Would you buy a clarity enhanced diamond?

[Rae~]

Venturing out of lurkdom to ask if anybody's opinion would change if the diamond in question were of a superior cut? For example, an AVC like the one in this video. 1.73 I I1 - was listed for under $5k. http://www.vimeo.com/13036782

My answer would not change - still a resounding no.

 

[Dancing Fire]

Venturing out of lurkdom to ask if anybody's opinion would change if the diamond in question were of a superior cut? For example, an AVC like the one in this video. 1.73 I I1 - was listed for under $5k. http://www.vimeo.com/13036782

why waste $5k??? buy a nice .90ct instead.

 

[jstarfireb]

Now that's an interesting prospect (the AVC). Typically I associated clarity enhancement with persistence of visible inclusions and poor cut quality. But a clarity-enhanced ideal cut? I'd really think about it. Not for an engagement ring or other sentimental piece, because it wouldn't be mind-clean for me, but if the price were right, I'd probably think about it for a pendant (it would be less vulnerable to damage that way).

 

[SB621]

nope probably not. To me diamonds are special and when they are clarity enhanced it really takes away from it.

 

[Imdanny]

Re:

No, because one of the characteristics I personally prefer is clarity, true clarity. I don''t mind some VS2 10x stuff in there as it is a real stone, but I would rather keep the black boogers in the stone and keep it as it came from the earth. I''m weird that way. I don''t care much about color - D-Z - but I like clarity!

+1

 

[MMMD]

A friend of mine has a 2 carat round that had noticable black inclusions (otherwise great stone, lots of brilliance.) She sent it to Yehuda and now it looks amazing. I think you just have to be careful and ask a great deal of questions about the treatment the diamond received and durability. Personally, I'd stay away from Ebay on this one.

 

[Cehrabehra]

Now that's an interesting prospect (the AVC). Typically I associated clarity enhancement with persistence of visible inclusions and poor cut quality. But a clarity-enhanced ideal cut? I'd really think about it. Not for an engagement ring or other sentimental piece, because it wouldn't be mind-clean for me, but if the price were right, I'd probably think about it for a pendant (it would be less vulnerable to damage that way).

This. I wouldn't want one in general - it's a mind clean issue for me... one of the things I like about diamonds is their clarity and I wouldn't want it mucked with. But maybe maybe maybe to get a ridiculously good deal on a superfluous stone... maybe.

 

[Frenchcut]

I wouldn't, there are too many unknowns (will the diamond be durable? how long will the effect of the enhancement last?). I would never ever spend several k$ on a diamond that may break any other day...it's just not worth taking the risk.

 

[denverappraiser]

Venturing out of lurkdom to ask if anybody's opinion would change if the diamond in question were of a superior cut? For example, an AVC like the one in this video. 1.73 I I1 - was listed for under $5k. http://www.vimeo.com/13036782

Personally, I've often wondered why they aren't ALL superior cut. The usual reason to cut a stone wil less than fabulous cutting is because the resultant stone is bigger and there's less 'waste' of the original rough. That is to say that a piece of rough that will cut spectacular 0.85ct stone may cut a 1.10 turnip. Since rough is pretty expensive, and stones over a carat sell for a premium because of the weight, it makes a certain amount of since to accept a discount for a crappy cut in exchange for a premium on these other things. The lower the grade gets, the less this matters. An I3/I round on Rap goes from 1100/ct to 1200/ct when it passes a 1.0ct mark for example. VS1/E goes from 6900/ct to 10500/ct over the same boundary. At the same time, the biggest impediment to selling low grades is that they often aren't very pretty. Good cutting helps a lot on this front and dispite the Internet style of buying paper instead of diamonds, there are still a lot of people out there who walk into a store and buy the prettiest one they can afford with an eye toward the biggest size. Killer cuts on low grades seems taylor made for this market.