Hey All,
I''ve been using this site quite a bit (great resource), trying to educate myself about diamonds, but this is my first time posting.
I just recently bought an engagement ring for my girlfriend, and now I''m having some doubts.
I was under at tighter schedule than I''d like due to the fact that I just got the money to pay for the stone etc...and we''re going on a cruise next week and I''d like to pop the question while on vacation.
I looked at a few stones, mabye 5 or 6, and wasn''t happy with what I saw. Great looking, but obvious inclusions (in my opinion) etc...
The jewler I went through found one for me that I loved, when I saw it in the store. When I saw it in the store it was obviously under "THE" best lighting conditions, so the stone sparkled and had fire like I''d never seen before. I thought it was perfect. Looking under a 10x loop I couldn''t see one inclusion or flaw, it''s a very, very clean stone.
So I had it set, it was delivered...and now, looking at it under normal lighting conditions...the stone is very bright, very clean, very white face up, but it doesn''t have the fire and scintillation that I''d like (or that it had when I viewed it) and in some angles I see a faint yellow tint..which kind of bothers me. I think I''d like an H or a G, but of course that''s more $, and probably out of my league.
The specs are:
weight: 1.50
clarity: VS1
color: I
GIA grade:
cut: Excellent
symmetry: Excellent
polish: Excellent
depth: 61.1
table: 60
crown angle: 35
pavillion angle: 41.2
cutlet: none
flourescence: none
HCA rating of:
Factor Grade
Light Return Very Good
Fire Fair
Scintillation Fair
Spread
or diameter for weight Very Good
Total Visual Performance 4.3 - Good - Only if price is your main criterion
So, although the stone is very pretty, clean etc...it has a larger table size so it doesn'' t have the fire and sparkle I was hoping for. It has some great "brilliance" (right term?), very bright, but again it''s not like what I saw in the store. Just nervous that I jumped the gun on this one and could''ve done better if I''d looked around more.
Price I paid for the stone is 12,000. Could I have gotten a "better", whiter, more firey stone for my money? Did I overpay? BTW, I did get a little more than half off the setting, and supposedly the stone appraises for 18K.
Thank you very much, -Dave
I''ve been using this site quite a bit (great resource), trying to educate myself about diamonds, but this is my first time posting.
I just recently bought an engagement ring for my girlfriend, and now I''m having some doubts.
I was under at tighter schedule than I''d like due to the fact that I just got the money to pay for the stone etc...and we''re going on a cruise next week and I''d like to pop the question while on vacation.
I looked at a few stones, mabye 5 or 6, and wasn''t happy with what I saw. Great looking, but obvious inclusions (in my opinion) etc...
The jewler I went through found one for me that I loved, when I saw it in the store. When I saw it in the store it was obviously under "THE" best lighting conditions, so the stone sparkled and had fire like I''d never seen before. I thought it was perfect. Looking under a 10x loop I couldn''t see one inclusion or flaw, it''s a very, very clean stone.
So I had it set, it was delivered...and now, looking at it under normal lighting conditions...the stone is very bright, very clean, very white face up, but it doesn''t have the fire and scintillation that I''d like (or that it had when I viewed it) and in some angles I see a faint yellow tint..which kind of bothers me. I think I''d like an H or a G, but of course that''s more $, and probably out of my league.
The specs are:
weight: 1.50
clarity: VS1
color: I
GIA grade:
cut: Excellent
symmetry: Excellent
polish: Excellent
depth: 61.1
table: 60
crown angle: 35
pavillion angle: 41.2
cutlet: none
flourescence: none
HCA rating of:
Factor Grade
Light Return Very Good
Fire Fair
Scintillation Fair
Spread
or diameter for weight Very Good
Total Visual Performance 4.3 - Good - Only if price is your main criterion
So, although the stone is very pretty, clean etc...it has a larger table size so it doesn'' t have the fire and sparkle I was hoping for. It has some great "brilliance" (right term?), very bright, but again it''s not like what I saw in the store. Just nervous that I jumped the gun on this one and could''ve done better if I''d looked around more.
Price I paid for the stone is 12,000. Could I have gotten a "better", whiter, more firey stone for my money? Did I overpay? BTW, I did get a little more than half off the setting, and supposedly the stone appraises for 18K.
Thank you very much, -Dave