Is this odd?

[Laila619]

Hi everyone!

I was given a price quote for my setting to have .32 carat weight of pave diamonds. I approved the quote and the total carat weight. Now that we are in the final stages of designing the setting, I've figured out that my setting will have 14 diamonds at 0.02 each for a total of .28 carat weight (14 x 0.02).

I told my jeweler that we are not using up all the carat weight that I was quoted for (.32 vs .2 and so could I please add two more diamonds to get it up to the original .32? The jeweler told me that no, my setting has 14 diamonds x 0.02 for a total of 0.297 total carat weight. Now, I may not be a math whiz, but I know that 14 x 0.02 is not 0.297.

Does that make sense to you? Thanks in advance.

 

[Dreamer_D]

Date: 2/3/2010 5:26:24 PM
Author:Laila619
Hi everyone!

I was given a price quote for my setting to have .32 carat weight of pave diamonds. I approved the quote and the total carat weight. Now that we are in the final stages of designing the setting, I''ve figured out that my setting will have 14 diamonds at 0.02 each for a total of .28 carat weight (14 x 0.02).

I told my jeweler that we are not using up all the carat weight that I was quoted for (.32 vs .2 and so could I please add two more diamonds to get it up to the original .32? The jeweler told me that no, my setting has 14 diamonds x 0.02 for a total of 0.297 total carat weight. Now, I may not be a math whiz, but I know that 14 x 0.02 is not 0.297.

Does that make sense to you? Thanks in advance.

Sounds like the 2 pointers are actually 2.1 pointers.

 

[Laila619]

Hi dreamer! Thanks. Sounds like a logical explanantion BUT they haven't even selected the diamonds yet, so I'm not sure how they would know this. In any case, the jeweler didn't say they were 2.1 pointers, they said they would be 2.

 

[Karl_K]

they are sold by calibrated lot with a min of 1ct usualy, then matched by the jeweler.
It sounds like he has already selected 14 matching stones from a lot and they weight .297 together.
That is normal, they are not matched by wright but diameter and appearance from the lot of similar size/color/clarity.