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I recently upgraded my 2.23 J Si-1 ACA to a 2.72 S1-1 ACA. This was back in the late summer. Projects got delayed, time passed & I only just picked up my ring 2 weeks ago. My concerns with the ACA's are not performance, they are outstanding stones. My concern is color. When I initially received the assessment of the 2.72, I was told it had yellow brown body tint but very minimal & not an issue. It was the stone that faced up whiter than the other 2.653 J VS2 (yellow body colour) I had also been considering. Here is the WF link to that stone..
https://www.whiteflash.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut-loose-diamond-4018663.htm
I had videos taken & observed them for hours. I kept questioning the amount of brown tint. I was repeatedly assured, the 2.72 was whiter as was also confirmed by Bryan himself. When I picked up my ring, I was taken aback at how much brown I was seeing! I never expected it considering I was told it faces up very white. This is now my ** 7th ** J colour stone. I have had 3 GIA ones & 4 AGS ones. The AGS 2.23 SI J had medium fluoro & was the whitest J I had ever owned. I have never owned a stone with yellow brown body tint. I have avoided anything with brown in it. Again, I was assured there was very minimal brown hue. Also to note, it seemed that almost every stone I had inquired about in their inventory had a yellow brown body colour. I'm posting because I see a difference & unless you like brown, be cautious. This 2.72 is sparkly & gorgeous otherwise & would absolutely look stunning in a rose or yellow gold setting. Here are some pics...please excuse the dry hands. We've been having extremely cold weather here. No amount of lotion has been working.
Stones I had to compare to...
Here is my ring & the brown is very obvious to me.
Do you see the brown hue in the stone? The centre of the stone is dark all the time. No matter how many types of lighting I've tried taking it into. I zero in on the centre, & I see brown. I see it on the sides as well, straight on & when I tilt it. What are your opinions? For the record, I had on black clothes & have dark hair but this is not related to that or my camera lens.
This brings me to the stone I have on reserve at the moment. A 2.88 J VS-2, a yellow body color stone. It's quite a jump to go up to but I would because of the colour. Whiteflash has had, in my opinion, a rather dismal amount of stock in this size range. Here is the link to the new stone. It's a bit bigger than the 2.72 & I was assured by Amy at David Klass the new stone can be accommodated into the new setting.
https://www.whiteflash.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut-loose-diamond-4091552.htm
WF said it was a solid J & was graded appropriately. I've started getting paranoid that what if AGS is softer than GIA when grading colours. They use GIA masters so I don't think this is true but as I said, I'm paranoid now. I am not able to have the stone shipped locally.
I recently upgraded my 2.23 J Si-1 ACA to a 2.72 S1-1 ACA. This was back in the late summer. Projects got delayed, time passed & I only just picked up my ring 2 weeks ago. My concerns with the ACA's are not performance, they are outstanding stones. My concern is color. When I initially received the assessment of the 2.72, I was told it had yellow brown body tint but very minimal & not an issue. It was the stone that faced up whiter than the other 2.653 J VS2 (yellow body colour) I had also been considering. Here is the WF link to that stone..
https://www.whiteflash.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut-loose-diamond-4018663.htm
I had videos taken & observed them for hours. I kept questioning the amount of brown tint. I was repeatedly assured, the 2.72 was whiter as was also confirmed by Bryan himself. When I picked up my ring, I was taken aback at how much brown I was seeing! I never expected it considering I was told it faces up very white. This is now my ** 7th ** J colour stone. I have had 3 GIA ones & 4 AGS ones. The AGS 2.23 SI J had medium fluoro & was the whitest J I had ever owned. I have never owned a stone with yellow brown body tint. I have avoided anything with brown in it. Again, I was assured there was very minimal brown hue. Also to note, it seemed that almost every stone I had inquired about in their inventory had a yellow brown body colour. I'm posting because I see a difference & unless you like brown, be cautious. This 2.72 is sparkly & gorgeous otherwise & would absolutely look stunning in a rose or yellow gold setting. Here are some pics...please excuse the dry hands. We've been having extremely cold weather here. No amount of lotion has been working.
Stones I had to compare to...
Here is my ring & the brown is very obvious to me.
Do you see the brown hue in the stone? The centre of the stone is dark all the time. No matter how many types of lighting I've tried taking it into. I zero in on the centre, & I see brown. I see it on the sides as well, straight on & when I tilt it. What are your opinions? For the record, I had on black clothes & have dark hair but this is not related to that or my camera lens.
This brings me to the stone I have on reserve at the moment. A 2.88 J VS-2, a yellow body color stone. It's quite a jump to go up to but I would because of the colour. Whiteflash has had, in my opinion, a rather dismal amount of stock in this size range. Here is the link to the new stone. It's a bit bigger than the 2.72 & I was assured by Amy at David Klass the new stone can be accommodated into the new setting.
https://www.whiteflash.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut-loose-diamond-4091552.htm
WF said it was a solid J & was graded appropriately. I've started getting paranoid that what if AGS is softer than GIA when grading colours. They use GIA masters so I don't think this is true but as I said, I'm paranoid now. I am not able to have the stone shipped locally.