Post # 1
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Helper bee
So we finally narrowed it down and actually purchased my wedding set last night!!! EEEK!!! I’m so excited I can hardly stand it! But now, I have to wait…patiently… 🙂 Easier said than done! I have no idea when my SO will propose, but I’m really hoping that he doesn’t wait forever!
Soooo…The only thing that I have reservations about is my center stone…kind of. It’s a 1.30 carat round brilliant diamond. It’s absolutely beautiful and has tons of fire and just sparkles like crazy! It’s an ideal cut, SI2 (completely eye clean), but it’s a J in color…I didn’t really notice a yellow tint at all. The jeweler actually told us that it has a blue fluorescence which helps it look more colorless than most other diamonds that are a J in color. My other fear is that the setting has G-H colored side stones, so I’m wondering if that will make the “warmth” of the J color stand out more.
The jeweler called me this afternoon and said that he hasn’t set my diamond yet, but he does have it sitting in the mounting. He said that it looks beautiful. He said that he actually took it outside and said that he was surprised that it didn’t pick up more yellow, but that was due to the fluorescence. He is getting a diamond in tomorrow that is the same exact carat weight, it’s an ideal cut and an SI2, but it’s an I in color with NO fluorescence. He wants me to stop in when I get out of work and look at them myself in the store and outside in the natural light and see which one I like better. He said that he would just swap the diamonds out with no price difference if I like the I color better, but he said that he thinks that I will still choose the J.
What do you bees think?? Can anyone show me pictures of an I or J diamond and list carat weight and fluorescence or no fluorescence? Thanks a million!!
Post # 3
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Helper bee
Here are the pics of my setting so you can see what I’m working with…the diamond in the pics is the cz that it was set with when we purchased. I don’t have a picture of the actual stone that we purchased.
Post # 4
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Sugar bee
Post # 5
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Busy bee
First of all, you need to go see it in person, but if they are the same clarity and ct weight, the I color with no fuorescence is a much easier resale in the future. I love my K color, it has no fluorescence to it, and it still doesn’t look yellow, but if you are offered this kind of a choice, as long as the J is medium or faint blue you should consider it, but strong or very strong blue and you’re looking at a big problem down the line.
Post # 6
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Helper bee
Mine is only a .81 carat centre stone, but it is J in colour. Ideal cut, no fluorescence.
Post # 7
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Helper bee
@BakeosaurusRex: Your ring is beautiful!! If you don’t mind me asking, are your side stones on your halo a J in color as well?? I don’t notice a difference at all, but that is one thing that I’m leary of because the side stones in mine are in the G-H range
@puppiekisses: I will have to find out the strength of the fluorescence tomorrow…I’m going to look at both stones tomorrow so we shall see. The jeweler that I purchased from will give me what I paid for the stone if I ever want to trade it in, so I’m not too worried about the resale value.
@MissNoodles: Thanks for the tips! I will have to go take a look 🙂
Post # 8
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Helper bee
@puppiekisses: Can you post a picture of your K colored beauty??
Post # 9
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Blushing bee
The J stone looks really florecent to me, very unnatural but maybe its a bad picture. Personally if it was me i would go for the I with no florecent, i think i would rather a warmer color diamond than a diamond that looks blueish.
Post # 10
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Sugar bee
@smartandcute2boot: the photo she posted is CZ
@shamrock1228: There are several threads on here with J colored stones.
J colored Diamonds
To J or not to J?!? (Show me your J-Rings)
Here’s one about different color side stones
Is your center stone a different color than your halo halo halo? 🙂
There are lots of beautiful J colored stones. J also falls into the near colorless range so it should not put off much yellow anyway.
Here is about flouresecence
http://www.pricescope.com/wiki/diamonds/diamond-flourescence
Post # 11
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Helper bee
@MrsElopement: Thank you for the links, I will definitely look into them!
Post # 13
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Blushing bee
I clearly missed that vital piece of information haha. Ignore what I said.
Post # 15
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Helper bee
@smartandcute2boot: Hahaha it’s all good!! But you are very right, it is quite blue 🙂
Post # 16
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Honey bee
i would go with the I for resale/appraisal purposes as long as you like how it looks. one whole color grade will be worth more later on.
