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I recently brought my 3.02ct F VS2 GIA triple Excellent solitaire diamond ring to my local jeweller in Singapore (when I went back for a short holiday) to have them clean it and tighten the prongs for me. I louped it beforehand and afterwards and didn't see any problem with it.
However, when I took it to the local Singapore gemologist/ appraiser, he told me that there's now a "bruise" on the edge of the table, albeit extremely tiny. He told me that it's impossible to see it with a loupe and he had to turn up his 'scope to a high magnification to see it properly. Now, this man has looked at this diamond numerous times, at least once every three-four months since I bought it in 2006, so you might say that he knows this diamond intimately. I do believe that there's a bruise on the diamond now, which was not there before. There's also no mark (ie. no feather, nothing else) on the table of the diamond as per the GIA report.
I am pretty sure that the jeweller caused it by careless handling but cannot prove that they did it, since I didn't take the ring to the appraiser immediately before I haded it over to the jeweller. Even if I had, I don't see how I could prove that they caused the bruise.
Anyway, my questions now are:
1) how bad is this bruise? ie. Would it affect the triple Ex rating of the diamond and could it lower the value of my diamond?
2) could this bruise be polished out and if so, would that bring the weight of the stone to less than 3ct?
Appreciate your input and advice.
However, when I took it to the local Singapore gemologist/ appraiser, he told me that there's now a "bruise" on the edge of the table, albeit extremely tiny. He told me that it's impossible to see it with a loupe and he had to turn up his 'scope to a high magnification to see it properly. Now, this man has looked at this diamond numerous times, at least once every three-four months since I bought it in 2006, so you might say that he knows this diamond intimately. I do believe that there's a bruise on the diamond now, which was not there before. There's also no mark (ie. no feather, nothing else) on the table of the diamond as per the GIA report.
I am pretty sure that the jeweller caused it by careless handling but cannot prove that they did it, since I didn't take the ring to the appraiser immediately before I haded it over to the jeweller. Even if I had, I don't see how I could prove that they caused the bruise.
Anyway, my questions now are:
1) how bad is this bruise? ie. Would it affect the triple Ex rating of the diamond and could it lower the value of my diamond?
2) could this bruise be polished out and if so, would that bring the weight of the stone to less than 3ct?
Appreciate your input and advice.
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