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My fiance and I are currently engagement ring shopping and are having a hard time finding something that we both like. I really would like a fancy colored diamond or gemstone e-ring, but he has not liked any of the fancy colored diamonds we have seen and thinks that colored gemstones do not sparkle enough for his tastes. In our shopping the other day we came across a beautiful brown diamond ring.
The ring has a .79 brown diamond in a simple white gold cathedral setting. I looked at the diamond under a microscope and it is one of the cleanest diamonds I have seen yet (I have been actively shopping and looking for about 2 months) the jeweler said that it is a VS1 or 2. It has a single inclusion that looks like a very tiny bubble. The diamond is a very true medium dark brown color similar to coca-cola and has a lot of sparkle within it. It is not gray, red, yellow, orange, or pinkish at all. It is dark like most cognacs but not golden at all. It is brown like those described as chocolate but doesn''t look smokey like most I have seen pictures of. I cannot comment on its cut as I can not tell just by looking yet and it doesn''t have any paperwork. The store is having a going out of business sale and the jeweler has said she thinks she will have a hard time selling the ring because people in her small town just don''t like brown. The going-out-of-business price is $1600, down from $3250.
Here is the problem. I have not researched brown diamonds as well as the other colors and don''t have any idea what is a fair price on this ring. From what I have found it seems that browns with other colored undertones are preferred by most and are more highly valued. It also seems that the lighter colored champagne stones are also more higly valued. Personally, I saw another brown with red and yellow undertones that I found quite ugly and I don''t like the light brown stones at all (to me they just look like off color colorless diamonds). I think I prefer the true rich brown of this stone. I have not been able to find a stone online that is like it anywhere (most diamonds of a similar tone and richness I am finding are obviously highly included or look grayish and have no sparkle). It also seems that most people say brown diamonds are of low quality, however this is the cleanest stone I have seen that someone called a VS. In fact, it is cleaner (to my amateur diamond, though microscope-experienced eye) than any stone I have seen, other than one VVS1 I looked at.
Both my fiance and I like the ring better than any we have seen (this brown diamond is the only colored stone my fiance has liked at all), but we are worried about buying something of low quality and over paying for it. The ring is well below our budget but it seems to be priced higher than any other browns I can find. But then again, I cant find any browns of similar color and quality.
What does everyone think about the pricing and quality of this diamond. Am I just crazy and like a stone that no one would ever want? Is it high clarity even valued among brown diamonds? What about it not having a report? If I buy it should I send it to GIA? Should I just stay away from browns all together? Please help!
My fiance and I are currently engagement ring shopping and are having a hard time finding something that we both like. I really would like a fancy colored diamond or gemstone e-ring, but he has not liked any of the fancy colored diamonds we have seen and thinks that colored gemstones do not sparkle enough for his tastes. In our shopping the other day we came across a beautiful brown diamond ring.
The ring has a .79 brown diamond in a simple white gold cathedral setting. I looked at the diamond under a microscope and it is one of the cleanest diamonds I have seen yet (I have been actively shopping and looking for about 2 months) the jeweler said that it is a VS1 or 2. It has a single inclusion that looks like a very tiny bubble. The diamond is a very true medium dark brown color similar to coca-cola and has a lot of sparkle within it. It is not gray, red, yellow, orange, or pinkish at all. It is dark like most cognacs but not golden at all. It is brown like those described as chocolate but doesn''t look smokey like most I have seen pictures of. I cannot comment on its cut as I can not tell just by looking yet and it doesn''t have any paperwork. The store is having a going out of business sale and the jeweler has said she thinks she will have a hard time selling the ring because people in her small town just don''t like brown. The going-out-of-business price is $1600, down from $3250.
Here is the problem. I have not researched brown diamonds as well as the other colors and don''t have any idea what is a fair price on this ring. From what I have found it seems that browns with other colored undertones are preferred by most and are more highly valued. It also seems that the lighter colored champagne stones are also more higly valued. Personally, I saw another brown with red and yellow undertones that I found quite ugly and I don''t like the light brown stones at all (to me they just look like off color colorless diamonds). I think I prefer the true rich brown of this stone. I have not been able to find a stone online that is like it anywhere (most diamonds of a similar tone and richness I am finding are obviously highly included or look grayish and have no sparkle). It also seems that most people say brown diamonds are of low quality, however this is the cleanest stone I have seen that someone called a VS. In fact, it is cleaner (to my amateur diamond, though microscope-experienced eye) than any stone I have seen, other than one VVS1 I looked at.
Both my fiance and I like the ring better than any we have seen (this brown diamond is the only colored stone my fiance has liked at all), but we are worried about buying something of low quality and over paying for it. The ring is well below our budget but it seems to be priced higher than any other browns I can find. But then again, I cant find any browns of similar color and quality.
What does everyone think about the pricing and quality of this diamond. Am I just crazy and like a stone that no one would ever want? Is it high clarity even valued among brown diamonds? What about it not having a report? If I buy it should I send it to GIA? Should I just stay away from browns all together? Please help!
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