking at next to other stones of higher quality look at the from the side with a piece of white paper behind it. Also take them outside take them under the table in the store so they aren't in direct light.

Most of us prefer not to go lower than g/h for engagment rings but some also prefer the warmer.

I am about to buy J studs for a friend and that's because noone will ever look at them from the side. On you J stone if you beZel set it you wouldn't notice from the side but how do you feel it looks from the top down.

Remember we all get excited when we have that stone in our hand but it is a almost forever purchase so be sure the "J" is the warm color you want and you are not settling because you want that 1 carat.
 
He said it is certified GIA J.
 
Who certified it is (is a J) what people were really asking. GIA is strictest, AGS next, then EGL USA, and EGL Israel and GAL an IGI and those "mall store labs." A EGL USA J might be a K or L from GIA. Cutters and jewelers and diamond owners shop labs in order to get the diamond the most favorable rating.

(eta: If it's an EGL USA, for example, it's important to know how close it is to, say, a GIA or AGS J color, because the price for a GIA K or L should be lower than for a J. To avoid overpaying, if it's not a true J color, then the price should be close to a K price or L price or whatever color grade GIA or AGS would call it.)

Page through this [URL='https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/smtr-helpful-threads-archive.131796/']https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/smtr-helpful-threads-archive.131796/[/URL] and find threads showing J and K and other warmer colors in various metals and ct weights. That may give you a better idea. Yessie has a J set in unplated white gold. Keep in mind that you want to look for a comparison ring that has a center diamond J color in maybe .8 or .9 to 1.25ct size range, because that's close to your 1.02ct. (Larger diamonds concentrate color more.)

eta: Not that my opinion matters, but I like the J/K colors set in YG, WG, or rose gold better than in platinum. But you'll see some platinum rings in those threads, too. You get to do it your way, haha.
 
Hi, and welcome! :wavey:

A big ditto to everything Libby said - I think a one carat stone will look fabulous on your long, think fingers, and I think a GIA J won't look tinted to the naked eye, particularly not in a halo. And the contrast with a warmer skin tone will probably make the stone look even brighter. Like Libby, I'm pretty pasty, but when my friends who have olive or brown tones to their skin try it on, I don't see the tint intensity: if anything, I think it's minimized!

My J looks very white face-up: I can see some tint from the side against a pale background, but that's all. Oh, and many people say blue fluorescence makes their stones look whiter: if you're still shopping, that's something to consider.

Most important, though - do you know the cut parameters on the stone? Those will make the biggest difference to how the stone looks, much more so than color or clarity.
 
Circe is spot on if the J looks good face up and you are happy with it on your finger and it is GIA certified J ( which means it might be H-I with other labs) go for it.
 
Just my two cents, since this was true in my case: it seemed to me the more excellent the cut, the less the color seemed to matter, at least to my eyes. I've also been told that to most people an H-J set in WG is going to look just fine and white.
 
I agree that a 1ct would look stunning on your long slender fingers! :love: if the stone is cut well and at that size I don't think you'll notice any color. My diamond is a 1.09 VS2 J and it was set in yellow gold semi bezel setting (it's my moms diamond that she gave to me) and we resets it into a palladium setting. The stone faces up a beautiful white and the only time I notice any color in the stone is under certain lights and from the side.

Here is the link to my ring (the before and after) [URL='https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/custom-engagement-ring-with-heirloom-diamond.182641/']https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/custom-engagement-ring-with-heirloom-diamond.182641/[/URL]
 
Thanks for all the help ladies! The ring will be ready in a few weeks. I'm anxious to see what the final product will be!!

Also, why do people say that J color is warm when it's in "near colorless" range. Would it be a good idea to change the stone out eventually to a higher color? I would prefer not to do this :( since my fiance has been gracious about the E-ring
 
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