Hello,
I recently bought a loose diamond from downtown Toronto for my engagement ring. I'm getting a custom setting from the jeweler as well. I started to doubt the quality of the diamond I had purchased after reading some things about gemscan and realizing that the jeweler might have been trying to push Gemscan on me. I kept asking to see a GIA in my specifications and my price range but he never did show me them. I'm the type to fall into retail traps so I didn't think much of it and bought the loose diamond (I know, stupid).
So because of my doubt, I brought the diamond to Harold Weinstein to get it appraised. Their grading of the stone matched the one of Gemscan except for the clarity. Gemscan said it was an si2 but HW graded it an i1. HW had also informed me that they found a laser engraving from GIA with the number on the girdle. I checked up the report of the stone on the GIA website and it was in fact graded the same as HW.
How could it be that my Gemscan diamond is actually a GIA? Since they sold me the diamond as an si2 instead of an i1, is it possible for me to go back to them for a price adjustment or have something done about this? Since it is GIA laser engraved, it should be sold as per the GIA graded specifications? Also, would there be any way to get the physical GIA certificate?
Many thanks in advance. I have never bought a diamond before this and know very little.
Cheers
I recently bought a loose diamond from downtown Toronto for my engagement ring. I'm getting a custom setting from the jeweler as well. I started to doubt the quality of the diamond I had purchased after reading some things about gemscan and realizing that the jeweler might have been trying to push Gemscan on me. I kept asking to see a GIA in my specifications and my price range but he never did show me them. I'm the type to fall into retail traps so I didn't think much of it and bought the loose diamond (I know, stupid).
So because of my doubt, I brought the diamond to Harold Weinstein to get it appraised. Their grading of the stone matched the one of Gemscan except for the clarity. Gemscan said it was an si2 but HW graded it an i1. HW had also informed me that they found a laser engraving from GIA with the number on the girdle. I checked up the report of the stone on the GIA website and it was in fact graded the same as HW.
How could it be that my Gemscan diamond is actually a GIA? Since they sold me the diamond as an si2 instead of an i1, is it possible for me to go back to them for a price adjustment or have something done about this? Since it is GIA laser engraved, it should be sold as per the GIA graded specifications? Also, would there be any way to get the physical GIA certificate?
Many thanks in advance. I have never bought a diamond before this and know very little.
Cheers