tristanking
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Oct 19, 2016
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I am getting close to buying a diamond and looking at a 2 carat, round, G VS2 diamond. I want the cut to be as good as it gets, best of the best, and the diamond to be brilliant, no pun intended.
I have looked at the "A Cut Above" diamonds from WhiteFlash, "Ascendency" from Good old Gold, Brian Gavin, and finally I am in talks with a local jeweler. My budget is 25k-30k. So, if I can get a little bigger than 2, great, but I wont budge on cut, and for some reason G and VS2 makes me feel good.
My local jeweler has been in the business 50 years and I believe is a GIA certified gemologist. He is bringing in a few GIA Triple Excellent stones for me to look at. He says GIA is the industry standard and if it is Triple EX from them I will be in great shape. He doesn't think I should be worried about getting an AGS certificate or be concerned with the "marketing tactics" of the abovementioned websites, which claim their cuts are better. The website are big on AGS triple 000 ideal, and pitch the light performance testing of the lab and the importance of the AsetScope, hearts and arrows patterns, making sure the diamond has no leakage, etc.
MY QUESTION: If he shows me three GIA triple EX diamonds, do I need to have the supporting evidence of all these light performance tests the websites talk about to make sure the diamond performs spectacularly, or with that rating would the diamond absolutely pass those tests? The websites make me think I need to do the extra due diligence and utilize all these tests in case I get a weak performing GIA triple EX, the jeweler makes me think the GIA triple EX should be enough to show its the best of the best.
Any advice or guidance?
I have looked at the "A Cut Above" diamonds from WhiteFlash, "Ascendency" from Good old Gold, Brian Gavin, and finally I am in talks with a local jeweler. My budget is 25k-30k. So, if I can get a little bigger than 2, great, but I wont budge on cut, and for some reason G and VS2 makes me feel good.
My local jeweler has been in the business 50 years and I believe is a GIA certified gemologist. He is bringing in a few GIA Triple Excellent stones for me to look at. He says GIA is the industry standard and if it is Triple EX from them I will be in great shape. He doesn't think I should be worried about getting an AGS certificate or be concerned with the "marketing tactics" of the abovementioned websites, which claim their cuts are better. The website are big on AGS triple 000 ideal, and pitch the light performance testing of the lab and the importance of the AsetScope, hearts and arrows patterns, making sure the diamond has no leakage, etc.
MY QUESTION: If he shows me three GIA triple EX diamonds, do I need to have the supporting evidence of all these light performance tests the websites talk about to make sure the diamond performs spectacularly, or with that rating would the diamond absolutely pass those tests? The websites make me think I need to do the extra due diligence and utilize all these tests in case I get a weak performing GIA triple EX, the jeweler makes me think the GIA triple EX should be enough to show its the best of the best.
Any advice or guidance?