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Ideal_Rock
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- Nov 2, 2003
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PLEASE, as so many others have already stated, DO NOT get the 61 table. Flat and ugly to look at and just not a good performer. That’s what my previous stone was. Miserable for the 16 years I had it. Please please let that one go! Let my mistake serve to help you have a better outcome than I did last time around.
As an aside, my current jeweler (NOT where I got my horrible stone I just mentioned) did say that there are stones with an H & A pattern that are not good performers but I would venture to guess that’s not the norm. He also said he’s had AGS000s that didn’t have stellar ASETs so it’s not always a guarantee but, again, I would imagine the exception, not the rule. He assesses all his stones using ASET and Idealscope so each stone is getting evaluated and not going by what the paper says.
Something I don’t think that has been mentioned (I apologize if it was and I missed it) is that I have an issue with buying a diamond that’s already set. How do the other PSers here feel? I am not saying this would always be the case, but it would seem to me why would a jeweler be motivated to put his best (or at least better) stones in mountings? To me that seems to be putting lipstick on a pig as the saying goes... dress it all up and offer instant gratification to the lady eagerly awaiting the proposal and very emotionally motivated (I say this with no judgement... I’ve been that girl so I get it).
Diamonds are $$$ and I think they should be viewed unmounted. It’s just like appraisals... if the item is already mounted, a proper appraisal should indicate as such, hence the assessment is LIMITED. So why would someone purchase a diamond with limited viewing capacity???
Yes, I suppose if the mounted stone had an AGS report as 000 with all instrumentation documents for performance and a well-defined plot map then you could be pretty safe... but clearly there’s a reason why all the PS recommended vendors sell their stones UNMOUNTED!
Thoughts on this? Am I wrong? Anyone else ever questioned diamonds already mounted?
With regard to someone mentioning one of the stones in question had some light leakage at the 9o’clock position, my new stone did have 1 spot that was a little clear on ASET but I had to take all the other pluses about my stone into consideration and made the determination it would be okay. That it’s other attributes overcame a minimal shortfall.
But I don’t think that’s what we are talking about here... things need to get on the right course first and then hone in on priorities.
As an aside, my current jeweler (NOT where I got my horrible stone I just mentioned) did say that there are stones with an H & A pattern that are not good performers but I would venture to guess that’s not the norm. He also said he’s had AGS000s that didn’t have stellar ASETs so it’s not always a guarantee but, again, I would imagine the exception, not the rule. He assesses all his stones using ASET and Idealscope so each stone is getting evaluated and not going by what the paper says.
Something I don’t think that has been mentioned (I apologize if it was and I missed it) is that I have an issue with buying a diamond that’s already set. How do the other PSers here feel? I am not saying this would always be the case, but it would seem to me why would a jeweler be motivated to put his best (or at least better) stones in mountings? To me that seems to be putting lipstick on a pig as the saying goes... dress it all up and offer instant gratification to the lady eagerly awaiting the proposal and very emotionally motivated (I say this with no judgement... I’ve been that girl so I get it).
Diamonds are $$$ and I think they should be viewed unmounted. It’s just like appraisals... if the item is already mounted, a proper appraisal should indicate as such, hence the assessment is LIMITED. So why would someone purchase a diamond with limited viewing capacity???
Yes, I suppose if the mounted stone had an AGS report as 000 with all instrumentation documents for performance and a well-defined plot map then you could be pretty safe... but clearly there’s a reason why all the PS recommended vendors sell their stones UNMOUNTED!
Thoughts on this? Am I wrong? Anyone else ever questioned diamonds already mounted?
With regard to someone mentioning one of the stones in question had some light leakage at the 9o’clock position, my new stone did have 1 spot that was a little clear on ASET but I had to take all the other pluses about my stone into consideration and made the determination it would be okay. That it’s other attributes overcame a minimal shortfall.
But I don’t think that’s what we are talking about here... things need to get on the right course first and then hone in on priorities.
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) the jump in price for either G color or larger ct weight didn’t seem worth it to me. 
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