Hi,
I'm given to understand GIA does not rate the cut quality of a princess stone.
Looking at the Blue Nile website, as well as other merchants, I can see that many of them sell GIA stones and provide a rating for cut quality. For example, one stone I saw on B2C Jewelers was rated "Excellent" cut quality.
I know that these stones are not even in the possession of the merchants. For example, one stone I am looking at is listed on both Blue Nile and B2C, and neither of them have it, they are listing something one of their wholesalers has available for purchase.
So my question is, if they haven't seen the stone, and there is no reporting regarding the cut quality, how can they rate the cut??
Also, is it possible to request either of these merchants to provide ASET light performance testing for a stone? This is a $20,000 stone and I am concerned about light performance, since it looks to me like it is rated a lot higher than the price would suggest (it is rated excellent in every category and G/VS2).
Last question is this. With regard to merchants like the above. Do they generate a selling price for a stone based strictly off of the data in the GIA report? Or do they factor in fire/scintillation? The stones I am interested in seem like a really good deal. I am concerned that the merchant has priced it down because of intangible/unratable qualities like light performance. I am not naive enough to believe in something like a free lunch.
Thanks for the help.
I'm given to understand GIA does not rate the cut quality of a princess stone.
Looking at the Blue Nile website, as well as other merchants, I can see that many of them sell GIA stones and provide a rating for cut quality. For example, one stone I saw on B2C Jewelers was rated "Excellent" cut quality.
I know that these stones are not even in the possession of the merchants. For example, one stone I am looking at is listed on both Blue Nile and B2C, and neither of them have it, they are listing something one of their wholesalers has available for purchase.
So my question is, if they haven't seen the stone, and there is no reporting regarding the cut quality, how can they rate the cut??
Also, is it possible to request either of these merchants to provide ASET light performance testing for a stone? This is a $20,000 stone and I am concerned about light performance, since it looks to me like it is rated a lot higher than the price would suggest (it is rated excellent in every category and G/VS2).
Last question is this. With regard to merchants like the above. Do they generate a selling price for a stone based strictly off of the data in the GIA report? Or do they factor in fire/scintillation? The stones I am interested in seem like a really good deal. I am concerned that the merchant has priced it down because of intangible/unratable qualities like light performance. I am not naive enough to believe in something like a free lunch.
Thanks for the help.