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Ideal_Rock
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My first fancy color LGD was this pink mrb from New World Diamonds. At the time, most pink LGD were orang-y. The purplish ones had just shown up on mainstream websites and were out of my budget. Plus it was hard to find them under a carat. So when I found this sweet pink color at a reasonable price in a half-carat, I jumped on it.
These days, fancy LGD available on mainstream sites have a lot more variety in overtones and intensities. The weird ones that I tend to like have decreased in price. I am exercising patience because IMHO the quality will improve and the prices will decrease, although maybe not as fast as colorless. That being said, I have wanted a pink rose cut for a long time. Ouros had one listed and I contacted them to see if they could do a smaller stone. The price at the size I wanted was well within casual purchase price, so even though prices may continue to drop, I went ahead and got it since I had wanted it for so long.
IMHO the fancy color LGD market will separate more easily from the earth grown, natural color diamond market, than the colorless LGD market did from colorless EGD market. Because above certain sizes, the differences in intensities and saturation levels will be noticeable to the naked eye of most diamond enthusiasts. In that vein I hope there will be fewer arguments. Someday I will buy a carat+ super dark midnight blue LGD, and it will not be for the purpose of competing with someone’s carat+ super dark midnight blue natural diamond because how many of those exist?
Please show your fancy color LGD if you have one.
These days, fancy LGD available on mainstream sites have a lot more variety in overtones and intensities. The weird ones that I tend to like have decreased in price. I am exercising patience because IMHO the quality will improve and the prices will decrease, although maybe not as fast as colorless. That being said, I have wanted a pink rose cut for a long time. Ouros had one listed and I contacted them to see if they could do a smaller stone. The price at the size I wanted was well within casual purchase price, so even though prices may continue to drop, I went ahead and got it since I had wanted it for so long.
IMHO the fancy color LGD market will separate more easily from the earth grown, natural color diamond market, than the colorless LGD market did from colorless EGD market. Because above certain sizes, the differences in intensities and saturation levels will be noticeable to the naked eye of most diamond enthusiasts. In that vein I hope there will be fewer arguments. Someday I will buy a carat+ super dark midnight blue LGD, and it will not be for the purpose of competing with someone’s carat+ super dark midnight blue natural diamond because how many of those exist?
Please show your fancy color LGD if you have one.
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