Hi Everyone. I got engaged about a week ago and when my now fiance gave me the ring (which i picked out beforehand) it was just perfect and sooooo sparkly and so WHITE (even though its an "I" color. I was 100% happy with it and thought it was just beautiful. everyone i showed it to that first week commented how brilliant and white it was.
Today, though, my diamond looks kind of crappy. It looks more yellow today for some reason (i''m in the same office everday so lighting is consistent) and isn''t at all as sparkly as those first couple of days i had it. It looks kind of dark in the middle which I KNOW it didn''t have when i first got it either. what is going on? can a diamond LOSE it brilliance/whiteness? Could it already be this dirty so soon??? i''ve cleaned it using mostly water only. should i try something else? another thing i was wondering is that when i look directly at my diamond from the side (table up, looking through it), i see a line midway between the culet and girdle, horizontally), should this line be there?
Today, though, my diamond looks kind of crappy. It looks more yellow today for some reason (i''m in the same office everday so lighting is consistent) and isn''t at all as sparkly as those first couple of days i had it. It looks kind of dark in the middle which I KNOW it didn''t have when i first got it either. what is going on? can a diamond LOSE it brilliance/whiteness? Could it already be this dirty so soon??? i''ve cleaned it using mostly water only. should i try something else? another thing i was wondering is that when i look directly at my diamond from the side (table up, looking through it), i see a line midway between the culet and girdle, horizontally), should this line be there?