GemScan vs the rest.. in Toronto... my small finding.

[JoeB]

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[trichrome]

JoeB,

I can't comment on the price since we do not have all the information needed
to give you an advice. I do know GemScan since I'm leaving in Canada....

You absolutely need an independant appraisal on this stone.
First of all, I do not know what are the criterias GemScan use to
give a "good" for cut. Also, if you're loosing this stone in the future,
your insurance company will try to replace it with another VS G stone....
no matter what the cut is. So you need to find someone who will be able
to provide you table%, girdle thickness, pavilion depth & crown angle.

For your clarity question, I was wondering if someone looked at the stone
under the scope?

Trichrome.

BTW, stones carrying a GemScan cert are sold for less money than similar
stones graded by GIA here in Canada : why? part because it costs more
to send a canadian stone to GIA and also part because GIA is known worldwide
while GemScan is runned by 2 guys in Toronto if I remember well.

 

[JoeB]

Did you read my post???

I did get an independant apraisal for the diamond! With Harold Weinstein.. which I think is a very reputable appraisal firm here in the GTA. Harrold's staff appraised the diamond loose at 13,600$

That's more than 2 times what I'm paying for it! They are appraised it as VVS1 when GemScan gave it a VS1.. And yes, I did use a 10X to try and find inclusions and couldn't! We even used a microscope (which is much higher than 10X, and still couldn't find inclusions!)

 

[Rhino]

Hi Joe,

Our searches for finely cut princess cuts have led us to some Canadian sources that had stones with reports from GemScan. To date I haven't found any kind of problems with their grading. Some people came on here and said that they are a liberal lab but when I asked for some proof or how many diamonds they've actually seen wth GemScan reports I got no response. So far my expreiences with diamonds graded from GemScan have been positive. Until I see otherwise that is my opinion.

Peace,
Rhino

 

[trichrome]

Rhino,

have you look at rounds evaluated by GemScan?

I wonder what a "verygood" for the cut of a diamond cert by GemScan
will receive by GIA, AGS or even you ?

Princess world is of course different...

For clarity, I've seen a couple of SI1s (RB) that were true SI2...or
even worse... they were full of black spots...

Trichrome.