Uncivil_Engineer
Rough_Rock
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- Jan 28, 2016
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Purchased a nice 0.7 carat, F color, SI2 diamond from James Allen a couple weeks back. While the HCA (2.4) left a little to be desired, the images of the diamond showed a clarity too good to be true. No way an SI2 diamond could look almost eye clean at 20x magnification and still be classified as SI2.
Of course, it was. I was notified by a manager today that the image video uploaded for the stone was incorrect; a picture of the diamond was sent to my inbox and, sure enough, where there was once a nice, clean table (in my head, at least), now sat a nice, chunky crystal large enough to make the clarity SI2. I was told that the stone was eye-clean but, given another chance, I'd like to take just one more crack at this.
(Just another reminder to the chaps out there looking to propose by a certain date: **it Happens).
I already have a halo setting sized to accept a diamond in the 0.7 carat range, so the price/size are going to be in the same ballpark. Here are three diamonds that I've (currently) narrowed it down to:
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-dia...-i-color-vs1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-810627
HCA = 0.8
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-dia...-f-color-si1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-793564
HCA = 1.8
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-dia...-g-color-si1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-769722
HCA = 1.9
I'm currently leaning towards the 2nd choice, due to its color, advice (from another site) to stick with H+ color for halo settings, and just pure preference... but I've lurked enough on these forums to give y'all a crack at this.
... y'know, for fun, and stuff. >.>
Of course, it was. I was notified by a manager today that the image video uploaded for the stone was incorrect; a picture of the diamond was sent to my inbox and, sure enough, where there was once a nice, clean table (in my head, at least), now sat a nice, chunky crystal large enough to make the clarity SI2. I was told that the stone was eye-clean but, given another chance, I'd like to take just one more crack at this.
(Just another reminder to the chaps out there looking to propose by a certain date: **it Happens).
I already have a halo setting sized to accept a diamond in the 0.7 carat range, so the price/size are going to be in the same ballpark. Here are three diamonds that I've (currently) narrowed it down to:
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-dia...-i-color-vs1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-810627
HCA = 0.8
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-dia...-f-color-si1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-793564
HCA = 1.8
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-dia...-g-color-si1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-769722
HCA = 1.9
I'm currently leaning towards the 2nd choice, due to its color, advice (from another site) to stick with H+ color for halo settings, and just pure preference... but I've lurked enough on these forums to give y'all a crack at this.
... y'know, for fun, and stuff. >.>