Irradiated diamonds for cheap, woohoo!

[MonkeyPie]

Color treat your diamonds for only $70!

This kind of seems like a bad idea, but they have 97 perfect feedbacks.

 

[MonkeyPie]

Date: 8/14/2008 11:40:52 AM
Author: SanDiegoLady
I have seen a baby blue color irradiated diamond like the one shown.. its just about as gorgeous as can be. Like a powder blue sky. But.... I would be too afraid to do this. lol

Me too! Maybe if I came across a super cheap, really terrible diamonds full of inclusions...but still. Actually, I HAVE been eyeing those blue pear cuts on ebay...

 

[FrekeChild]

MP, wanna make a drive up to Taos and see what they''re doing to them? Heh...

 

[MonkeyPie]

Date: 8/14/2008 11:53:43 AM
Author: FrekeChild
MP, wanna make a drive up to Taos and see what they''re doing to them? Heh...

Holy cow I didn''t even notice that! Yes, lets!
That could actually be really interesting. Maybe they are creating the Taos Hum.

 

[FrekeChild]

Hahahahaha!!!!!

I want a blue diamond. I wonder how long it takes? Did it say? I just woke up and didn't read it carefully...

ETA: I bet they are creating the Taos Hum....

 

[MonkeyPie]

It doesn''t actually say. We should ask!
I am always looking at the blue diamond pears on ebay. I had a bidding war with one once but I lost - it .33 carats and it went for only $25! I was so hurt.

I have been itching for a pear since before I got engaged, but my best friend has one for her e-ring and I just thought it might be rude if I got a pear, too. Especially since she knows I had a choice in what kind of ring I got. Nuts.

 

[Lady_Disdain]

Date: 8/14/2008 11:45:03 AM
Author: MonkeyPie

Date: 8/14/2008 11:40:52 AM
Author: SanDiegoLady
I have seen a baby blue color irradiated diamond like the one shown.. its just about as gorgeous as can be. Like a powder blue sky. But.... I would be too afraid to do this. lol

Me too! Maybe if I came across a super cheap, really terrible diamonds full of inclusions...but still. Actually, I HAVE been eyeing those blue pear cuts on ebay...

I have a treated peacock blue diamond that has the worse imaginable carbon, just under the table. However, the colour does disguise it nicely and it was very cheap as well.

 

[FrekeChild]

I''m guessing they will probably have more auctions, right? Even if it''s not the case, we could always go hunt them down....

This is fascinating...

 

[MonkeyPie]

Date: 8/14/2008 12:53:51 PM
Author: FrekeChild
I''m guessing they will probably have more auctions, right? Even if it''s not the case, we could always go hunt them down....

This is fascinating...

They do! Omg pinks!

 

[FrekeChild]

Wow...So what exactly are they doing to the diamonds? I'm guessing this is just a surface treatment, because they say to not recut the stones once they've been treated...

ETA: It sucks that they only do a half carat and up. I have a diamond chip that could use some lovin'.

 

[MonkeyPie]

It doesn''t really say. One of the experts needs to jump in here!

And I was thinking I could have bought that pear cut ring I liked at Zales with the crappy diamond just got this purpose, but they won''t do .25 cts. Dang it! I guess I see their point though...but I would pay full price for it lol.