Hi Everyone!
I'm having the hardest time finding affordable clear, not gray, quality diamonds around 2mm (3-4 points). Online, I see plenty of merchants offering melee, but they are all SI1-2 and color G, H for ~25-30 each. I want at worst color F and clarity VS1. I can see imperfections in VS2...but then it all depends on whose grading them.
I've only seen 1 seller online offering higher graded stones but they want $60 each! Does anyone know why diamond chips being offered for sale are such bad quality? I just don't think its worth spending all this money for diamonds if they are going to be cloudy and gray and not sparkle.
For more background, I'm having an engagement ring designed in rose gold with a halo and twisted shanks (and bezel stones between the twisted shanks). The halo will be a line of diamonds and I would've liked the shanks to have diamonds halfway down, but it seems it may be too costly . If anyone knows of some way I can get discounted/wholesale pricing, please let me know! I will need 20 for the halo and bezel stones. For the shanks I would need another 20-30.
I'm near NYC, so I could venture down to the diamond district, but they are notorious for swindling people.
I'm having the hardest time finding affordable clear, not gray, quality diamonds around 2mm (3-4 points). Online, I see plenty of merchants offering melee, but they are all SI1-2 and color G, H for ~25-30 each. I want at worst color F and clarity VS1. I can see imperfections in VS2...but then it all depends on whose grading them.
I've only seen 1 seller online offering higher graded stones but they want $60 each! Does anyone know why diamond chips being offered for sale are such bad quality? I just don't think its worth spending all this money for diamonds if they are going to be cloudy and gray and not sparkle.
For more background, I'm having an engagement ring designed in rose gold with a halo and twisted shanks (and bezel stones between the twisted shanks). The halo will be a line of diamonds and I would've liked the shanks to have diamonds halfway down, but it seems it may be too costly . If anyone knows of some way I can get discounted/wholesale pricing, please let me know! I will need 20 for the halo and bezel stones. For the shanks I would need another 20-30.
I'm near NYC, so I could venture down to the diamond district, but they are notorious for swindling people.