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#196568 - 02/17/06 02:13 AM
Re: What about flawed takara stones
[Re: starstruck]
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Mentor
Registered: 03/25/05
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Loc: East Coast
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Good point, I think many of us who cannot afford the "perfect" ones may be very interested in the lower grade SI's and nicer I stones if available. If they are cheap in genuine diamonds they may be even cheaper in the lab version.
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#196571 - 02/17/06 08:19 AM
Re: What about flawed takara stones
[Re: flanderslover]
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The Black Orlov
Registered: 04/04/02
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Good point, I think many of us who cannot afford the "perfect" ones may be very interested in the lower grade SI's and nicer I stones if available. If they are cheap in genuine diamonds they may be even cheaper in the lab version.
I think the mis-perception here is that by buying an SI diamond, you would get a *much* better price, and unfortunately, that is not the case. Based on the way the lab prices them, you might save a couple hundred dollars (for 2-3,000 purchase). Thus, maybe 5-10% savings...you wouldn't be getting a 50% off type of price if thats what you are thinking.
Remember that for colored diamonds, there are really only three C's: Color, Color and Color. Clarity does not impact pricing nearly the way it does in whites...some of the worlds most expensive diamonds are Red color diamonds that are I1-clarity. The clarity is not really relevant, its all about color. GIA even offers color grading for fancy color diamonds that doesn't even list the clarity to give you an idea of where clarity impacts things.
Additionally, the quality bar is not merely the clarity - we've sold a few very nice looking SI's in the past. The quality really encompasses the beauty of the stone.
Thus, funky or off-colors are one's we won't accept for sale and its really the color grade that cuts out most of the stones.
Additionally, last year the lab decided they wanted to do their own cutting instead of us buying rough, and so many of the stones were poorly cut. If its too deep, you get a very deep colored halo ringing the table of the stone, and if too shallow, you get a washout of the color all around the outside edge of the stone.
In any of the above cases, the beauty of the finished diamond is impacted, and would not be what people would view as a beautiful fancy color diamond....and hence why we won't offer them for sale. The quality bar again is to ensure that the finished Takara diamond is visually a beautiful lab diamond.
Lastly, I should add that the lab simply has not produced at all since roughly last September - flawed or not flawed, it doesn't matter since they've had no new production to speak of. We've got lots and lots on backorder and they haven't called yet to say they have filled anything.
Hope that helps!
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