Brown/pink lab stones coming my way!

lovedogs · Oct 1, 2019

@OcnGypZ @StephanieLynn and @CHRISTY-DANIELLE , do you all prefer this one (black square)? Same as stone 1 in the hand pics? Want to make sure I'm getting people's input correctly before tainting it with mine!

lovedogs · Oct 1, 2019

Wewechew said:
^^^^^

haha @michellelynn9175 and @Wewechew I wish I could, but sadly not. And honestly, I have a really clear favorite so I honestly wouldn't really want to

hypermom · Oct 1, 2019

Going out on my own on this but I like stone 2 on your hand better. But if you have a clear favorite, of course that’s the winner!

OcnGypZ · Oct 1, 2019

lovedogs said:
@OcnGypZ @StephanieLynn and @CHRISTY-DANIELLE , do you all prefer this one (black square)? Same as stone 1 in the hand pics? Want to make sure I'm getting people's input correctly before tainting it with mine!

Yes, the original "too pink". But I think you are going with the other.

YadaYadaYada · Oct 1, 2019

Yes the one in the black box, is that the one you're going with?! Your kind of keeping us in suspense here you know

Starfacet · Oct 1, 2019

I like the deeper, more brownie, one. It's luscious!!

Wewechew · Oct 1, 2019

I like this one:

https://www.augustvintageinc.com/co...lt-pink-round-brilliant-cut-lab-grown-diamond

I can’t tell the difference between the two stones in your pictures

Wewechew · Oct 1, 2019

Starfacet said:
I like the deeper, more brownie, one. It's luscious!!

I’m betting this is the one @lovedogs favors

MelloYello8 · Oct 1, 2019

Haha are you all saying that so the deeper pink one goes back for sale??

Starfacet · Oct 1, 2019

MelloYello8 said:
Haha are you all saying that so the deeper pink one goes back for sale??

You're on to me @MelloYello8!!

lovedogs · Oct 1, 2019

Sorry to keep in suspense--meetings all day! The one in the black box is being sent back tomorrow. It's just too light for me. I don't see the "brown" as clearly as I do in the other one. The one I prefer is stone 2 in the hand pics.

But stone 1 is gorgeous (it has those awesome fat arrows). Anyone who wants a less obviously brown stone that has a great pink overtone (e.g. everyone except me

) would be thrilled with it.

@Wewechew yeah my pics are horrific. Couldn't do either stone justice! But IRL the choice was 100% clear, and it wasn't even close. Browner stone all the way

YadaYadaYada · Oct 1, 2019

Hmmm so the "too pink" stone is going back??? Hmmmmmm

Just joshing, I'm glad you found your holy grail brown Lovedogs and it will be so fun to see what you do with it!

CHRISTY-DANIELLE · Oct 1, 2019

I'm so glad one of them was the winner! Let's see some more pics of your favorite!! And sorry if I missed this, but what are your plans for it? So exciting!

bludiva · Oct 1, 2019

i like the more splintery one. hope to see more of these selling in the future!

OcnGypZ · Oct 1, 2019

I knew you were going with Brownie... too pink was updated to available on AV's site. And now....for the setting!

Wewechew · Oct 1, 2019

So how are you going to set it?

FutureChocolateMLK · Oct 1, 2019

lovedogs said:
Sorry to keep in suspense--meetings all day! The one in the black box is being sent back tomorrow. It's just too light for me. I don't see the "brown" as clearly as I do in the other one. The one I prefer is stone 2 in the hand pics.

But stone 1 is gorgeous (it has those awesome fat arrows). Anyone who wants a less obviously brown stone that has a great pink overtone (e.g. everyone except me ) would be thrilled with it.

@Wewechew yeah my pics are horrific. Couldn't do either stone justice! But IRL the choice was 100% clear, and it wasn't even close. Browner stone all the way

I’m in agreement actually. Stone 2 stood out to me more as well, but I’m a “Team Brown” like you.

