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Should I buy it???

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YOIKS!!! Well that's the $2754 dollar question! If it were me, I'd be curious to see it, so as long as you can return it if you're not loving it, I'm jumpin' on the "sure, get it!" band wagon. Of course, it's not my wallet that's affected, so naturally, I'm keen for you to get it -- and then quick-like-a-bunny have the ring made and share your fabu photos w/us. Ulterior motive or what?!

The only problem is that I left my credit card at home and I won't be back until 12/11. Of course I have a cc with me for traveling but it has a smallish limit where as the other cc at home has a very high one. I am asking again about the return policy before I buy anything. I was hoping to have two to buy and consider but it looks like this is the only one left worth considering.

If you pass by Pricescope, you might want to drop a question or two to Garry about whether and how his cut grading tool could be used for colored diamonds. I remember it doesn't... and the Gem Adviser seems to agree.

H&A in colored rounds? Not sure... Maybe. H&A pattern do form outside the AGS0 or GemAdviser Ideal range. So... who knows... (Gary! ).

Would you care for a radiant cut blue? The cut is supposed to show color much better than rounds.

It sounds normal that clarity is priced in colored syntetics as it certainly is priced in natural color - perhaps color increments cost more, but this is beyond the point. (two examples found quickly: 3cts Intense Yellow VS1 - 44k v.s. 3cts Intense Yellow SI1 25k. There could be differences of color, both look nicely cut... and clarity is still one very different thing between the two. ]


The color charts posted look very blue compared to my memories of blue diamonds - which are a tad cold blue ('graish' sounds bad... don't want to hear about it when blue diamonds are talked about!). Perhaps the syntetics are made a bit better than nature cares to? And I must confess to have seen at least one natural 'vivid blue' that didn't seem to have much gray in it at all... Don't care to remember the price tag of that baby!

Sorry for the rant! The prospect of blue diamonds is exciting even remotely! Yay for you, girl

Hi Valeria,

Thanks for your feedback! I might try posting on pricescope but it always makes me nervous posting on a new forum. I didn't realize the cut tool was only meant for colorless diamonds. That sort of throws all my calculations out the window doesn't it? I guess when I get home I will ask Bill from Pearlman's to pick two and I will take a look at them myself.

I need a 0.5ct round since it is going into an existing setting.

I didn't think the color charts were supposed to represent the actual color of blues but rather just to represent the intensity of each grade?

This blue diamond search is getting more and more interesting! It's almost like a who-dunnit, filled with suspense and making me ever more curious. GO, Lyta, GO! And keep up the good advice, Valeria.