Hi PS!
Long-time lurker, first-time poster.
DH and I are planning to purchase a MMD. I've done a lot of research and read the MMD education article here, but I still have a couple questions. If it helps, I am an "eye clean" person, not a "mind clean" person, and we're buying this diamond for me to enjoy wearing.
1. I get the sense HPHT is preferable to CVD because of the color issues; however, I've also read here that as long as you're working with a reputable person who vets the stones you can still get a good CVD diamond. DH and I are hoping to buy from Distinctive Gem, and it's my understanding that Jonathan has high quality control standards and we could trust that a CVD stone from him would be ok. Do I understand this correctly?
2. IGI reports now indicate if a CVD stone "may" have gone through post-growth treatement. Is post-growth treatment a negative? If so, why?
3. I know IGI is a good cert. for MMD--are there other labs that are ok too?
3. We looked at diamonds and settings at a jewelry store to get a sense of size and style. In one case, the salesperson set a MMD into a setting that had mined sidestones and the contrast was very strange--the MMD looked like a steel gray whereas the sidestones looked lush and white. When I pointed this out, the salesperson said it was how the MMD performed in the store lighting. She walked me over to the window--in natural light, they all looked the same, a bright sparkly white. Does this happen with all MMD? I didn't really like the thought of my diamond going gray every time I was in LED lighting...
Thank you so much for any insight!
Long-time lurker, first-time poster.
DH and I are planning to purchase a MMD. I've done a lot of research and read the MMD education article here, but I still have a couple questions. If it helps, I am an "eye clean" person, not a "mind clean" person, and we're buying this diamond for me to enjoy wearing.
1. I get the sense HPHT is preferable to CVD because of the color issues; however, I've also read here that as long as you're working with a reputable person who vets the stones you can still get a good CVD diamond. DH and I are hoping to buy from Distinctive Gem, and it's my understanding that Jonathan has high quality control standards and we could trust that a CVD stone from him would be ok. Do I understand this correctly?
2. IGI reports now indicate if a CVD stone "may" have gone through post-growth treatement. Is post-growth treatment a negative? If so, why?
3. I know IGI is a good cert. for MMD--are there other labs that are ok too?
3. We looked at diamonds and settings at a jewelry store to get a sense of size and style. In one case, the salesperson set a MMD into a setting that had mined sidestones and the contrast was very strange--the MMD looked like a steel gray whereas the sidestones looked lush and white. When I pointed this out, the salesperson said it was how the MMD performed in the store lighting. She walked me over to the window--in natural light, they all looked the same, a bright sparkly white. Does this happen with all MMD? I didn't really like the thought of my diamond going gray every time I was in LED lighting...
Thank you so much for any insight!
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