PS - What is this?

[maccers]

While browsing ebay a week or so ago, I came across a very strange looking diamond. It's an I2, EGL graded. I looked at it repeatedly over the next week, my eyes couldn't understand what they were seeing. Then someone posted about burnt diamonds so I went back and looked at the picture again. Could this be a burnt diamond or is this what an I2 stone will typically look like? The ebay vendor made no mention in the description about the state of this stone, just listed the EGL stats. Any thoughts? It's been a real curiosity of mine and, as always, I want to add to my diamond education

Fwiw, this listing has ended.

Era: the area that looks grey, is that just cloudy?

 

[diamondloveaffair]

this looks like an industrial grade diamond. Typical of what EGL would grade the stone for with their soft system. If GIA could grade this I4, i think they would.

 

[04diamond<3]

If you look anywhere else, you'll see that a lot of EGL graded stones that are I1 or I2 look like this. Some people just like the size and don't care about the clarity...

 

[maccers]

If you look anywhere else, you'll see that a lot of EGL graded stones that are I1 or I2 look like this. Some people just like the size and don't care about the clarity...

Wowzer. I didn't know that! This is a 2.4 carat diamond, it would be soooo noticeable! I thought 'surely there must be an explanation why this stone looks sooo bad, like a fire or something' but clearly I was wrong!

 

[chrono]

Just the usual frozen spit look of an overly included diamond.

 

[denverappraiser]

I2 means that there are inclusions that seriously affect the beauty or durability of the stone (or both) and it’s the bottom grade in the EGL scale. Obviously that applies in this case but the I2 range covers a lot of ground in terms of what those inclusions might look like so there’s no real answer to what is ‘typical’. In the GIA system there’s an I3 grade for stones that they describe as not gem quality. This would be for stones that fall outside of what would be traditionally called a gem. Mostly lab grading on this sort of thing doesn’t make much sense because the lab fees on a 2 carat I2 are the same as the fees on a 2 carat IF but in the case of the former it doesn’t really affect the price of salability of the stone while it’s sucking up a significant fraction of the sales price while in the case of the latter it's a HUGE deal. My guess is that they were hoping for I1 and decided to keep it with the report despite the disappointment because they had already paid and it does clearly establish that it’s a natural diamond.

 

[Rockdiamond]

It's not possible to make a strong conclusion based on a photo- but I can say that it does look a lot like a burned diamond.
When a diamond is burned, it gets that foggy look throughout...and it could easily garner an I2 grade.

 

[lambskin]

Big chip on the left too>