Can I have your honest opinions on the cut of this C&C moissanite?

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Hi everyone,

I'm new to Pricescope (I heard of you guys on reddit) so I'm sorry in advance if I make any errors with this post.

I'm coming to you guys because I need expert advice. My fiance ordered this moissanite ring from an independent jeweller on Etsy with a Charles and Colvard Forever One moissanite as the centre stone. Upon receiving it, we're surprised to see that the quality of stone isn't what we expected. Does this look a little hazy or unclear to you guys? This is what it looks like freshly cleaned with dishsoap and water. This photo was taken near a window on a sunny day, so hopefully a fair lighting setting to judge the clarity.

I called C&C yesterday about this and they're going to send me a sunshine cleaning cloth to see if that fixes the issue... but if I want to send it in to see if it's eligible for a replacement, since I'm in Canada, we'll need to pay for all the shipping charges.

So before we spend loads of money to ship this stone around, I was hoping to get some secondary opinions from people who are experts in moissanite - does this cut look off to you guys? Does this stone look sub-par?

Please let me know if you want to see other pictures or lighting conditions, and seriously, thank you in advance for your help.

 

[Sirenagirl]

C&C Forever moissanites have fallen out of favor with Pricescope because of the quality. If you look at the Tianyu thread you can see the quality of these other moissanites.

 

[tkyasx78]

IMO the cut in almost all moissanites is simply dismal.

there is a AGS 0 cut stone you can get from Moissaniteco.com if you special order it from the site.
I also believe that there is an august vintage cut that looks good from another website ( I cant remember the name off the top of my head but he had some great stones )


I wouldnt recommend spending money on the - what I call - splinter cut stones. they are meant to flash the light but when I looked at them on their site they look way off. They are not at all cut like an ideal cut diamond.

 

[Dandi]

Augustvintageinc.net sells ideal cut moissanites amongst other cuts, I've just bought a pair of these as studs. I won't have them for a few week yet, but I hope this is of some help. I believe @MakingTheGrade has one, hopefully she can share her thoughts.

https://www.augustvintageinc.net/co...ts/your-custom-cut-round-ideal-cut-moissanite

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Yup I have an August vintage modern round and I love it. Would take it over CC any day.

Here’s my thread with lots of photos.
https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/august-vintage-ideal-cut-
mrb.245392/

I found my moissy to be crystal clear. Though I’ve read from other threads hat some folk have had issues with moissy that’s been cloudy :/

 

[bludiva]

It's hard to tell anything from the photo....Do you have an option to return or just exchange? From what I've heard c&c is hit and miss. I have one and I like it but it was just luck to get a nice one.

If you exchange it there's no guarantee you'll get one of the well cut ones unless you can work with someone to handpick a stone for you.

Is yours an H&A cut or the normal cut? Here's a video comparing the two:

I hope they resolve this to your satisfaction!