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We just picked up our AGS 0 Princess Cut diamond (purchased from Capitol Bill at Icemine) from the appraiser''s on Friday. It''s so pretty and sparkly, much more so than anything I had previously seen in my search for diamonds in B&M stores. I would definitely recommend that anyone considering purchasing a princess cut see an AGS 0 in person - it was really a sight to see! I tried to take pictures, but my low-end digital camera doesn''t take such extreme close ups
Now its at the jewelry store getting ready to be mounted, so no loose pictures. Here are the specs on it though:
AGS 0 Princess Cut
Color - G
Clarity - VS1
Carat Weight - 1.683
Measurements: 6.41 x 6.36 x 4.76 mm
Once I got it home, I spent a good hour or so marvelling at its sparkly beauty. Call me crazy, but what I find even more fascinating than the face up beauty of the stone is the view from the pavillion. Not sure if its b/c the quality I had seen in B&M stores was fairly low, but I couldn''t believe how absolutely different it looked, even from the bottom! I could clearly see all the chevrons and how crisp and symmetrical everything was. And I absolutely love the perfect "X" that you can see. It almost seems a shame that it will get covered up by the setting. I imagine that if you had one of those "suspension" type settings, this would be the perfect type of stone because the pavillion view would look as nice as the table view.
I am a consumer and not an expert, so wondering if any of the experts out there have noticed this as well and what they have to say about it. I could see multiple chevrons on the pavillion, which I had never seen in any other Princess cut diamonds that I viewed in person. Is this due to the high degree of symmetry, or is the cut slightly different? A while back I had found an article on grading princess cut diamonds (unfortunately, I did not understand the article too well) and it mentioned that there could be different numbers of chevrons based on the cutting "design". Whatever it is, I think its really cool to look at.
I was sad that I had to part with our diamond, but we will hopefully get the completed ring back in a month or so. I''ll post pictures when I get it back, using my boyfriend''s better quality camera. I just wished I had gotten some good photos of the pavillion so that my poor boyfriend, who has never even seen the stone since he lives in Canada, could see for himself how amazing it is. Curious if anyone has pictures of what the chevrons look like and if they would post them.
As a side note, I find it interesting now that when we first started our search back in May, every single B&M retailer we visited insisted that there was no such thing as an "Ideal" princess cut diamond. A few told us that GIA was "working on developing parameters for ideals", but nobody apparently knew about the AGS ones. It was only through my own research (include PS) that I learned about the AGS 0 Princess cuts. While there are definitely some truly knowledgeable, helpful, and trustworthy jewelers out there, it seems that there are a lot of uneducated sales people that will really tell you anything. Capitol Bill at Icemine, on the other hand, was not only knowledgeable, but was a really helpful and nice guy who did not pressure us into taking whatever stones he had in inventory (like a lot of B&Ms did). In fact, he encouraged us to be patient and WAIT for exactly what we were looking for, which was good advice because a week later this stone popped up!
AGS 0 Princess Cut
Color - G
Clarity - VS1
Carat Weight - 1.683
Measurements: 6.41 x 6.36 x 4.76 mm
Once I got it home, I spent a good hour or so marvelling at its sparkly beauty. Call me crazy, but what I find even more fascinating than the face up beauty of the stone is the view from the pavillion. Not sure if its b/c the quality I had seen in B&M stores was fairly low, but I couldn''t believe how absolutely different it looked, even from the bottom! I could clearly see all the chevrons and how crisp and symmetrical everything was. And I absolutely love the perfect "X" that you can see. It almost seems a shame that it will get covered up by the setting. I imagine that if you had one of those "suspension" type settings, this would be the perfect type of stone because the pavillion view would look as nice as the table view.
I am a consumer and not an expert, so wondering if any of the experts out there have noticed this as well and what they have to say about it. I could see multiple chevrons on the pavillion, which I had never seen in any other Princess cut diamonds that I viewed in person. Is this due to the high degree of symmetry, or is the cut slightly different? A while back I had found an article on grading princess cut diamonds (unfortunately, I did not understand the article too well) and it mentioned that there could be different numbers of chevrons based on the cutting "design". Whatever it is, I think its really cool to look at.
I was sad that I had to part with our diamond, but we will hopefully get the completed ring back in a month or so. I''ll post pictures when I get it back, using my boyfriend''s better quality camera. I just wished I had gotten some good photos of the pavillion so that my poor boyfriend, who has never even seen the stone since he lives in Canada, could see for himself how amazing it is. Curious if anyone has pictures of what the chevrons look like and if they would post them.
As a side note, I find it interesting now that when we first started our search back in May, every single B&M retailer we visited insisted that there was no such thing as an "Ideal" princess cut diamond. A few told us that GIA was "working on developing parameters for ideals", but nobody apparently knew about the AGS ones. It was only through my own research (include PS) that I learned about the AGS 0 Princess cuts. While there are definitely some truly knowledgeable, helpful, and trustworthy jewelers out there, it seems that there are a lot of uneducated sales people that will really tell you anything. Capitol Bill at Icemine, on the other hand, was not only knowledgeable, but was a really helpful and nice guy who did not pressure us into taking whatever stones he had in inventory (like a lot of B&Ms did). In fact, he encouraged us to be patient and WAIT for exactly what we were looking for, which was good advice because a week later this stone popped up!
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