Shell, it seems like you certainly are qualified to determine if a stone is green or not. You've owned enough diamonds to know what a lower colored diamond should look like in gray weather. I definitely think your expectations were appropriate, and I'm sorry that the Amora didn't live up.

Erica at Jewels by Erica Grace said that she saw zero green in my stone and she analyzed it in a number of different lighting considitions, including overcast weather. I hope that assures you that the Amora's can be truly beautiful, and even an antique diamond expert thought so She said she expected green, but it just wasn't there.

I'm sorry if my previous post seemed like it was antagonistic toward you, as that was completely something I was trying to avoid. I posted my mini rant on color/expectations because lots of people are freaking out about the yellow Amora 'epidemic' and I feel like they should understand that far fewer stones are duds than what is being reported in recent months. I was writing mostly in response to the Mike/Hadley conversations about the declining QC at MoCo. I'm not out to say that MoCo doesn't make mistakes, that certainly would be impossible; but I don't think it's fair that people recently have been crawling out the wood work to say they have a mistake stone. Some of that problem is based on skewed expectations from the get-go.

Anywho, sorry for the ran, Hun. I think you probably did get a funky monkey, because you know what to look for (where as some other people don't).

I didn't feel that you were antagonistic at all Kat. I read your post with interest and I completely agree with your comments. I really am looking forward to receiving my new Amora as i'm sure it will be just what I was hoping for

Whoa... I recognize my hand/ring in the third pic. Just to let you all know, I've had my same Amora ring for a while now, and that picture was just a fluke of a combo of bad settings and a weird camera trick. It is nothing like that in real life.

My ring is white, beautiful, and unique! I think that sometimes (at least for me), photography can enhance certain colors in the stones. So take me off the list of yellow/defective Amora I would never have posted that picture if people were going to use it as evidence against Amora. I just posted it because I thought it was a neat trick of color play. It was just reflecting my surroundings.

This is as yellow as it gets in REAL life,not with photography, and it's taken under the dreaded overcast Portland, OR skies:

I love solitaires if you don't mind my asking what size is the stone and what size is your finger?

mmascall, I have a size 4.5 finger, with a 1 ct equivalent (6.5 mm) round brilliant Amora

Moissy *is* very unique in the way it almost absorbs the colours around it. That is just characteristic of the stone. ttverdy, I thought your ring was stunning before, and I think so again I am glad you are loving it!

Thanks, also love the width of your band! You're giving me lots to think about when I upgrade to the Amora Gem