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Need help choosing a lab diamond…

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Hey, PS’ers! It’s been many years since I’ve posted here but I have been on from time to time reading posts. It never gets old, that’s for sure!
A little back story: When I first joined PS over 15 years ago, I had just gotten engaged. My husband proposed to me with a 60-point two-tone bezel set solitaire. It was so beautiful but I eventually decided that I wanted something fancier. We traded it in and ended up getting a halo ring which then got traded in again for another ring and then another ring LOL. I’ve been wearing the same beautiful ring for the last nine years but now my husband and I are talking about remaking our original ring that he proposed to me with. We will be celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary this December! :) I have been on Jamesallen.com looking for bezel settings and I stumbled upon the lab created diamonds, which are very appealing to me to me for many reasons. I would actually prefer a lab grown diamond now, to be honest!

Anyway, it has been so many years that I have honestly forgotten what specs to look for in a well-cut diamond (i.e. girdle thickness…have no clue! LOL!) I mean, I know the basics like cut, color and clarity. I do like a touch of color in my diamonds so I’m looking for anywhere from F to H color and would prefer anywhere from SI1 to VS clarity. Pretty much, I don’t want to see any inclusions to the naked eye. I figure for the cost, I can get a hearts and arrows cut diamond which is kind of exciting. I would like to spend no more than $1500 on the diamond and really like the .75- 1 carat size range. I found a diamond which looks pretty perfect to me (link below) but was wondering what you guys think. Was wondering if you could help me find the best diamond that meets my desired specs. :) Thank you sooo much! Feels good to be back! =)2

 
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Congratulations on your 15th Anniversary! How exciting!

We have a lab grown forum where they are a little more knowledgeable about lab grown stones (specific inclusions and all).
(This forum is for mined diamonds.) I'll ask admin to move your thread.

Here is the forum:
 
That one looks nice. Here's a couple I prefer but they are a little bit smaller. I'll keep looking to see if I find any in the sizes you listed


 
Do you have a budget in mind for the entire ring or a certain style of setting you’re leaning towards?
I will forever be recommending Diamonds by Lauren because of my own experience. For just shy of $2k he has this lovely 1 carat diamond in a platinum halo- I think it’s a great value.
 
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I looove that second one. I dunno if they'll like the D color. They're one of the goofs like me who wants a warmer stone :P
 
Do you have a budget in mind for the entire ring or a certain style of setting you’re leaning towards?
I will forever be recommending Diamonds by Lauren because of my own experience. For just shy of $2k he has this lovely 1 carat diamond in a platinum halo- I think it’s a great value.

Hi! Thanks for your help!! My original setting was a plain two-tone bezel studying identical to this ring, but I am considering maybe doing a 2-tone halo setting with a plain band. I found a gorgeous Sholdt setting on Brian Gavin diamond!6886AAEC-F839-46ED-852F-55F0BCCDE8E8.jpeg30085BC8-11CC-41B2-998F-4312360E0602.jpegC3168A16-7680-418D-B66A-20AE791EE7A6.jpeg
 

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Congratulations on your 15th Anniversary! How exciting!

We have a lab grown forum where they are a little more knowledgeable about lab grown stones (specific inclusions and all).
(This forum is for mined diamonds.) I'll ask admin to move your thread.

Here is the forum:

Thank you…on all accounts!! :mrgreen2:
 
Do you have a budget in mind for the entire ring or a certain style of setting you’re leaning towards?
I will forever be recommending Diamonds by Lauren because of my own experience. For just shy of $2k he has this lovely 1 carat diamond in a platinum halo- I think it’s a great value.

Oh…and I would say our max budget would be $4000. I am definitely leaning toward a bezel setting (either halo or plain bezel)…with the bezel being yellow gold and the band being white gold.

I looked at DBL and didn’t see anything that caught my eye, but thank you for the suggestion! :-)
 
Oh…and I would say our max budget would be $4000. I am definitely leaning toward a bezel setting (either halo or plain bezel)…with the bezel being yellow gold and the band being white gold.

I looked at DBL and didn’t see anything that caught my eye, but thank you for the suggestion! :)

You know, with that kind of budget, and a desire for truly amazing specs, maybe check Distinctive Gem. They would take all the guess work out of finding the perfect gem and it looks like a .80 carat comes in at a very reasonable $1,300.
https://www.distinctivegem.com/coll...rows-lab-grown-diamond?variant=39362659680361
 
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