Fluoro AGAIN!

[Slykat12]

Hi There, been lurking here for a few months now and have learned alot. I have been reading all I can about the "possible" pros and cons of Blue Fluoro in diamonds and keep reading the same stuff that it is actually good in moderate to small amounts in lower colored stones and it may be best to avoid strong fluoro overall.

However, I see little information on how people feel about the effect of Faint-Moderate Flouro in D-F stones. Whats the opinion?

 

[con17]

Hey Kimberly!

I have an F stone with a med. blue flouresence. I actually didn''t know that it even had that until I saw the GIA cert. I love my diamond and it looks very icy! There was only one time that I was in a restaurant and my diamond seemed to be glowing a bit. Other then that, don''t notice anything w/the diamond. Hope that helps

 

[oldminer]

Faint to slight in D-F stones is pretty much nothing of consequence visually. It is an arguing point in a negotiation process among dealers, but of little material difference in wearing a diamond.
Moderate can be slight to quite strong, depending on the lab and how they were felling that day. This includes GIA. They can be quite erratic on "moderate". One must look and see what it does to any individual diamond. It can effect value in a negative way a couple to a few percentage points, but if not visible to the naked eyes of experts it may have little to no effect on value.

Again, any fluorescence at all is an arguing point in a price negotiation. It may not matter at all, but hagglers love to make offers and sellers learn to make a living with them....It is a mutual thing.

 

[KittenKat]

I also have an F flouresence. I LOVE it!

I am a big fan of it. I love the way my stone looks powdery blue in the sun. It is stunning.

 

[FireGoddess]

Bluedawg just got a beautiful upgrade stone that is a D color with MB fluorescence. Her thread with pictures is here.

 

[diamondlil]

I have a E color with medium blue fluoroescence and love it. I am partial to fluorescent stones in general and would prefer having a stone with it rather than without regardless of where it falls on the color scale. Many here recommend it with G color and below stones, but I would not worry too much about it in the D - F range. The likelihood of it causing your stone to be milky/oily is slim.

DiamondLil

 

[Kaleigh]

Me too, my stone is an E with medium Flourescence and I love it. Not milky one bit, actually prefer it.

 

[bluedawg]

Kimberly, as FireGoddess mentioned (thanks, FG!) I have a new D color with Medium Blue fluorescence. I specifically searched for a D-F with MB-SB fluor. when looking at upgrade diamonds.

It *does* change the look of a diamond, IMO. In the sunshine, my stone looks evr-so-slightly bluish-purplish and icier than my original inert diamond. Also, a stone with MB or SB fluor will glow blue in certain UV lighting-- like a club with blacklights, for example. That is something I found very fun-- but you may not like it. My favorite colors are blue and purple, so I love the effects on my D stone. But some people may want a purely colorless white looking diamond in any lighting situation.