Well I found the diamond E ring I wanted after many hours of research on PS. I ended up using one of the very most preferred vendors mentioned on this website. The service was great. The ring and diamond arrived about 10 days ago.
Specs of what I bought:
Round Brilliant
Hearts and Arrows cut
Color F
Clarity SI1 (eye clean to the vendor and my standards)
Just over 1 carat
The HSA, ASET pics, 40x mag pics, etc. all were excellent.
The diamond is mounted on a simple flush mount side stone setting.
The ring faces up white and is very sparkly, brilliant, and fiery.
I took the ring to an Independent Appraiser today, he was the closest one to my home on the PS list of appraisers. He''s GIA certified and has 30+ years in diamonds. He''s been appraising as his own business for 5 years.
All of his measurements matched up, except for Color. Please read on.
He stated that looking at the ring face up he was expecting it would be an E. I attributed this to the H&A cut, and he agreed. It faces up very white.
Reading other related postings on PS I found that it is more difficult to determine color when the diamond is mounted. Part of this issue is that color grading is typically done looking from the bottom which you can''t do when it''s in the setting. But the setting on my ring is such that it''s fairly open from the sides to the point you can see from the side/bottom looking up and get a good view of it. As he then tested it from this angle side by side against his test set of certified diamonds, he determined the color to be I, or at the best he could concede it''s H.
We went round and round for a half hour on this issue. He had me take a look, and against the E, F, and even G certified diamonds he was using for comparison, my diamond definitely showed some yellow. He then showed my diamond next to the I-color and it was ballpark similar. I am very dissapointed. I know it''s considered difficult to get an accurate reading of color on a mounted stone but F is a colorless grade and this ring is clearly not colorless. I don''t feel the fact it is mounted caused the viewing of the stone to look warm.
The Appraiser suggested I contact the vendor and ask that my stone be regraded. He said he would give me my next appraisal free (if I chose not to keep this stone) if the new grading was again an F. He''s that confident it''s an incorrect color grading.
If it was one color grade difference, I might be less worried. But F to I is a fairly significant jump and represents some real dollars.
1) Is there any way I am overreacting?
2) What are my next steps? Another independent appraisal? Or call the vendor?
3) How are such incidents typically resolved?
The site I used is known for great customer service and I know they will make sure I am satisfied but I did want some PS feedback before I do anything.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Specs of what I bought:
Round Brilliant
Hearts and Arrows cut
Color F
Clarity SI1 (eye clean to the vendor and my standards)
Just over 1 carat
The HSA, ASET pics, 40x mag pics, etc. all were excellent.
The diamond is mounted on a simple flush mount side stone setting.
The ring faces up white and is very sparkly, brilliant, and fiery.
I took the ring to an Independent Appraiser today, he was the closest one to my home on the PS list of appraisers. He''s GIA certified and has 30+ years in diamonds. He''s been appraising as his own business for 5 years.
All of his measurements matched up, except for Color. Please read on.
He stated that looking at the ring face up he was expecting it would be an E. I attributed this to the H&A cut, and he agreed. It faces up very white.
Reading other related postings on PS I found that it is more difficult to determine color when the diamond is mounted. Part of this issue is that color grading is typically done looking from the bottom which you can''t do when it''s in the setting. But the setting on my ring is such that it''s fairly open from the sides to the point you can see from the side/bottom looking up and get a good view of it. As he then tested it from this angle side by side against his test set of certified diamonds, he determined the color to be I, or at the best he could concede it''s H.
We went round and round for a half hour on this issue. He had me take a look, and against the E, F, and even G certified diamonds he was using for comparison, my diamond definitely showed some yellow. He then showed my diamond next to the I-color and it was ballpark similar. I am very dissapointed. I know it''s considered difficult to get an accurate reading of color on a mounted stone but F is a colorless grade and this ring is clearly not colorless. I don''t feel the fact it is mounted caused the viewing of the stone to look warm.
The Appraiser suggested I contact the vendor and ask that my stone be regraded. He said he would give me my next appraisal free (if I chose not to keep this stone) if the new grading was again an F. He''s that confident it''s an incorrect color grading.
If it was one color grade difference, I might be less worried. But F to I is a fairly significant jump and represents some real dollars.
1) Is there any way I am overreacting?
2) What are my next steps? Another independent appraisal? Or call the vendor?
3) How are such incidents typically resolved?
The site I used is known for great customer service and I know they will make sure I am satisfied but I did want some PS feedback before I do anything.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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