Huldak
Shiny_Rock
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Today we went to look at settings, and had a retailer who sells Singlestone bring in some to show us. I'll start with something that was a nice compliment to all of you OEC prosumers. Doesn't pertain to me, but it gave me a smile. I mentioned pricescope to the salesgirl, and asked if she'd heard of it. She responded sort of, Ari mentioned that you will know more about diamonds than I ever will. I just laughed and said not me.
Anyway in my last thread, I discussed "J" being too tinted, and 1.66 ct being perhaps a bit too big for SO ... we still haven't really settled on a diamond yet.
[URL='https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/is-this-1-63-oec-a-contender.195209/']https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/is-this-1-63-oec-a-contender.195209/[/URL]
One of the settings we looked at today was not one I even anticipated considering, they just happened to have it in stock so we looked at it. Turns out, we both liked it. And, it was set with a 2.23 ct N/O color OEC (EGL USA cert).
The color did not bother me. And the size did not bother SO. Surprising on both points. What I did like about this diamond was how I could really see the facets. That was missing in all the other diamonds I looked at, except perhaps a 1.26 AVR with a big table. Anyway, this was by far the biggest I'd considered. I guess obvious facets is just a benefit of size.
Although it was tempting to just call it a day and buy this pretty one (esp as they were having 25% off), the last thing I wanted was to buy an underperformer. Fortunately I know my limitations here, and hope that some experts will chime in. Looking at these pictures, I notice 2 things. One, the edges are not super crisp the way the diamonds I looked at earlier were.
And two, under the table doesn't look right, as I see it in that first picture. I also noticed when I looked at the diamond with a loop that I could see skin under some facets. Don't know if that's to be expected with these old cuts, or if that's a bad sign.
It looks a bit green in some of these pics, but so does my sweater in some I've not posted. That wasn't actually the case. Let me say I really did like it and it looked gorgeous, or I wouldn't be considering it. Opinions really appreciated here, if we pull the trigger it will likely be tomorrow. Thank you in advance.
Anyway in my last thread, I discussed "J" being too tinted, and 1.66 ct being perhaps a bit too big for SO ... we still haven't really settled on a diamond yet.
[URL='https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/is-this-1-63-oec-a-contender.195209/']https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/is-this-1-63-oec-a-contender.195209/[/URL]
One of the settings we looked at today was not one I even anticipated considering, they just happened to have it in stock so we looked at it. Turns out, we both liked it. And, it was set with a 2.23 ct N/O color OEC (EGL USA cert).
The color did not bother me. And the size did not bother SO. Surprising on both points. What I did like about this diamond was how I could really see the facets. That was missing in all the other diamonds I looked at, except perhaps a 1.26 AVR with a big table. Anyway, this was by far the biggest I'd considered. I guess obvious facets is just a benefit of size.
Although it was tempting to just call it a day and buy this pretty one (esp as they were having 25% off), the last thing I wanted was to buy an underperformer. Fortunately I know my limitations here, and hope that some experts will chime in. Looking at these pictures, I notice 2 things. One, the edges are not super crisp the way the diamonds I looked at earlier were.
And two, under the table doesn't look right, as I see it in that first picture. I also noticed when I looked at the diamond with a loop that I could see skin under some facets. Don't know if that's to be expected with these old cuts, or if that's a bad sign.
It looks a bit green in some of these pics, but so does my sweater in some I've not posted. That wasn't actually the case. Let me say I really did like it and it looked gorgeous, or I wouldn't be considering it. Opinions really appreciated here, if we pull the trigger it will likely be tomorrow. Thank you in advance.
I think you will find something much better.
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