What’s the biggest LGD these days?

[denverappraiser]

MMDs have been getter my bigger for years and the number of sellers keep on growing. It’s hard to keep up. What’s the benchmark for HUUUGE these days? What’s the biggest finished lab diamond currently for sale if money is no object? 15 carats? 20? More?

 

[MMtwo]

Ritani has 3 - 20 lab carat stones and one 25 ct.
22.56 x 12.96 x 8.1

25.15 Carat Emerald Lab Diamond IGI LG566394637 | Ritani

25.15 Carat Emerald Lab Diamond VG Cut F Color SI1 Clarity with diamond report number IGI #LG566394637

www.ritani.com

 

[oncrutchesrightnow]

Don’t know the answer to your question. But did notice something interesting the other day. If you go to James Allen and visit the earth diamond section of their website, their default filters are set to a minimum of one carat. But in the lab diamond section, the default filters are set to a minimum of two carats.

 

[tomato]

Don’t know the answer to your question. But did notice something interesting the other day. If you go to James Allen and visit the earth diamond section of their website, their default filters are set to a minimum of one carat. But in the lab diamond section, the default filters are set to a minimum of two carats.

Their analytics likely led them to notice a trend in what people were looking for, and would like to make more money as well!

 

[oncrutchesrightnow]

Their analytics likely led them to notice a trend in what people were looking for, and would like to make more money as well!

Agree… worth noting: if two carats becomes the new one carat, that’s still only half the cost… or less if you match quality, since color and clarity in LGD seems to be a lot better than what the average person got in earth grown. Any speculation on where the extra money will go? Size? Cut? Setting? Savings???!!!

 

[tomato]

Agree… worth noting: if two carats becomes the new one carat, that’s still only half the cost… or less if you match quality, since color and clarity in LGD seems to be a lot better than what the average person got in earth grown. Any speculation on where the extra money will go? Size? Cut? Setting? Savings???!!!

I personally think it’ll go to life stuff like a house downpayment, but I could also see higher end settings, higher color/clarity stones, or even matching studs, an eternity band, or a pendant for the wedding day.

 

[oncrutchesrightnow]

I personally think it’ll go to life stuff like a house downpayment, but I could also see higher end settings, higher color/clarity stones, or even matching studs, an eternity band, or a pendant for the wedding day.

Maybe saving money is a good thing: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/06/millennials-older-pensions-save-own-home

 

[Rockdiamond]

I think these larger sizes really test the pricing logic.
"Normal" size Lab Diamonds have come to much more reasonable levels of price.
Once we get to really large stones...the logic goes south.
A lab grown 10ct costs less to make, per carat, than a 1.00ct. Yet, as it stands, you can buy a few dozen 1cts for the price of a 10ct
That's going to change.......

 

[oncrutchesrightnow]

I think these larger sizes really test the pricing logic.
"Normal" size Lab Diamonds have come to much more reasonable levels of price.
Once we get to really large stones...the logic goes south.
A lab grown 10ct costs less to make, per carat, than a 1.00ct. Yet, as it stands, you can buy a few dozen 1cts for the price of a 10ct
That's going to change.......

Agree and already we are seeing this effect on 1.5 and 2.0 ct LGD.

 

[DAF]

Ritani has 3 - 20 lab carat stones and one 25 ct.
22.56 x 12.96 x 8.1

25.15 Carat Emerald Lab Diamond IGI LG566394637 | Ritani

25.15 Carat Emerald Lab Diamond VG Cut F Color SI1 Clarity with diamond report number IGI #LG566394637

www.ritani.com

I immediately thought of Liz Taylor's EC diamond ring when I saw the size.

 

[MMtwo]

There is a point where it just becomes a better paperweight than ring.

 

[Karl_K]

There is a point where it just becomes a better paperweight than ring.

no such thing, try on larger and larger diamonds until you can not lift your arm then back down .01ct.
That is a Mara sized stone.