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Since it's a diamond send it to GIA, not AGS or an appraiser.
GIA is the grading gold standard for colored diamonds.
AGA is the grading gold standard for colored gems that are not diamonds.
IMO appraisals are a can of worms and hold NO weight compared to a GIA report.
Grading from GIA the only way to be as certain as possible what the true color of a fancy colored diamond is.
Less reputable labs will issue more-desireable grades, but such grades is a worthless lies ... except to a vendor trying to overcharge a poorly-informed customer.
BTW, an FCD should be graded by GIA before you buy it.
With out a GIA report you don't know what the true color is, so you can't determine what the price should be.
Even worse you don't know whether it is fully natural or not ... and that brings up TWO things.
This ignorance helps the seller but hurts the buyer.
Two things can be natural or not in a colored diamond:
The origin of the material. It can be:
1. Mined from the earth
2. Grown in a laboratory
Next the origin of the color may be from:
1. The earth (natural)
2. Treatment in a laboratory
These two things will drastically affect the price.
Fully natural (when verified by a GIA report) will be the most expensive.
The next most expensive is when you are ripped off by a seller claiming it's fully natural when it actually is not.
I hope you didn't buy the later.
Again in the future never buy a fancy colored diamond without a GIA report.
Fully natural diamonds with GIA reports are NOT more expensive.
They are just not fraud, a lie, a ripoff.
If you don't care whether color or material orign is natural be sure to buy from a seller who tells you both are NOT natural ... that way you are less likely to overpay.
GIA is the grading gold standard for colored diamonds.
AGA is the grading gold standard for colored gems that are not diamonds.
IMO appraisals are a can of worms and hold NO weight compared to a GIA report.
Grading from GIA the only way to be as certain as possible what the true color of a fancy colored diamond is.
Less reputable labs will issue more-desireable grades, but such grades is a worthless lies ... except to a vendor trying to overcharge a poorly-informed customer.
BTW, an FCD should be graded by GIA before you buy it.
With out a GIA report you don't know what the true color is, so you can't determine what the price should be.
Even worse you don't know whether it is fully natural or not ... and that brings up TWO things.
This ignorance helps the seller but hurts the buyer.
Two things can be natural or not in a colored diamond:
The origin of the material. It can be:
1. Mined from the earth
2. Grown in a laboratory
Next the origin of the color may be from:
1. The earth (natural)
2. Treatment in a laboratory
These two things will drastically affect the price.
Fully natural (when verified by a GIA report) will be the most expensive.
The next most expensive is when you are ripped off by a seller claiming it's fully natural when it actually is not.
I hope you didn't buy the later.
Again in the future never buy a fancy colored diamond without a GIA report.
Fully natural diamonds with GIA reports are NOT more expensive.
They are just not fraud, a lie, a ripoff.
If you don't care whether color or material orign is natural be sure to buy from a seller who tells you both are NOT natural ... that way you are less likely to overpay.
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You can't grade diamonds, especially the color of Fancy Colored diamonds from pics.
But those pics show a lot of brown.
It may be the unreliability of the photographic process, or it may be the diamond itself.
I see some pink too, but again it may be the photo.
Even if it is pink it may be from lab treatment, not the earth.
If you want to know the true color (and the origin of the color) have the stone removed and sent to GIA.
But those pics show a lot of brown.
It may be the unreliability of the photographic process, or it may be the diamond itself.
I see some pink too, but again it may be the photo.
Even if it is pink it may be from lab treatment, not the earth.
If you want to know the true color (and the origin of the color) have the stone removed and sent to GIA.
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I agree with @SimoneDi, it does not look like a diamond judging from the photos alone. You could have it inspected by a local appraiser to confirm what type of stone it is before going through the hassle of unsettling it and sending it to GIA (if it's diamond) or AGL (if it's a gemstone).
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