I cannot wait to see how you set that beauty!

lovedogs · Oct 1, 2019

Last few pics before I packed the pink stone away

And no idea about settings other than that I want to really highlight the color. I was thinking about having dk use a partial "cup" to make the color pop even more, and halo of white diamonds for contrast. But gotta save up

gregchang35 · Oct 2, 2019

congrats on your choice!!!!

NightOwlInCanada · Oct 2, 2019

I couldn't take it anymore.
I saw the original post on Instagram and was sad to see this gem being sold so quickly... as we were in search of a nice stone to put on a two-tone rose/white gold setting we already have. I couldn't believe it was back on the market, so I bit the bullet! @lovedogs, thank you for providing these pictures, it helped us make the final decision.
Can't wait to receive this gem

lovedogs · Oct 2, 2019

MarieAnnie said:
I couldn't take it anymore.
I saw the original post on Instagram and was sad to see this gem being sold so quickly... as we were in search of a nice stone to put on a two-tone rose/white gold setting we already have. I couldn't believe it was back on the market, so I bit the bullet! @lovedogs, thank you for providing these pictures, it helped us make the final decision.
Can't wait to receive this gem

yay yay yay, congrats!

NightOwlInCanada · Oct 2, 2019

lovedogs said:
yay yay yay, congrats!

Thank you so much!

lovedogs · Oct 3, 2019

Ok now that I don't have to try to take good pics of 2 stones at once I made more of an effort with the one I'm keeping. Bedroom lighting isn't great, but it's dark so these were the best I could do.

Going to try and get good daytime ones tomorrow. Without the lighter one to compare it to, my idiot brain says "is it brown enough???"

But I think it will darken a bit once set, especially if set with a cup and white diamond halo for contrast.

Starfacet · Oct 3, 2019

lovedogs said:
Ok now that I don't have to try to take good pics of 2 stones at once I made more of an effort with the one I'm keeping. Bedroom lighting isn't great, but it's dark so these were the best I could do.

Going to try and get good daytime ones tomorrow. Without the lighter one to compare it to, my idiot brain says "is it brown enough???"

But I think it will darken a bit once set, especially if set with a cup and white diamond halo for contrast.

Still looks fab to me! Plenty brown with pink under tones. Yummy!!

monipod · Oct 3, 2019

I love them both!

Are they sparkly and gorgeous as you'd imagine a natural diamond to be like?

OoohShiny · Oct 3, 2019

monipod said:
I love them both!

Are they sparkly and gorgeous as you'd imagine a natural diamond to be like?

Is the suggestion that MMDs might not look as good as Mined stones? Because both are the same material, and both can look good or bad, depending on clarity and cut

lol

monipod · Oct 3, 2019

OoohShiny said:
Is the suggestion that MMDs might not look as good as Mined stones? Because both are the same material, and both can look good or bad, depending on clarity and cut lol

Not so much 'as good as', but I'm curious to know from someone who may have seen MMDs and earth mined stones together a lot, if there's any perceived difference. Yes, I'm aware they are largely physically identical but I'm also aware of the differences (albeit probably only discernible by a gem technician). There's not a lot of lab diamonds on display here in Australia so I can only rely on those who have had experience with both.

OoohShiny · Oct 3, 2019

monipod said:
Not so much 'as good as', but I'm curious to know from someone who may have seen MMDs and earth mined stones together a lot, if there's any perceived difference. Yes, I'm aware they are largely physically identical but I'm also aware of the differences (albeit probably only discernible by a gem technician). There's not a lot of lab diamonds on display here in Australia so I can only rely on those who have had experience with both.

Unless it's a CVD diamond with Stria creating issues, they should look exactly the same until/unless viewed using laboratory equipment!

lovedogs · Oct 3, 2019

OoohShiny said:
Unless it's a CVD diamond with Stria creating issues, they should look exactly the same until/unless viewed using laboratory equipment!

This. No differences would be visible via the naked eye.