Advice on oval diamond - bowtie worries!

[TheladyLucy]

Hi everyone, I recently went engagement ring shopping with my fiancé and picked a lovely rose gold oval solitaire from a brick and mortar jewellers. The ring I tried on was a mined diamond and as this was outside budget we have opted for a lab.
The jewellers have sent me a video and IGI cert for the diamond they’ve chosen but I’m worried it has a more noticeable than average bow tie. Could anyone please advise on whether this is completely usual or something to be concerned about?

 

[MissGotRocks]

Hi everyone, I recently went engagement ring shopping with my fiancé and picked a lovely rose gold oval solitaire from a brick and mortar jewellers. The ring I tried on was a mined diamond and as this was outside budget we have opted for a lab.
The jewellers have sent me a video and IGI cert for the diamond they’ve chosen but I’m worried it has a more noticeable than average bow tie. Could anyone please advise on whether this is completely usual or something to be concerned about?

You should hit report concern on your thread and ask for the thread to be moved to the Lab Grown subforum here. You will get lots of feedback on your diamond over there. Good luck with your purchase!

 

[tyty333]

Hi @TheladyLucy

Our lab forum is here.

Lab-Grown Diamonds/Man-Made Diamonds (MMD)

Learn about and discuss everything on lab-grown diamonds here! No simulants (CZ, Moissanite, YAG, etc), please.

www.pricescope.com

I'm going to ask that your thread get moved to the correct forum.

In the meantime...it could be the lighting that is bringing out the darkness through the center. However, I would have
to give that stone a No thanks.

 

[lovedogs]

Yeah, too big of a bowtie for me

 

[TheladyLucy]

Thanks for the advice for far. I notice this one is also a CVD. If asking for another should I specify HPHT instead?

 

[DejaWiz]

Thanks for the advice for far. I notice this one is also a CVD. If asking for another should I specify HPHT instead?

In my opinion, an ideal LGD oval would be cut and polished from the highest quality clean HPHT rough and have eye-melting light return and optical performance.