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Brilliant_Rock
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- Apr 28, 2011
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I took my engagement ring to my jeweler for a possible setting fix. He saw my diamond before (it's a 1.22 ct AGS000 Brian Gavin "Blue") but he asked me what color it is. I told him it's a G. He said it doesn't look "white" enough to be a G and that AGS grades really loosely on color. He pulled out a white piece of paper and put my ring side way against a 1 ct GIA graded G he has in stock (both rings mounted in white gold). I noticed a very noticeable color difference between the two. I would say with my non-expert eyes those two stones are at least two grades apart. It's starting to really bother me so my questions are:
- I took my ring to an independent appraiser (Patric Davis) in the area and he graded my stone "in between" G and H, while mounted.
- Can a larger stone 1.22 ct vs 1.00 ct display more body color? The carat weight is not that big of a difference though.
- Can a "high" GIA graded G and a "low" AGS graded G look that much different in person? The GIA graded stone had barely any body color. But I could see a very slight yellow tint in my stone next to it. I am very color sensitive so the GIA graded stone looked incredibly white to me as a G grade. I wasn't sure what to make of it.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.
- I took my ring to an independent appraiser (Patric Davis) in the area and he graded my stone "in between" G and H, while mounted.
- Can a larger stone 1.22 ct vs 1.00 ct display more body color? The carat weight is not that big of a difference though.
- Can a "high" GIA graded G and a "low" AGS graded G look that much different in person? The GIA graded stone had barely any body color. But I could see a very slight yellow tint in my stone next to it. I am very color sensitive so the GIA graded stone looked incredibly white to me as a G grade. I wasn't sure what to make of it.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.