My mother''s ring has now passed on to me, I am her son. I first recall seeing her with the ring in 1992. I don''t have a lady in my life currently and I would like to keep the diamond and put it into a custom man''s setting.
Based on reading up on diamond subject matter, and some common skills aquired from 25 years in the coin and currency hobby I have this info/opinion:
It''s a 11.45mm round brilliant cut diamond, estimated to be VS1 clarity, and estimated to be Q-R-S''ish color. The diamond performs well and it''s appealing to the eye. Symmetry is nice, polish is nice, little bit of blue flourescence.
Local upscale jewelers opinions have been inline, though they are very hesitant to render much information on my stone.
Oddy enough, one jewler had a close match with similar color/size/performance, just differing by clarity I1.
He recommended that I put together a set of matched earrings
funny!
So, here come my serious questions if you have some time to give:
I want to get all the data on the diamond after it''s removed from its simple setting and before it goes back into another ring.
*What 3rd party assessment can provide the color grade, color origin, clarity grade, cut grade, and facet angles in 1 report?
*And at what price for the service?
Not sure if it will make the "fancy" designation, I may just continue to look and compare with stones graded as such to see if I want to shoot for that 3rd party color origin.
*How should I approach a dealer if all I want to do is "eyeball compare" some showcase fancy-colored 3rd party graded stones to my own?
I''ve done this with my coin collecting hobby, by assembling 3rd party grading sets for condition(wear), as it easily takes out most of the questions with visual comparisons. Not an easy task to assemble a color grading set with diamonds, even the Gemoro color set doesn''t do very well against a 5+ carat for comparisons.
The color is noticably yellow, and I would like to push the yellow color, since I can''t push the white color.
*What are all the tricks that can be used in a setting to push the color towards the fancy yellow side?
*I have heard re-cutting has the potential to improve the visual intensity of the color, where can I get info on this?
*How to determine a good candidate?
*If the stone eye''s-up with more color, would that translate to a change in the 3rd party color opinion and origin designation?
I want to have a custom men''s setting made because looking through the standard catalogs is no good, the massive size of the diamond forces out all the interesting design elements that I see in catalogs and online.
*Where can I view a variety of mens setting for a 5+ carat stone, to find more design elements that I like?
I''ve talked with several jewelers and the prices vary widely, with high and low differing by 5x. That makes me want to make a ring myself. I''ve started looking into this already. Not just to save money. but as an interesting new hobby.
*What pricing structures are industry standard for a creating custom ring?
The diamond is just about big as my thumbnail, hence the ID.
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Dallas, TX
Based on reading up on diamond subject matter, and some common skills aquired from 25 years in the coin and currency hobby I have this info/opinion:
It''s a 11.45mm round brilliant cut diamond, estimated to be VS1 clarity, and estimated to be Q-R-S''ish color. The diamond performs well and it''s appealing to the eye. Symmetry is nice, polish is nice, little bit of blue flourescence.
Local upscale jewelers opinions have been inline, though they are very hesitant to render much information on my stone.
Oddy enough, one jewler had a close match with similar color/size/performance, just differing by clarity I1.
He recommended that I put together a set of matched earrings
So, here come my serious questions if you have some time to give:
I want to get all the data on the diamond after it''s removed from its simple setting and before it goes back into another ring.
*What 3rd party assessment can provide the color grade, color origin, clarity grade, cut grade, and facet angles in 1 report?
*And at what price for the service?
Not sure if it will make the "fancy" designation, I may just continue to look and compare with stones graded as such to see if I want to shoot for that 3rd party color origin.
*How should I approach a dealer if all I want to do is "eyeball compare" some showcase fancy-colored 3rd party graded stones to my own?
I''ve done this with my coin collecting hobby, by assembling 3rd party grading sets for condition(wear), as it easily takes out most of the questions with visual comparisons. Not an easy task to assemble a color grading set with diamonds, even the Gemoro color set doesn''t do very well against a 5+ carat for comparisons.
The color is noticably yellow, and I would like to push the yellow color, since I can''t push the white color.
*What are all the tricks that can be used in a setting to push the color towards the fancy yellow side?
*I have heard re-cutting has the potential to improve the visual intensity of the color, where can I get info on this?
*How to determine a good candidate?
*If the stone eye''s-up with more color, would that translate to a change in the 3rd party color opinion and origin designation?
I want to have a custom men''s setting made because looking through the standard catalogs is no good, the massive size of the diamond forces out all the interesting design elements that I see in catalogs and online.
*Where can I view a variety of mens setting for a 5+ carat stone, to find more design elements that I like?
I''ve talked with several jewelers and the prices vary widely, with high and low differing by 5x. That makes me want to make a ring myself. I''ve started looking into this already. Not just to save money. but as an interesting new hobby.
*What pricing structures are industry standard for a creating custom ring?
The diamond is just about big as my thumbnail, hence the ID.
Thumbnail
Dallas, TX
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