I had a couple more questions, again im lookin in the area of 1 carat roughly, round brialliant H - I, SI1 - SI2. I have visited a few more stores i had to get my money back the first time but this is no big deal.Now im moving a little more cautious and refining what i think i can best afford in terms of a middle of the road approach with a bias towards cut.
On viewing some more stones with a 10x loupe only, i noticed in these stones a dark "ring" roughly halfway down in the pavillion, is this a phenomena associated with all stones loose or mounted? Is this caused by a reflection of the girdle arriving in roughly the halfway point in the pav. in my case on more than one stone at 2 different vendors? Or could this be caused by a reflection from a setting.To clarify i saw this "ring" in stones both loose and mounted, however when i viewed the stone face up i could not notice anything like an inclusion causing the rings.
Any feedback from some of the vendors would br greatly appreciated.In addition ive found that the more questions i ask, the more defensive these "mall" retail jewelers get, once i told the lady i didnt see any of their stones i liked she began to question my knowledge of cert. and what they meant and told me i was just hung up on all the color, clarity issues and that i shouldnt worry about it ..."besides you dont buy a diamond because of price you buy it cause your girlfriend likes it"? Thats what these suit and tie clowns who cant tell me anything about the actual diamond tell me, 2 salesman at 2 different jewlery stores. The way i see that is dont worry if it reasonably sells for 2,000 if your girl likes it and we want 20,000 for it, dont ask questions its "love" right.In my opinion finding and buying the "rarest", most beautiful stone i can afford to give to my future wife is "love" right? One more thing if Diamonds reflect light and colors that are close to them why doesnt everyone get white gold or platinum because this will actually help whiten the stone in a setting, is this correct? Thx to all who respond, Bug-Z
On viewing some more stones with a 10x loupe only, i noticed in these stones a dark "ring" roughly halfway down in the pavillion, is this a phenomena associated with all stones loose or mounted? Is this caused by a reflection of the girdle arriving in roughly the halfway point in the pav. in my case on more than one stone at 2 different vendors? Or could this be caused by a reflection from a setting.To clarify i saw this "ring" in stones both loose and mounted, however when i viewed the stone face up i could not notice anything like an inclusion causing the rings.
Any feedback from some of the vendors would br greatly appreciated.In addition ive found that the more questions i ask, the more defensive these "mall" retail jewelers get, once i told the lady i didnt see any of their stones i liked she began to question my knowledge of cert. and what they meant and told me i was just hung up on all the color, clarity issues and that i shouldnt worry about it ..."besides you dont buy a diamond because of price you buy it cause your girlfriend likes it"? Thats what these suit and tie clowns who cant tell me anything about the actual diamond tell me, 2 salesman at 2 different jewlery stores. The way i see that is dont worry if it reasonably sells for 2,000 if your girl likes it and we want 20,000 for it, dont ask questions its "love" right.In my opinion finding and buying the "rarest", most beautiful stone i can afford to give to my future wife is "love" right? One more thing if Diamonds reflect light and colors that are close to them why doesnt everyone get white gold or platinum because this will actually help whiten the stone in a setting, is this correct? Thx to all who respond, Bug-Z