Strong blue fluorescence H-color?!

[Yasemin Lipscomb]

I’ve read good and bad things about fluorescence. I have a diamond on hold and my only concern is that it has strong blue fluorescence. I’ve seen magnified images and video and it doesn’t appear hazy but then again I don’t know if that only shows in sunlight and in certain lighting. The stone is a 1.7 round, GIA 3x, all proportions are great so this is my only concern. Any feedback would be great!

 

[JDDN]

You can ask a gemologist (not the sales associate) to examine the diamond and evaluate for haziness due to the fluoro. The other consideration is that certain inclusions can cause haziness, so depending on the clarity grading (ie, clarity grading is based on clouds not seen as one example) you will need to possibly consider that too. The best way to tell though is to see for yourself . Get the stone and check it out in various lighting and environments. But asking the gemologist is a great first step!

 

[HappyNewLife]

ditto the above. the nice thing about SBF is that it can make for a great value!

 

[ringo865]

Is there a return policy? Any images of the stone you can post here (reserve it first)

 

[diamondsman]

I don't recommend buying any stone with strong or very strong flour, besides the possibility of the stone looking hazy ,also for the simple fact that if one day you'll want to upgrade or sell it ,whomever will offer to buy it from you will probably use it as a negotiating tool to give a lot less money,these stones usually are difficult to sell.

 

[foxinsox]

I don't recommend buying any stone with strong or very strong flour, besides the possibility of the stone looking hazy ,also for the simple fact that if one day you'll want to upgrade or sell it ,whomever will offer to buy it from you will probably use it as a negotiating tool to give a lot less money,these stones usually are difficult to sell.

On the plus side, it should be cheaper to buy because there’s a silly prejudice against fluorescence in the industry. And the number of people who’re realising that fluoro isn’t actually bad (except in very rare cases) is growing so the market isn’t as poor for them as it has been previously. Secondhand pricing is always a drop from retail anyway so I wouldn’t be buying with that in mind

 

[the_mother_thing]

On the plus side, it should be cheaper to buy because there’s a silly prejudice against fluorescence in the industry. And the number of people who’re realising that fluoro isn’t actually bad (except in very rare cases) is growing so the market isn’t as poor for them as it has been previously. Secondhand pricing is always a drop from retail anyway so I wouldn’t be buying with that in mind

Agreed! This video by @Rhino (and a few others) was really helpful to me understanding fluorescence & comfortably deciding to take the plunge with my recent WF purchase - where fluoro was the only criterion for my diamond not gaining ACA branding, resulting in us saving a few thousand dollars as a result on an outstanding diamond with no impact/sacrifice on performance or cut.

And BGD markets an entire line of diamonds featuring fluoro, so perhaps the ‘anti-fluoro tide’ is slowly turning with more info available online, and consumers are understanding they have more options when spending & stretching their diamond dollars than whatever misinformation the ill-informed maul jewelers spin on them just to make a sale.