Is this a fish-eye?

[paeony]

Does this seem like bad lighting or a serious problem with the cut? Could it be recut?

thanks

 

[neatfreak]

Whatever it is it doesn't really look too pretty...

Any chance of a few more pictures?

 

[paeony]

hmmm... let me see.
(it did get quite blurry (i.e. cloudy) when I blew it up)

 

[paeony]

here''s one not so straight on

 

[neatfreak]

It certainly does look like a very poorly cut stone...but it's hard to say from just a few snapshots.

 

[Garry H (Cut Nut)]

it is a very deep pavilion piece of dross.

A fish eye is very shallow pavilion dross

 

[CharmyPoo]

I don''t know what it is either but it doesn''t look very pretty to me.

 

[Garry H (Cut Nut)]

And yes - it is better to recut deep stones than shallow ones.
But if it is say 1ct, it will be 0.85ct after recutting - which can be bad economics - but the diameter should not change and it will appear much larger

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 10/28/2008 10:50:43 PM
Author: Garry H (Cut Nut)

it is a very deep pavilion piece of dross.

A fish eye is very shallow pavilion dross

Dross? LOL!!

 

[paeony]

Haha, thanks for the info! Its 1.3ct-- would the drop in ct weight be a huge economic loss for this range? (although, I''m more concerned with diameter)
Also, would it be better to take it to a jeweler or appraiser to see if recutting is a good idea...?

 

[arjunajane]

sorry paeony, but this is a D-O-G sweet heart ! I hope you don't mind, I couldn't resist - the ugly made me do it, lol..


.....please tell me this isn't a personally important stone....

 

[paeony]

Date: 10/29/2008 11:19:25 AM
Author: arjunajane
sorry paeony, but this is a D-O-G sweet heart ! I hope you don''t mind, I couldn''t resist - the ugly made me do it, lol..


.....please tell me this isn''t a personally important stone....

Man, how can you say that about the stone that .... nah, I can''t even pretend like its important

Just a great deal that I thought could be prettied up, a diamond in the rough if you will (i''m sorry, I tried to fight off that horrible literal pun.. it got the better of me..)

 

[Garry H (Cut Nut)]

1.3ct is recuttable. It will not fall under 1.00ct.
Contact an apprasier in your area for a recomendation - Bill Bray - a Cutter - is also highly spoken of in USA.