In a recent post on appraisals it seems that according to some appraisers, a stone that is graded for color unmounted and from the bottom can vary in appearance to an expert by as much as 3 or more colors when mounted.
Since no one wears an unmounted stone, would you want to pay for,say a G color when you can possibly get a J color stone that, when mounted, faces up like a G. Apparently there is a difference between stones of the same color grade once they are mounted. This did not seem to take cut quality into consideration--only the difference in stones of the same color grade facing up differently when mounted.
This may explain why some people say their J stones face up white and others say they can see color after an F or G.
If this is the case, I am not concerned about all the gadgets and instruments to determine color. I am most interested in the way the stone faces up when mounted. If you could get a much larger stone or save a bundle by purchasing a lower color stone that faces up as well or better than a higher color stone, would you care about the actual grade or about the face up appearance?
Since no one wears an unmounted stone, would you want to pay for,say a G color when you can possibly get a J color stone that, when mounted, faces up like a G. Apparently there is a difference between stones of the same color grade once they are mounted. This did not seem to take cut quality into consideration--only the difference in stones of the same color grade facing up differently when mounted.
This may explain why some people say their J stones face up white and others say they can see color after an F or G.
If this is the case, I am not concerned about all the gadgets and instruments to determine color. I am most interested in the way the stone faces up when mounted. If you could get a much larger stone or save a bundle by purchasing a lower color stone that faces up as well or better than a higher color stone, would you care about the actual grade or about the face up appearance?