Padparadascha gemstone advice

[erose]

Hi what are your thoughts about this gemstone and also recommend you purchase or what setting ideal for this gemstone

 

[erose]

 

[erose]

 

[lovedogs]

That doesnt look like a pad sapphire to me. It looks more pink. Is it certified? What is the ct weight and price?

 

[ShinyPink]

Can you take clearer pictures in better lighting? It looks so dark and I don't see any orange.

 

[erose]

That doesnt look like a pad sapphire to me. It looks more pink. Is it certified? What is the ct weight and price?

It comes with certified papers
3 ct $9000
Hard to capture color very light pink orange with what looks like transparent window
Notice color more in certain lighting
Wondering best setting if a window bezel or halo will help?

 

[lovedogs]

It comes with certified papers
3 ct $9000
Hard to capture color very light pink orange with what looks like transparent window
Notice color more in certain lighting
Wondering best setting if a window bezel or halo will help?

For that kind of $ I hope the certificate is from a highly reputable lab.

 

[erose]

It comes from c dunaigre consulting ag dug gemstone report
Any recommendations for ideal setting window opinions would you purchase set specific way

 

[JackTrick]

If that’s what I think it is, Dunaigre is a Swiss gemologist formerly of Gubelin labs, and is fairly reputable.

That said, for $9000 I’d likely want an additional report from a place like GIA or GRS.

It’s tough to judge the stone from the pictures. Is it a symmetric heart? But also windowed from straight on?

 

[erose]

If that’s what I think it is, Dunaigre is a Swiss gemologist formerly of Gubelin labs, and is fairly reputable.

That said, for $9000 I’d likely want an additional report from a place like GIA or GRS.

It’s tough to judge the stone from the pictures. Is it a symmetric heart? But also windowed from straight on?

I see window at all angle I see the color but parts as if transparent and see through

 

[distracts]

For a 3 ct padparadscha, I'd want a lab report from a top lab stating it was a pad. GIA, AGL, GRS, Gubelin - any of these would be acceptable. I'd trust CDunaigre for treatment but I don't think his determination of what is a pad carries anywhere near the weight of these others. At least in the picture to me it looks like a purple-pink, with no orange. It could just be the photography, but it seems like it's priced like a "pad-adjacent" color that is not actually padparadscha. Of course, if you love the color, the designation won't matter, but if what you want is specifically a padparadscha, I'd want another lab report.