Hi everyone,
I've been shopping around for a diamond and recently came across a local jeweler who offered what appears to be a pretty good price for a stone I want however, I'm not sure if it's really GIA certified as he claims. While the GIA report he gave me listed as valid on the GIA website, I noticed the inclusions don't seem to be lining up from stone to the sheet. Then again, maybe I'm miss understanding the level of detail and markings on the GIA cert?
I attached a picture below to help give a better idea what I'm talking about. But my main issues are:
1.) Two areas listed as clouds on the GIA cert look more like a long thin balloon trapped under the diamonds surface. It sort of looks like what would happen if you blew air into jellow. (A hollow looking squiggly path in the middle of a solid substance) I thought clouds were supposed to look more like a bunch of small dots?
2.) Next to the two questionable "clouds", I see a scratch / line in the diamond that doesn't appear on the GIA cert.
3.) The GIA cert claims there are two needles in the upper left of the diamond yet I don't see any of them in the stone itself.
4.) There is another scratch / line in the upper left of the stone which doesn't appear on the GIA cert/
5.) The GIA report says there as some small crystals spread throughout however, I don't see any. (I thought they would appear as little black specs?)
The weight of the diamond on the scale matched what was on the cert. (1.11 carats) The stone measurements were very very close to what was listed as well. The width was spot on at 6.71mm but the depth read as 4.04 mm instead of 4.05 but I'd imagine thats just a tool precision error?
What do you guys think? How accurate is the GIA cert diagram to whats actually on the stone itself? Do you think this guy is trying to commit fraud here? or does he seem legit?
In case your curious the stone details are:
Carat: 1.11
Cut: EX
Color: G
Clarity: SI1
Polish: EX
Sym: EX
Flour: none
58 table / 60.2 depth
The price he's giving is $7600
I've been shopping around for a diamond and recently came across a local jeweler who offered what appears to be a pretty good price for a stone I want however, I'm not sure if it's really GIA certified as he claims. While the GIA report he gave me listed as valid on the GIA website, I noticed the inclusions don't seem to be lining up from stone to the sheet. Then again, maybe I'm miss understanding the level of detail and markings on the GIA cert?
I attached a picture below to help give a better idea what I'm talking about. But my main issues are:
1.) Two areas listed as clouds on the GIA cert look more like a long thin balloon trapped under the diamonds surface. It sort of looks like what would happen if you blew air into jellow. (A hollow looking squiggly path in the middle of a solid substance) I thought clouds were supposed to look more like a bunch of small dots?
2.) Next to the two questionable "clouds", I see a scratch / line in the diamond that doesn't appear on the GIA cert.
3.) The GIA cert claims there are two needles in the upper left of the diamond yet I don't see any of them in the stone itself.
4.) There is another scratch / line in the upper left of the stone which doesn't appear on the GIA cert/
5.) The GIA report says there as some small crystals spread throughout however, I don't see any. (I thought they would appear as little black specs?)
The weight of the diamond on the scale matched what was on the cert. (1.11 carats) The stone measurements were very very close to what was listed as well. The width was spot on at 6.71mm but the depth read as 4.04 mm instead of 4.05 but I'd imagine thats just a tool precision error?
What do you guys think? How accurate is the GIA cert diagram to whats actually on the stone itself? Do you think this guy is trying to commit fraud here? or does he seem legit?
In case your curious the stone details are:
Carat: 1.11
Cut: EX
Color: G
Clarity: SI1
Polish: EX
Sym: EX
Flour: none
58 table / 60.2 depth
The price he's giving is $7600