Pinklioness91
Rough_Rock
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- Feb 12, 2020
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Hi All,
I am very new to the diamond world. We are searching for a center stone to put in an engagement ring. Originally we were considering Brian Gavins Blue Diamond line but after much research on this forum saw the consensus was they are over priced. I don't really care if the stone is laboratory vs. natural. My biggest concern is the stone having a lot of fire & brilliance. I saw a lot about Takara Hearts & Arrows and decided to take a look for myself.
The site is a little strange to me. I am used to seeing the diamond inventories with a 360 degree video or photo of the diamonds. For Takara I can only see the inventory on its search engine or the drop down menu. How am I supposed to assess the stone outside of using the HCA, reading the IGI, and looking at its specs? They don't provide ASET or Idealscope images which is also troubling, how can I trust they are really H&A and have good light performance?
Has anyone here recently purchased from their site? If so, how did you select the best stone for fire & brilliance from the H&A inventory? More importantly, how was the purchase experience and are you happy? Just because they are cheaper than natural diamonds doesn't mean they are "cheap" we are looking for something 1ct or up and they start around 2.6K so I am not taking this purchase lightly.
Thank you for any help and advance! I am new, if my post is repetitive or not using the right terminology... please cut me some slack
I am very new to the diamond world. We are searching for a center stone to put in an engagement ring. Originally we were considering Brian Gavins Blue Diamond line but after much research on this forum saw the consensus was they are over priced. I don't really care if the stone is laboratory vs. natural. My biggest concern is the stone having a lot of fire & brilliance. I saw a lot about Takara Hearts & Arrows and decided to take a look for myself.
The site is a little strange to me. I am used to seeing the diamond inventories with a 360 degree video or photo of the diamonds. For Takara I can only see the inventory on its search engine or the drop down menu. How am I supposed to assess the stone outside of using the HCA, reading the IGI, and looking at its specs? They don't provide ASET or Idealscope images which is also troubling, how can I trust they are really H&A and have good light performance?
Has anyone here recently purchased from their site? If so, how did you select the best stone for fire & brilliance from the H&A inventory? More importantly, how was the purchase experience and are you happy? Just because they are cheaper than natural diamonds doesn't mean they are "cheap" we are looking for something 1ct or up and they start around 2.6K so I am not taking this purchase lightly.
Thank you for any help and advance! I am new, if my post is repetitive or not using the right terminology... please cut me some slack