Hi all,
My partner and I went looking at diamonds today to try and establish exactly what she is after. Long story short we found the prefect setting for her with a GIA certified 1ct diamond encased. Unfortunately I didn't get the GIA number of the diamond however it was a SI2 D with very good symmetry and excellent polish. Now this diamond and setting was going to be about 11k Australian dollars. Anyway he offered to show us a loose diamond that he was sending back that a customer picked another diamond instead. Now the diamond is not GIA certified but is AUSCERT certified which upon googling is an Australian grading company. The specs are as follows by their criteria.
Weight:1.26ct
Colour: E
Clarity: SI2
Dimensions: 5.82-5.81x4.26mm
Table: 72.7%
Total Depth :73.3%
Crown:13.6%
Crown Angle: 47.8%
Pavilion: 56.6%
Pavilion Angle: 60.4%
Girdle: 3.4%
Culet:0.3%
Symmetry: Excellent
Polish: Excellent
Fluoro: None
Now the diamond loose was $7660 AUD and in the platinum setting was $10195 AUD . This comes out right on budget but for a larger diamond than planned. Now regarding the SI2 as novices we couldn't spot the flaw from the naked eye but could under magnification but other SI2 diamonds we looked at we spotted the flaws from the naked eye (with difficulty). Unfortunately the best diamond we saw all day was a SI1 so I'm not sure what a diamond with great clarity looks like in comparison. Now and I will say the salesman/women were terrific and in no way pushy at all. They did offer that we can have it GIA certified if we'd like but it would cost us $200.
Could anyone comment on the diamond and if Auscert can be trusted, comparing with diamonds on bluenile etc this seems to be a great price for a diamond from an Australian jeweler? Should I have this diamond GIA certified to see how it stacks up ?
My partner and I went looking at diamonds today to try and establish exactly what she is after. Long story short we found the prefect setting for her with a GIA certified 1ct diamond encased. Unfortunately I didn't get the GIA number of the diamond however it was a SI2 D with very good symmetry and excellent polish. Now this diamond and setting was going to be about 11k Australian dollars. Anyway he offered to show us a loose diamond that he was sending back that a customer picked another diamond instead. Now the diamond is not GIA certified but is AUSCERT certified which upon googling is an Australian grading company. The specs are as follows by their criteria.
Weight:1.26ct
Colour: E
Clarity: SI2
Dimensions: 5.82-5.81x4.26mm
Table: 72.7%
Total Depth :73.3%
Crown:13.6%
Crown Angle: 47.8%
Pavilion: 56.6%
Pavilion Angle: 60.4%
Girdle: 3.4%
Culet:0.3%
Symmetry: Excellent
Polish: Excellent
Fluoro: None
Now the diamond loose was $7660 AUD and in the platinum setting was $10195 AUD . This comes out right on budget but for a larger diamond than planned. Now regarding the SI2 as novices we couldn't spot the flaw from the naked eye but could under magnification but other SI2 diamonds we looked at we spotted the flaws from the naked eye (with difficulty). Unfortunately the best diamond we saw all day was a SI1 so I'm not sure what a diamond with great clarity looks like in comparison. Now and I will say the salesman/women were terrific and in no way pushy at all. They did offer that we can have it GIA certified if we'd like but it would cost us $200.
Could anyone comment on the diamond and if Auscert can be trusted, comparing with diamonds on bluenile etc this seems to be a great price for a diamond from an Australian jeweler? Should I have this diamond GIA certified to see how it stacks up ?