Fuzzy Dunlop
Rough_Rock
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- Nov 2, 2022
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Dear Hivemind
First, many thanks to everyone who has contributed to the many other helpful threads on here, and to my earlier thread which helped me if no one else!
So, I've found a diamond - VS1/H/HCA score 1, stats all in the ideal/'safe' range - with the below H&A and arrows photos (supplier won't provide Idealscope/ASET).
Price seems good and it's through a hybrid (online/in-person) vendor I'm happy with, ring design is great, the fairly likely half-a-size resize and less likely "yes but can we change the ring?" will be no problem if they arise. But - they don't hold diamonds in stock, so getting ASETs/Idealscopes has not been so easy - H&A images yes, Idealscopes and ASETs no.
But given a HCA score of 1 and the images below, is there anything reason not to go with this? The dot in the H&A image is - I think - a crystal inclusion in the table that's not going to be eye-visible; it's VS1 but confirmed as eye clean in any case.
There's also diamond 2, same vendor, 0.1 carat bigger and HCA 0.7 at more-or-less the same price, but the performance doesn't seem great, and I'm including mostly to have that confirmed.
There have also been diamonds 3-33 (including the one discussed in the past thread, that with hindsight would've probably gone just fine but is making someone else happy), and I am pretty much at the point of accepting that if I only want to buy something with all the certainty given by the detailed images, I should switch to buying from Whiteflash's ACA's range, and either drop the carat weight a touch and/or throw an extra $1-2K at the problem. This is an option for sure, but there is a convenience and I perceive also narrative value with going with the in-person vendor in my city, and my sense is diamond 1 above does look pretty good...
Please excuse the lack of GIA numbers and anonymisation and many thanks in advance.
First, many thanks to everyone who has contributed to the many other helpful threads on here, and to my earlier thread which helped me if no one else!
So, I've found a diamond - VS1/H/HCA score 1, stats all in the ideal/'safe' range - with the below H&A and arrows photos (supplier won't provide Idealscope/ASET).
Price seems good and it's through a hybrid (online/in-person) vendor I'm happy with, ring design is great, the fairly likely half-a-size resize and less likely "yes but can we change the ring?" will be no problem if they arise. But - they don't hold diamonds in stock, so getting ASETs/Idealscopes has not been so easy - H&A images yes, Idealscopes and ASETs no.
But given a HCA score of 1 and the images below, is there anything reason not to go with this? The dot in the H&A image is - I think - a crystal inclusion in the table that's not going to be eye-visible; it's VS1 but confirmed as eye clean in any case.
There's also diamond 2, same vendor, 0.1 carat bigger and HCA 0.7 at more-or-less the same price, but the performance doesn't seem great, and I'm including mostly to have that confirmed.
There have also been diamonds 3-33 (including the one discussed in the past thread, that with hindsight would've probably gone just fine but is making someone else happy), and I am pretty much at the point of accepting that if I only want to buy something with all the certainty given by the detailed images, I should switch to buying from Whiteflash's ACA's range, and either drop the carat weight a touch and/or throw an extra $1-2K at the problem. This is an option for sure, but there is a convenience and I perceive also narrative value with going with the in-person vendor in my city, and my sense is diamond 1 above does look pretty good...
Please excuse the lack of GIA numbers and anonymisation and many thanks in advance.
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