I''ll post more later on this, but I just came from GOG and bought a stone.
I live near GOG, so I scheduled an appointment after months of research just to "look". I ended up spending 2 hours with Jonathon and his sister.
I have to say they have one fantastic operation there. The people couldn''t be nicer. The information is endless. We went through all colors, SI and VS clarities and idealscope, brillantscope and H&A tests. I have to say there should be No other way to buy a stone. I love the internet and all... I love allthe info people provide.... but I have to say there is no substitute to going through it yourself. Looking at the actual stones through the differente scopes is fantastic.
The diamond I purchased I looked at on a whim. It was in his clearance section and per a normal grading report would be thrownout. He said it would rate an AGS 5.
Here are the numbers:
1.23 Cts
H color
VS2
Sym/Polish Gd/Gd
Total Depth - 58.3%
Table - 63.7%
Crown Angle - 30.9 degrees (30.0 - 32.6)
Pav Angle - 41.0 degrees (40.6 - 42.0)
Culet - 0.5%
HCA Score - 2.7 (VG/VG/G/Ex)
by the book (AGS''s book) its not a good stone, by our here analysis here with the numbers it could be a nice stone, but doesn''t have to be. Looking at it in person, seeing the brillancescope, idealscope and H&A viewer it is fantastic looking. I compared it to average diamonds and H&A''s. the H&A''s had slightly more sparkle, some H&A''s had less leakage, some had more. Obviously all H&A''s had better sym. But overall I thought this was a very nice stone. but the real good part was the price. $5500 for a visually GREAT 1.23 Ct H color VS2.
However, I have to say
I live near GOG, so I scheduled an appointment after months of research just to "look". I ended up spending 2 hours with Jonathon and his sister.
I have to say they have one fantastic operation there. The people couldn''t be nicer. The information is endless. We went through all colors, SI and VS clarities and idealscope, brillantscope and H&A tests. I have to say there should be No other way to buy a stone. I love the internet and all... I love allthe info people provide.... but I have to say there is no substitute to going through it yourself. Looking at the actual stones through the differente scopes is fantastic.
The diamond I purchased I looked at on a whim. It was in his clearance section and per a normal grading report would be thrownout. He said it would rate an AGS 5.
Here are the numbers:
1.23 Cts
H color
VS2
Sym/Polish Gd/Gd
Total Depth - 58.3%
Table - 63.7%
Crown Angle - 30.9 degrees (30.0 - 32.6)
Pav Angle - 41.0 degrees (40.6 - 42.0)
Culet - 0.5%
HCA Score - 2.7 (VG/VG/G/Ex)
by the book (AGS''s book) its not a good stone, by our here analysis here with the numbers it could be a nice stone, but doesn''t have to be. Looking at it in person, seeing the brillancescope, idealscope and H&A viewer it is fantastic looking. I compared it to average diamonds and H&A''s. the H&A''s had slightly more sparkle, some H&A''s had less leakage, some had more. Obviously all H&A''s had better sym. But overall I thought this was a very nice stone. but the real good part was the price. $5500 for a visually GREAT 1.23 Ct H color VS2.
However, I have to say
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