A diamond chip?

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#2
The diamond is 7 points. I usually would think of a chip being smaller than that. But regardless, her mother was rude and insensitive to say that no matter how small the diamond is. She should have said..wow, what a sweet gift from your friend! What concerns me more is why in the world would your friend have told you this anyway???
 
#3
DS2006 said:
The diamond is 7 points. I usually would think of a chip being smaller than that. But regardless, her mother was rude and insensitive to say that no matter how small the diamond is. She should have said..wow, what a sweet gift from your friend! What concerns me more is why in the world would your friend have told you this anyway???
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I think she thought it was more funny and it rolled right off her back. she was so excited about it so she was like "i was showing off to my mom but she's being a hater" but i don't think she realized how badly it would hurt my feelings. she's been trying to make me feel better about it ever since. she is giving me the same ring actually in a week (we're giving each other the same ring as a best friends ring thing).
 
#4
narcissistmas said:
I bought my best friend and tiffany's ring and when she went to show her mother she scoffed and said "oh its nothing but a chip" and it completely broke my heart and made me doubt the purchase. I am not educated at all in diamonds but what is the difference between a diamond and a diamond chip? and here is the ring, any thoughts?

http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Ite...earch&searchkeyword=diamonds by the yard ring
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I haven't posted in a while but I just have to say this. That ring is beautiful. Not because of the fact it is tiffanys or the design (both of which are lovely) but the fact of the beautiful sentiment that you love your best friend enough that you took the time to buy her something to mean it. Personally I'm not sure what a Diamond chip is either, but I do know that that ring is beautiful and the sentiment behind it was pure love. May your best friend wear it in good health and you completely disregard that comment from her mother. It's not about her mother it is about your friend.
 
#6
well, for one it's not very nice of a friend to say that, even if she appreciates larger stones. with that being said, diamond chips also more professionally referred to as a melee diamond is anything smaller than a 20 pointer and can be as small as 0.001 carats. it's sort of a derogatory term when someone says a chip, that's basically saying it's a very small diamond and worthless. most melee diamonds are used to embellish setting for larger gems….but there are also daintier pieces like stacking bands etc…don't take what she says too personal, it's what you like and not her….i'm sorry your slightly heartbroken by her comment. as for this tiffany piece, if i were you, i wouldn't go for it. reasons are, for the price you can get a much better or even bigger stone. tiffany is just the brand, that doesn't mean the diamonds are better. i do own pieces from luxury jewelry brands as well, so it all depends on what you buy. if the design is truly unique and one of a kind than that's a different story. but for what your looking at, it's easy to find reputable jewelers to create the piece.

www.briangavin.com
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#7
The ring is beautiful. The diamond is not a "chip", it's too large to be considered chip-size or melee. What kind of a clod would say what your friend's mother said? It's rude to both her daughter and you. I would just discount her comment entirely as being ignorant and boorish.
 
#10
This ring is amazingly gorgeous! What a beautiful ring and how lucky your friend is! I think that she will be touched, I know I would be.

Honestly, I have never heard a professional term such as a diamond chip applied in this sense, that is not only a very insensitive and offensive statement but ignorant as well and as such I would ignore it. Again this ring is very beautiful and you call small diamonds melee and not chip. A chip is when your diamond is chipped and a piece is broken off, so it would mean a damaged diamond, which is why I first read your post, I thought you had the bad luck of having a diamond chipped. In professional terminology this size of a diamond could be called melee, it would be a large melee, most often they call melee up to 5 points small melee and up to 10 points large melee. It, however, really does not matter what you call a diamond, it remains a diamond regardless of the size. I have a designer tennis bracelet 2 cts with 63 diamonds and an Art Deco watch around 1.2 with 50 some odd diamonds so you could say they are just melee but seriously? You would call a 7000 Euro bracelet containing just melee?

Anyhow, it really does not even matter what the piece is worth, it is the gesture that matters and honestly I have never received such a stunning gift from a friend, I cannot wait to hear what she thinks but I am sure she will love it, I know I would.:)))
 
#11
dmitchell15 said:
i haven't posted in a while but i just have to say this. That ring is beautiful. Not because of the fact it is tiffanys or the design (both of which are lovely) but the fact of the beautiful sentiment that you love your best friend enough that you took the time to buy her something to mean it. Personally i'm not sure what a diamond chip is either, but i do know that that ring is beautiful and the sentiment behind it was pure love. May your best friend wear it in good health and you completely disregard that comment from her mother. It's not about her mother it is about your friend.
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this!
 
#12
thank you everyone for your support. my friend does love the ring and we actually picked it out together. i appreciate all the kind words. glad to know its not a "chip" and i actually suspected maybe it was used in the wrong context because whenever i googled it it wouldn't bring up what i was looking for. clearly her mother's comments were ignorant and you all have made me feel much better. Tiffanys is closed to both of our hearts and we were so excited to get a ring from there for each other.
 
#13
When I think of diamond chip, I think of stones that are not fully faceted and are used for those $75 Promotional jewelry that shows up around certain holidays. Most often used by mall chains with lots of tv commercials.

I wouldn't call any stone from Tiffany a chip. I think your rings are very nice!
 
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