asblackrock
Shiny_Rock
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- Oct 16, 2004
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My original story was posted under "Overexcited about my MDX purchase?".
My diamond arrived today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It must have definitely been hastened by Santa, as I had not really dared to hope it would arrive and be cleared by customs before Xmas. It was only ordered 6 days ago. MDX inspected and photographed it yesterday and I collected it before work this morning, not having the patience to wait for a delivery. All I can say is wow!!!!!!!!
It is the most beautiful stone I have ever seen. Under diffuse fluorescent light at work it flashes incredibly bright white beautifully symmetrical arrows, but little fire. Wriggle it under a halogen downlight and there are hundreds of colourful scintillations and occasional HUGE flashes of colour. Outside it is a different stone again. On the way home from work I was tooted twice when I did not move away from traffic lights when they turned green. This was because I was absolutely spellbound looking at it. I found when I tipped the stone to a particular spot I was rewarded with a steady circle of bright red about 4 cm (1.5 inches) in diameter that COMPLETELY obliterated the diamond and surrounding case. Closing one eye accentuated this, as the view was different with each eye and closing one eliminated retinal rivalry. To top it off if I then squinted slightly I could induce a steady shaft of red light about 20 cm (8 inches) long passing diagonally through the stone. If this wasn’t enough, I could either tip the case or my head slightly and it would turn to a steady green, and slightly more tipping produced an amazingly intense blue. I never knew a diamond could do this! I have not read of this in other posts.
I had really wanted an icy white stone, but in the end size won out and I went for a G. It thankfully faces very white. I thought I was very colour sensitive, but I cannot pick any “warmth” at all under any lighting conditions. It looks icy white even unset.
Many thanks Johan for showing me the absolutely fascinating DiamondCalc images as the stone was rotated and position of incident rays altered. There was amazingly little leakage. It was also very interesting watching a Sarin analyser in operation.
I have been unable to resist repeatedly peering down the H&A viewer, and to my inexperienced eye they look very crisp and uniform with no splits in the hearts and good separation, etc.
I can find no fault at all. Even the single tiny cobweb like curved inclusion (it is a VS2) is well below the surface and in no way impairs the beauty, even under 30x magnification, which I have at work. I have examined the stone carefully from every angle under this.
While waiting for the stone I had been a bit concerned by several posts which stated that “pavilion angles of 40.6 and shallower, when coupled with many ideal crown angles (particularly under 35 degrees) produce a little too much head obstruction in diffuse light conditions giving the stone a *dark* appearance.” Mine has a pav angle of only 40.5 and crown angle of 34.7. It is definitely not just imagination on my part – there is no darkness at all in diffuse light, even if I just about put my nose on it. All I can see are bright white arrows. So anyone out there purchasing, don’t be automatically put off with an HCA score of 0.6 – see the stone before making a decision.
One more thing – I just love the shape of it. It has a “steepish” crown at 34.7 and a smallish table at 54.8 and this produces a plump crown which I love.
Well I have finished raving about it. I am going to try to post the Idealscope image. Any comments about it? There is a little leakage at the edges, but the stone is still incredibly beautiful.
Thankyou to everyone who responded to my post while I was anxiously waiting for it to arrive. I feel very, very lucky. I hope everyone else’s wishes, big or small, come true for Xmas and the New Year.
My diamond arrived today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It must have definitely been hastened by Santa, as I had not really dared to hope it would arrive and be cleared by customs before Xmas. It was only ordered 6 days ago. MDX inspected and photographed it yesterday and I collected it before work this morning, not having the patience to wait for a delivery. All I can say is wow!!!!!!!!
It is the most beautiful stone I have ever seen. Under diffuse fluorescent light at work it flashes incredibly bright white beautifully symmetrical arrows, but little fire. Wriggle it under a halogen downlight and there are hundreds of colourful scintillations and occasional HUGE flashes of colour. Outside it is a different stone again. On the way home from work I was tooted twice when I did not move away from traffic lights when they turned green. This was because I was absolutely spellbound looking at it. I found when I tipped the stone to a particular spot I was rewarded with a steady circle of bright red about 4 cm (1.5 inches) in diameter that COMPLETELY obliterated the diamond and surrounding case. Closing one eye accentuated this, as the view was different with each eye and closing one eliminated retinal rivalry. To top it off if I then squinted slightly I could induce a steady shaft of red light about 20 cm (8 inches) long passing diagonally through the stone. If this wasn’t enough, I could either tip the case or my head slightly and it would turn to a steady green, and slightly more tipping produced an amazingly intense blue. I never knew a diamond could do this! I have not read of this in other posts.
I had really wanted an icy white stone, but in the end size won out and I went for a G. It thankfully faces very white. I thought I was very colour sensitive, but I cannot pick any “warmth” at all under any lighting conditions. It looks icy white even unset.
Many thanks Johan for showing me the absolutely fascinating DiamondCalc images as the stone was rotated and position of incident rays altered. There was amazingly little leakage. It was also very interesting watching a Sarin analyser in operation.
I have been unable to resist repeatedly peering down the H&A viewer, and to my inexperienced eye they look very crisp and uniform with no splits in the hearts and good separation, etc.
I can find no fault at all. Even the single tiny cobweb like curved inclusion (it is a VS2) is well below the surface and in no way impairs the beauty, even under 30x magnification, which I have at work. I have examined the stone carefully from every angle under this.
While waiting for the stone I had been a bit concerned by several posts which stated that “pavilion angles of 40.6 and shallower, when coupled with many ideal crown angles (particularly under 35 degrees) produce a little too much head obstruction in diffuse light conditions giving the stone a *dark* appearance.” Mine has a pav angle of only 40.5 and crown angle of 34.7. It is definitely not just imagination on my part – there is no darkness at all in diffuse light, even if I just about put my nose on it. All I can see are bright white arrows. So anyone out there purchasing, don’t be automatically put off with an HCA score of 0.6 – see the stone before making a decision.
One more thing – I just love the shape of it. It has a “steepish” crown at 34.7 and a smallish table at 54.8 and this produces a plump crown which I love.
Well I have finished raving about it. I am going to try to post the Idealscope image. Any comments about it? There is a little leakage at the edges, but the stone is still incredibly beautiful.
Thankyou to everyone who responded to my post while I was anxiously waiting for it to arrive. I feel very, very lucky. I hope everyone else’s wishes, big or small, come true for Xmas and the New Year.
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