Jewelry Zone - are they good?

[gerling182]

I found a diamond that seems to me to be a bit cheap for the specs listed at Jewelry Zone so i''m trying to work out why! Are Jewelry Zone any good? The stone is CEGL certified - could this be why?? Any other reasons why this rock seems to be cheaper than expected that anyone can think of?

Full specs:
Carats: 0.71
Certification: CEGL
Color: F
Shape: Princess
Clarity: VS2
Price Per Carat: 1680.00
Cost: $1,192
Depth: 75.00
Table: 69.00
Girdle: M
Cutlet: N
Polish: VG
Symmetry: VG
Fluoresence: N
Dimensions: 4.92x4.64x3.48

 

[Kaleigh]

Date: 7/6/2006 11:19:10 PM
Author:gerling182
I found a diamond that seems to me to be a bit cheap for the specs listed at Jewelry Zone so i''m trying to work out why! Are Jewelry Zone any good? The stone is CEGL certified - could this be why?? Any other reasons why this rock seems to be cheaper than expected that anyone can think of?

Full specs:
Carats: 0.71
Certification: CEGL
Color: F
Shape: Princess
Clarity: VS2
Price Per Carat: 1680.00
Cost: $1,192
Depth: 75.00
Table: 69.00
Girdle: M
Cutlet: N
Polish: VG
Symmetry: VG
Fluoresence: N
Dimensions: 4.92x4.64x3.48

Never heard of the lab CEGL, and haven''t heard of Jewelry Zone either. Best to stick with stones that are certed by AGS or GIA.

 

[gerling182]

The thing is they have a lot of GIA and AGL diamonds and are one of the websites returned in Pricescope searches - i don''t know if this is a potential bargain or disaster!

 

[whatmeworry]

saw a CEGL on E-bay. CEGL = Clarity Enhanced Grading Laboratories. Don''t know if the CEGL you found on Jewelry zone is the same one but better check it out.

 

[Lorelei]

Welcome to PS

Jewelryzone is listed under vendors, it is probably the cert which accounts for the price. I haven''t heard of this lab, maybe it is a C.E diamond, check carefully if you want to pursue this.

 

[denverappraiser]

A lab report is only as good as the lab that produced it. Anyone who wants to can call him or herself a gem lab and can write an opinion on a piece of paper and someone will call it a ‘certificate’. Your basis for deciding that this may be a bargain is because you are comparing it to offers of other VS2-F’s of similar size, right? If the lab is all wet than this isn’t a useful comparison. Put another way, why are you sure it’s not an SI2-H? It makes a pretty big difference. Have you seen the stone? Has anyone (other than CEGL)?

If you can’t figure out who CEGL is, and you can’t convince yourself that you have a valid reason to be interested in their opinion, ignore it entirely.

Neil Beaty
GG(GIA) ISA NAJA
Professional Appraisals in Denver