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Rough_Rock
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- Oct 8, 2009
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First off I just want to say that this is an amazing resource! I've spent nearly 2 weeks reading through linked stones, reviews and gemologist opinions... I just wish I had registered and researched here before I purchased (like many others have stated). We decided to go with Jared because we wanted to see what I was buying. I thought that while being somewhat over priced compared to online, I would still get an excellent diamond and a solid diamond bond warranty. Fortunately I'm still within 30 days so I can change my mind about the diamond I purchased, which I'm about to. And they just went through a wave of "markdowns" of many of their loose certified diamonds. When I asked why the asst. manager said it was because of current market conditions of their competitors...
First we decided on a Leo: Brilliant round, 1.07 good/good , SI2 , I , 58%table, 60.1% depth, slightly thin to medium girdle, medium blue flourescence diamond set in the "Leo" 18k white gold and platinum shank band. It gemex'd very high on all 3 categories, nearly off the chart in Scintilation. I'll have to edit my post when I get home to add the measurments.
(returned the ring, to make a long story short skip this paragraph).
My fiancee and I compared Leos, Peerless and their Certified side by side. The Leo looked gorgeous compared to everything else (I later learned that the Leo "cut" is what makes an average stone look like a premium cert stone)... Its a pretty stone, the clarity higher than I wanted and the inclusions were not "eye" visible but hey it looked pretty and she was happy with it so I was happy. I guess I felt after reading up on this site that I could have gotten a better stone for my money. Well 2 days later the Rhodium on the band had already reacted with her chemistry and turned to a yellow gold... took it back to Jared and they said that while the Rhodium was covered under the warranty there was no way they could help the fact that every few days or weeks the Rhodium would need to be re-applied because of her skin. So we decided we wanted the stone and its shank on platinum band. Well they cannot remove the shank and its stone because it came from Leo that way (signature band with the little diamond inside of the band). So we decided to start over and they happily obliged. At this point I had already read up on this forum and had raised my standards with regards to the 4Cs (thank you GOG for great educationals on your site!)
We currently have two stones on hold:
1) An IGI cert, Brilliant round, SI1, I, VG/VG , 1.23CT .. dimensions are 6.84 x 6.99 x 4.21 with no modifications.. the IGI loose stone cert does not have the cut quality nor the Table/Depth percentages, only the above that I listed. Maybe someone can plug those numbers into something and get a rough estimate of the percentages? Its beautiful under various lighting and scopes at different magnifications. I'm just not sure about that IGI cert from what I've read here on the forums... but the stone is beautiful and just reduced twice - from $7400 to $7200 to $6500.
2) A GIA cert, Brilliant round, SI2, H, EX/EX/VG , 1.40CT ..dimension are 7.14 x 7.19 x 4.44 with no modifications.. Its a GIA excellent cut (ideal?) from what I've read here and based on the scanned cert I viewed in their system. The inclusions were near the edge of the crown and are probably not going to be visible face-up to the naked eye. I'll find out on Friday when the stone arrives. $7800 , not reduced.
Also viewed:
3) An IGI cert, Brilliant round, VS1, G, VG/VG 1.20CT.. dont have the dimensions on me but they were very close to the above IGI.. Beautiful stone! Was reduced once to $7000 and may be reduced again, not too sure.
Ok so now why I'm posting lol... I wanted to know how much of a difference I'll see in face-up size from the 1.23 to the 1.4? If its negligable, is safe to go with the IGI? Would you go with the GIA based on the higher standards of the grading process? How far off are those prices from "market" prices? It doesn't seem worth it to me to go up in size if its not noticable... for what its worth we could both see a difference in size from a 1.07 to the 1.23 . We have a week left of our 30 days to make a decision and the 1.40 should be there by friday to view. I'll try to update the post if I get more information before then.
Thank you!!!
First we decided on a Leo: Brilliant round, 1.07 good/good , SI2 , I , 58%table, 60.1% depth, slightly thin to medium girdle, medium blue flourescence diamond set in the "Leo" 18k white gold and platinum shank band. It gemex'd very high on all 3 categories, nearly off the chart in Scintilation. I'll have to edit my post when I get home to add the measurments.
(returned the ring, to make a long story short skip this paragraph).
My fiancee and I compared Leos, Peerless and their Certified side by side. The Leo looked gorgeous compared to everything else (I later learned that the Leo "cut" is what makes an average stone look like a premium cert stone)... Its a pretty stone, the clarity higher than I wanted and the inclusions were not "eye" visible but hey it looked pretty and she was happy with it so I was happy. I guess I felt after reading up on this site that I could have gotten a better stone for my money. Well 2 days later the Rhodium on the band had already reacted with her chemistry and turned to a yellow gold... took it back to Jared and they said that while the Rhodium was covered under the warranty there was no way they could help the fact that every few days or weeks the Rhodium would need to be re-applied because of her skin. So we decided we wanted the stone and its shank on platinum band. Well they cannot remove the shank and its stone because it came from Leo that way (signature band with the little diamond inside of the band). So we decided to start over and they happily obliged. At this point I had already read up on this forum and had raised my standards with regards to the 4Cs (thank you GOG for great educationals on your site!)
We currently have two stones on hold:
1) An IGI cert, Brilliant round, SI1, I, VG/VG , 1.23CT .. dimensions are 6.84 x 6.99 x 4.21 with no modifications.. the IGI loose stone cert does not have the cut quality nor the Table/Depth percentages, only the above that I listed. Maybe someone can plug those numbers into something and get a rough estimate of the percentages? Its beautiful under various lighting and scopes at different magnifications. I'm just not sure about that IGI cert from what I've read here on the forums... but the stone is beautiful and just reduced twice - from $7400 to $7200 to $6500.
2) A GIA cert, Brilliant round, SI2, H, EX/EX/VG , 1.40CT ..dimension are 7.14 x 7.19 x 4.44 with no modifications.. Its a GIA excellent cut (ideal?) from what I've read here and based on the scanned cert I viewed in their system. The inclusions were near the edge of the crown and are probably not going to be visible face-up to the naked eye. I'll find out on Friday when the stone arrives. $7800 , not reduced.
Also viewed:
3) An IGI cert, Brilliant round, VS1, G, VG/VG 1.20CT.. dont have the dimensions on me but they were very close to the above IGI.. Beautiful stone! Was reduced once to $7000 and may be reduced again, not too sure.
Ok so now why I'm posting lol... I wanted to know how much of a difference I'll see in face-up size from the 1.23 to the 1.4? If its negligable, is safe to go with the IGI? Would you go with the GIA based on the higher standards of the grading process? How far off are those prices from "market" prices? It doesn't seem worth it to me to go up in size if its not noticable... for what its worth we could both see a difference in size from a 1.07 to the 1.23 . We have a week left of our 30 days to make a decision and the 1.40 should be there by friday to view. I'll try to update the post if I get more information before then.
Thank you!!!
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