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Help! Bought a Tiffany Ribbon Ring but the setting looks off

Re: Help! Bought a Tiffany Ribbon Ring but the setting looks

I am sick and beat so this is going to be very blunt and very short.
.71 estimated weight is within expected variation of .73
As you found out with the other one doing anything with the diamond without very obvious signs on that setting is not going to happen.
2 grades off an opinion between 2 graders when grading set stones in particular when they are buried in a setting like that one is not unusual.
Is the F grade from the tiff paperwork and do you have the paperwork or was that the sellers grade?

The chances are excellent it is the original stone and if the Tiffany paperwork say its an F it likely is an F.
If the F grade is the sellers grade it is likely somewhere between an h and an f.
As far as I can find out the color grade is not put on the diamond.
 
Re: Help! Bought a Tiffany Ribbon Ring but the setting looks

Thanks Karl, appreciate your remarks. The F grade is from the Retail Price Upgrade (it's on Tiffany & Co letterhead), I've scanned it (and a few pictures of the ring for good measure). I know the gemologist I visited is very critical (http://www.gem.com.sg/ins/) but even he said the difference between F and what he thought it was (closer to H than I when I pressed him) was odd.

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Re: Help! Bought a Tiffany Ribbon Ring but the setting looks

If your insurance company is happy with the Tiff letter and would replace your ring with a Tiff F if that should ever need to happen I would let it be. The setting is perfect and the ring is lovely. You can't fairly judge a mounted stone anyway so I would be happy with it and move on to enjoying my ring. Which is gorgeous BTW so enjoy it!
 
Re: Help! Bought a Tiffany Ribbon Ring but the setting looks

It is beautiful! Diamonds are graded face down so one in a mounting is at a disadvantage in terms of grading. It most likely is an F colored stone so as the other poster said, I'd simply enjoy it. Stunning ring!!
 
Re: Help! Bought a Tiffany Ribbon Ring but the setting looks

Yeah! Always loved the ribbon!!!!
 
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