Hello Everyone,
I have been browsing this forum for about a year now since I stumbled across it on my search.
I love all of the information that I''ve been able to gather and the educational benefits have been phenomenal.
So... when it was our turn to go in search of our dream diamond, we were able to do so based on information and vendors that a lot of people use on this site.
We found one that is a more than 1 ct RBC H&A F VS2 that we bought online. We liked the stone very much but were quite disappointed when the GIA Gemologist and also his fellow colleague told us that the diamond that he was evaluating was NOT a Hearts & Arrows diamond because it was not engraved as "H&A" on the girdle of the stone and it is not noted on the GIA certificate as "Hearts and Arrows" therefore it is NOT a Hearts & Arrows.
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He said that "What you have is a very finely cut, excellent cut stone that is beautiful, but it is not a H&A diamond."
Needless to say I was very upset, disappointed and felt like I had been taken advantage of. I never heard of such a requirement. None of the diamonds that we looked at online had it noted on the GIA certs or on the girdle that they were H&A diamonds. The only "reports" that we have are the H&A images.
Diamond Industry Experts (Cut Experts) / Panelists/ H&A diamond buyers:
Is this true?
Have any of you taken your diamonds to appraisers to be told that the H&A diamond that you bought was not an H&A? Is there really "official" guidelines / criteria that will truly distinguish a H&A stone from one that is not?
Comments please. Thanks.
I have been browsing this forum for about a year now since I stumbled across it on my search.
I love all of the information that I''ve been able to gather and the educational benefits have been phenomenal.
So... when it was our turn to go in search of our dream diamond, we were able to do so based on information and vendors that a lot of people use on this site.
We found one that is a more than 1 ct RBC H&A F VS2 that we bought online. We liked the stone very much but were quite disappointed when the GIA Gemologist and also his fellow colleague told us that the diamond that he was evaluating was NOT a Hearts & Arrows diamond because it was not engraved as "H&A" on the girdle of the stone and it is not noted on the GIA certificate as "Hearts and Arrows" therefore it is NOT a Hearts & Arrows.
He said that "What you have is a very finely cut, excellent cut stone that is beautiful, but it is not a H&A diamond."
Needless to say I was very upset, disappointed and felt like I had been taken advantage of. I never heard of such a requirement. None of the diamonds that we looked at online had it noted on the GIA certs or on the girdle that they were H&A diamonds. The only "reports" that we have are the H&A images.
Diamond Industry Experts (Cut Experts) / Panelists/ H&A diamond buyers:
Is this true?
Have any of you taken your diamonds to appraisers to be told that the H&A diamond that you bought was not an H&A? Is there really "official" guidelines / criteria that will truly distinguish a H&A stone from one that is not?
Comments please. Thanks.