ImpatientOne
Brilliant_Rock
- Joined
- Oct 19, 2006
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- 1,394
First of all, I'd like to give thanks to both Jonathan at GOG and Sheerah at Whiteflash for their exceptional customer service while I was trying to make my decision. I would not hesitate to recommend either of these vendors to anyone!!! In the end, I chose slightly larger 1.73 SI1 J AGS0 stone seen here: http://www.goodoldgold.com/diamond/3798/
I recieved my new stone from GOG yesterday!!! I was pleasantly suprised to see all of the documentation that accompanied my new stone, including an Isee2 certificate, AGS certificate, Gemex report, Sarin report, Diamcalc report, OGIFireTrace report, and digital pictures including a magnified pic, pics under the Hearts and Arrows viewer and DiamXray viewer. It was all packaged together nicely in a folder.
I was a little nervous about the J color (my old stone is a 1.51 SI2 I VG cut), however, when I opened the box I was thrilled to see that this stone faces up nice and white and even from the side it appears there is no discernable difference between it and my I stone with regard to color. I was thrilled to see with my own eyes that this stone is truly completely eye clean from ALL angles. One of the things that really bugged me about my old stone is, that while it weas eye clean from the top, you could easily see inclusion from the side. This puppy is crystal clear
I've been wearing the stone in it's temporary holder around the house along with my old ring and comparing them under various lighting conditions. The new diamond is definitely brighter and more sparlkly! I can't wait to see what it looks like in it's new setting (http://www.signedpieces.com/item.cfm?item_id=3581 ) Unfortunately my new setting won't be ready for another couple of weeks.
In the mean time, I'm attaching a couple of pics of the stone in it's temporary setting. I'm off to the post office to mail my old rings off to Bill at Pearlman's to sell on consignment.
Again, I couldn't be more thrilled with my new diamond! I do believe this will keep me satisfied until I can afford that 2+ ct stone of my dreams!

I recieved my new stone from GOG yesterday!!! I was pleasantly suprised to see all of the documentation that accompanied my new stone, including an Isee2 certificate, AGS certificate, Gemex report, Sarin report, Diamcalc report, OGIFireTrace report, and digital pictures including a magnified pic, pics under the Hearts and Arrows viewer and DiamXray viewer. It was all packaged together nicely in a folder.
I was a little nervous about the J color (my old stone is a 1.51 SI2 I VG cut), however, when I opened the box I was thrilled to see that this stone faces up nice and white and even from the side it appears there is no discernable difference between it and my I stone with regard to color. I was thrilled to see with my own eyes that this stone is truly completely eye clean from ALL angles. One of the things that really bugged me about my old stone is, that while it weas eye clean from the top, you could easily see inclusion from the side. This puppy is crystal clear

I've been wearing the stone in it's temporary holder around the house along with my old ring and comparing them under various lighting conditions. The new diamond is definitely brighter and more sparlkly! I can't wait to see what it looks like in it's new setting (http://www.signedpieces.com/item.cfm?item_id=3581 ) Unfortunately my new setting won't be ready for another couple of weeks.
In the mean time, I'm attaching a couple of pics of the stone in it's temporary setting. I'm off to the post office to mail my old rings off to Bill at Pearlman's to sell on consignment.
Again, I couldn't be more thrilled with my new diamond! I do believe this will keep me satisfied until I can afford that 2+ ct stone of my dreams!
