I just LOVE my wife's strong blue fluorescence!

[ScottGBP]

Well, it's not actually my wife that fluoresces blue in discos (though that would be kinda neat ) but the loose round brilliant I just bought her for our 20th anniversary e-ring upgrade. I just love looking at it under UV light - the interesting shade of blue really appeals to me. The pictures don't do it justice, but here's one anyway. This was taken with the UV light aimed at the side of the stone which seems to make it look a bit hazy - but with the UV light hitting it face-on it is perfectly clear, I just don't have a pic of that angle. In direct sunlight I do not notice any bluish hue in the stone.

As an added bonus, it also has phosphorescence (again, my wife doesn't)! I won't try to show a pic of that since it is just an orangish glow for quite a while after the UV is turned off.

Anyway, when researching diamonds my wife and I embraced the fluorescence aspect (it is strong blue on the GIA report) since we thought it: 1) would be "neat"; 2) could also potentially make a lower colored stone face up much whiter (and I think it does for this stone's "I" color, which appears very white to my noob eyes); and could help lower the cost. Reading all the SBF lovers' comments on this forum influenced us to consider it. And we are happy we did as we ended up with a great overall stone that we otherwise wouldn't have considered due to the SBF and the fear of the milkiness/oilyness/haziness that can rarely accompany these stones (I confirmed no SBF problems before purchasing).

Thought I'd capture my experiences on this and these comments in a thread for future forum searchers. We are very pleased with going for SBF! Scott

 

[RockyRacoon]

Very nice! Looks like a great flavor of fluor.

Awesome that the stone exhibits phosphorescence, as well.

Glad to have another member in the Fluor Appreciation club!

 

[ecf8503]

Awesome! I'm a big fan of fluor as well.

 

[ame]

Looks amazing! I too am a fan of the fluor!

 

[ScottGBP]

Thanks for the comments RockyRaccoon, ecf8503 and ame! I wonder if it would be worth it to try and take a pic with a black background to isolate the blue in the stone from the background that's there now - there seems no end to the procrastination opportunities that exist while I play around with this loose diamond before it is set

 

[RockyRacoon]

Thanks for the comments RockyRaccoon, ecf8503 and ame! I wonder if it would be worth it to try and take a pic with a black background to isolate the blue in the stone from the background that's there now - there seems no end to the procrastination opportunities that exist while I play around with this loose diamond before it is set

You'll definitely have a number of people that will look at every fluor picture you post.

Might as well capture it from every angle, before it gets set!

 

[Mayk]

Another fan!! swoon....

 

[iota15]

Please. Every angle. We want to see it all!

 

[maccers]

I love it!

I have a SBF that has phosphorence too, orange like yours. I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me at first.

To capture the phos, John Pollard suggested this: Fluorescence and phosphorescence are fascinating. If you have access to a tripod-mounted camera with a nighttime exposure setting and shutter countdown you may be able to capture the phos effects.

 

[derbygal]

That is so neat! More pics, please!

 

[Karl_K]

kewl keep up the good "work"

 

[beaujolais]

phosphorescence pictures, please, please, please

 

[ScottGBP]

Wow! Peeps who love SBF don't just kinda love SBF, they REALLY love it!!! And I can relate!

 

[ScottGBP]

phosphorescence pictures, please, please, please

sonomacounty, I'll do my best . I just bought a better UV light and also realized I have a small tripod so I'm thinking I'll try to give capturing the phosphorescence a shot...