Ready for a pendant stone

[snuggles1]

I found a pendant stone that looks great on paper. 1A for AGA, 1.1 hca---smack in the gia/aga boxes, with a GREAT price for $515 for 0.40ct with a gia dossier. Now, I think the company is a drop shipper so they can''t tell me anything about the stone and what it looks like. What do all of you do when you find a stone like this? Do you idealscope it when it arrives? Bring it to an appraiser? I''m completely lost. Thanks!

 

[MichelleCarmen]

Hi,

You can buy an ideal scope for around $25. I would start there so when the stone arrives, you can get an initial look at it. If the HCA is 1.1, it sounds like it''d probably make a great pendant and an appraiser may not be necessary if you have the certificate for the stone. For $515, I wouldn''t even bother having it looked at (but that is just me).

What is the color/clarity? The price sounds amazingly low. When I was looking at stones around that size for my pendant, the only stones that fit that low price were J or lower.

 

[MichelleCarmen]

Here''s a link for an idealscope. . . http://www.ideal-scope.com/cart_order.asp

See beginner scope part of the way down

 

[snuggles1]

It''s an H VS2.

I was surprised by the price too, but then again I had to sort through hundreds of specs on stones and finally found this one. I wonder if there might be something wrong with it.

 

[snuggles1]

The one thing I worry about is if I will use the idealscope again, but from what I read here, people are constantly looking at their stones through the idealscope. I worry about being obsessed!

 

[MichelleCarmen]

Yeah, the price is SO low! The J that I looked at online (from a VERY reputable dealer) had an odd ideal scope image. It had near arrows, but the whole set of them was off center. I just checked and the stone is still for sale. It is a J VS2 .401.

 

[MichelleCarmen]

If you're worried about becoming obsessed, bite the bullet and toss the ideal scope after you check out your diamond.

 

[snuggles1]

Date: 11/12/2007 12:52:50 PM
Author: MC
Yeah, the price is SO low! The J that I looked at online (from a VERY reputable dealer) had an odd ideal scope image. It had near arrows, but the whole set of them was off center.

How did it score on hca and aga?

 

[MichelleCarmen]

hca = 1.6

At first it looked like a great stone. I had a LOW budget so it caught my eye, but in the end I decided to spend more and get a different stone. An I or a J both are great colors for pendants. If you''re unsure of that H stone, possibly look around for a lower color from a vendor who provides more info. It''d be a HUGE pain to send a diamond back. I''d stress over that.

 

[snuggles1]

Date: 11/12/2007 1:00:52 PM
Author: MC
It''d be a HUGE pain to send a diamond back. I''d stress over that.

Yeah, I think that is what I''m more worried about. I''m worried about if the stone is awful and I have to send it back. It''s more of a "do I really want to start this?" kind of feeling. And then I have to find a goldsmith who won''t screw up and do something strange (like one that I recently worked with through a vendor)...

 

[snuggles1]

I did it! I gave in and finally bought the idealscope. Hours of endless fun?