Finally!
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Jul 3, 2008
- Messages
- 70
Some of you may recall this one, which basically chronicle the development of my criteria for my "perfect" diamond.
I knew I wanted an RB with a great cut, but beyond that, I was mostly concerned about getting the biggest stone I could get within my budget. After learning a little more here, I began focusing on the idea of getting an H or I with Fluor to whiten it, since that seemed obtainable in my price range.
As I researched Fluor more, though, I became romantic about the idea of finding what used to be called a "saw a few pics of such stones owned by PSers, and knew I had to have one.
Well... that meant finding a Very Strong Blue fluor, ideal cut, high-color, non-milky diamond. And it needed to be at least 7mm wide due to the caster insisting that my design needed to be 6mm wide at the stone in order to be strong.
Trying to find an ideal-cut VSB is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. It appears they get used for practice stones, their cuts are usually so bad. With the gracious and patient help of several vendors from this board, I researched about a hundred VSB and SB fluor stones within (and slightly out of) my price range over about a six-week period.
I want to thank everyone who has tried to help me find this "VSB fluorescent needle in a haystack": Dr. Indira Merchant, Paul Slegers and John Pollard at Infinity Diamonds, Todd Gray at NiceIce, Wink Jones, Chris Gonzales at Whiteflash, Yekutiel Davidov at ID Jewelry, Josh at James Allen, Martin Sheffield at USA Certed, and especially Gary Friedman at Engagement Rings Direct. You were all absolutely wonderful to me, and I wish I could buy from every one of you. I hope other people will read this post and decide to buy from you. I know that if they work with you, they will be very satisfied customers. THANK YOU for giving really wonderful customer service.
Because I could not find an ideal cut Very Strong Blue with my specs in my price range (which fortunately got raised in the last few weeks of my search because the setting will come in lower than expected) I decided to go with... EightStar!
Dana at EightStar suggested we go with one of the larger but cheaper VSB stones I'd ruled out earlier in my search due to its poor cut. He made sure it was not milky, that it would still be eyeclean after the re-cut, and that it appeared lavender in daylight (due to the sun's UV light.) He also answered what must have seemed to be a million questions from myself and my BF, and he did it so patiently and in such detail. I remain incredibly impressed at his customer service.
Here is the stone before re-cut:
AGS 1.546 G SI2
depth 63.0
table 57.5
crown angle 35.6
pavilion angle 40.8
avg diameter 7.29mm
depth 4.59mm
Expected stats after re-cut:
1.324 G SI2
avg diameter: 7.11mm
We haven't discussed it, but my guess is that he will move the girdle down and re-cut and re-orient the crown, and also straighten up the pavilion mains as necessary (angle of pavilion is generally already good?) Experts, I'd love to hear your theories!
I knew I wanted an RB with a great cut, but beyond that, I was mostly concerned about getting the biggest stone I could get within my budget. After learning a little more here, I began focusing on the idea of getting an H or I with Fluor to whiten it, since that seemed obtainable in my price range.
As I researched Fluor more, though, I became romantic about the idea of finding what used to be called a "saw a few pics of such stones owned by PSers, and knew I had to have one.
Well... that meant finding a Very Strong Blue fluor, ideal cut, high-color, non-milky diamond. And it needed to be at least 7mm wide due to the caster insisting that my design needed to be 6mm wide at the stone in order to be strong.
Trying to find an ideal-cut VSB is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. It appears they get used for practice stones, their cuts are usually so bad. With the gracious and patient help of several vendors from this board, I researched about a hundred VSB and SB fluor stones within (and slightly out of) my price range over about a six-week period.
I want to thank everyone who has tried to help me find this "VSB fluorescent needle in a haystack": Dr. Indira Merchant, Paul Slegers and John Pollard at Infinity Diamonds, Todd Gray at NiceIce, Wink Jones, Chris Gonzales at Whiteflash, Yekutiel Davidov at ID Jewelry, Josh at James Allen, Martin Sheffield at USA Certed, and especially Gary Friedman at Engagement Rings Direct. You were all absolutely wonderful to me, and I wish I could buy from every one of you. I hope other people will read this post and decide to buy from you. I know that if they work with you, they will be very satisfied customers. THANK YOU for giving really wonderful customer service.
Because I could not find an ideal cut Very Strong Blue with my specs in my price range (which fortunately got raised in the last few weeks of my search because the setting will come in lower than expected) I decided to go with... EightStar!
Dana at EightStar suggested we go with one of the larger but cheaper VSB stones I'd ruled out earlier in my search due to its poor cut. He made sure it was not milky, that it would still be eyeclean after the re-cut, and that it appeared lavender in daylight (due to the sun's UV light.) He also answered what must have seemed to be a million questions from myself and my BF, and he did it so patiently and in such detail. I remain incredibly impressed at his customer service.
Here is the stone before re-cut:
AGS 1.546 G SI2
depth 63.0
table 57.5
crown angle 35.6
pavilion angle 40.8
avg diameter 7.29mm
depth 4.59mm
Expected stats after re-cut:
1.324 G SI2
avg diameter: 7.11mm
We haven't discussed it, but my guess is that he will move the girdle down and re-cut and re-orient the crown, and also straighten up the pavilion mains as necessary (angle of pavilion is generally already good?) Experts, I'd love to hear your theories!
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