Orangefig1
Rough_Rock
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- Nov 5, 2011
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Hello,
I’m new to this forum, I just started looking at posts recently, and decided it was time for me to make my own thread because I am so unsure about an upcoming diamond purchase.
My boyfriend and I have been looking at diamonds for a couple months now. I will be picking out the diamond and the setting with him, I don’t want any kind of surprise. We’ve been looking at stones at several local jewelers. I know that I want a round brilliant, 1.25 ct, F color, VS2 stone with an Ideal cut. We are only considering GIA stones with triple EX grading. Our budget is about 15,000 for the whole ring.
So here is my question:
On Thursday we saw a stone with the exact specs above. It’s the first stone that has exactly met my specifications, the others that we have seen have been SI1s, but I’ve always been able to see inclusions and that really bothered me. When the salesperson unwrapped the stone I was so impressed. It was so sparkly and bright and didn’t show any color. I’m aware of the HCA cut adviser, and when I look at stones online, I always type in the angles and table/depth % to see if they will perform well. Well I fell in love with this stone before looking at the GIA report. See, I wanted to make sure that I couldn’t see any inclusions before I looked at the diamond plot because I was afraid if I looked at the plot first I would convince myself I saw something. Anyway, I loved the diamond, and my boyfriend loved it too. Then we looked at the GIA report. It is graded triple excellent, but the dimensions just don’t seem right. I can’t remember exactly, but I believe the table was 60% and the depth was 61%. Something like that, I was surprised that the table was so large, usually tables are 56% - 58% for excellent diamonds, right? I could have put the dimensions in the HCA thing right away, but I was so afraid that it wouldn’t come out as excellent and then I would be disappointed. I don’t know what to do now. We are going to see the diamond again on Thursday (the 10th) and I’m sure we will have to make a decision about buying or sending it back that day. The diamond is priced at $13,150. Is it possible this isn’t such a great diamond even though it looks great (in the store) and has GIA triple ex grading?
Please help!
I’m new to this forum, I just started looking at posts recently, and decided it was time for me to make my own thread because I am so unsure about an upcoming diamond purchase.
My boyfriend and I have been looking at diamonds for a couple months now. I will be picking out the diamond and the setting with him, I don’t want any kind of surprise. We’ve been looking at stones at several local jewelers. I know that I want a round brilliant, 1.25 ct, F color, VS2 stone with an Ideal cut. We are only considering GIA stones with triple EX grading. Our budget is about 15,000 for the whole ring.
So here is my question:
On Thursday we saw a stone with the exact specs above. It’s the first stone that has exactly met my specifications, the others that we have seen have been SI1s, but I’ve always been able to see inclusions and that really bothered me. When the salesperson unwrapped the stone I was so impressed. It was so sparkly and bright and didn’t show any color. I’m aware of the HCA cut adviser, and when I look at stones online, I always type in the angles and table/depth % to see if they will perform well. Well I fell in love with this stone before looking at the GIA report. See, I wanted to make sure that I couldn’t see any inclusions before I looked at the diamond plot because I was afraid if I looked at the plot first I would convince myself I saw something. Anyway, I loved the diamond, and my boyfriend loved it too. Then we looked at the GIA report. It is graded triple excellent, but the dimensions just don’t seem right. I can’t remember exactly, but I believe the table was 60% and the depth was 61%. Something like that, I was surprised that the table was so large, usually tables are 56% - 58% for excellent diamonds, right? I could have put the dimensions in the HCA thing right away, but I was so afraid that it wouldn’t come out as excellent and then I would be disappointed. I don’t know what to do now. We are going to see the diamond again on Thursday (the 10th) and I’m sure we will have to make a decision about buying or sending it back that day. The diamond is priced at $13,150. Is it possible this isn’t such a great diamond even though it looks great (in the store) and has GIA triple ex grading?
Please help!