Help please! Diamond and Setting advice needed

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#76
Fluorescence isn't that big of a deal. The only time I've ever noticed mine is under a blacklight in a night club...and that's a rare occurrence these days..lol. Some people say they can show the fluorescence in sunlight (like take on a blue color) but mine does not. I guess if there is a stone you are interested in, ask them to take it in the sun and report back.
I LOVE fluorescence in diamonds.
 
#77
Yay! An update on your search.

I think if you want to go for size an H color with medium flour would be perfect to balance your budget. The only thing I'd consider is whether your setting has a halo or pave band (I don't think yours did but I remember the bev k one did and I'm not sure how fully 100% dedicated to Tacori you are) because side pave and halos in designer settings are mostly g color. Not sure if it's a concern to whether or not it will show warmth or how color sensitive you are. I tend to be very near sighted and sensitive so I can tell on my own making me stick with g color. Also, do you plan on having an enternity wedding band? If so, sticking with an h in the center will also let you get an h enternity band to ease the cost.

Brian Gavin has some amazing diamonds. Not sure if I mentioned it before, but if it's a virtual stone, gog can pull it and do their tests on it for the cost of shipping. They are still searching for my diamond so don't feel limited by the online selection. We have fully invested in GOG so for us to search is included in the final diamond but if you don't choose them and they do a search I believe it's a fee.
 
#78
If you get one of his signature blues Id wager its really not milky at all.

What Flourescence will do for your stone is kind of cancel out some of the warmth. It's not visible to the naked eye in itself unless you put it under a blacklight. Sometimes in sun it's slightly noticeable. It's not going to be a blue stone. It will just aid in making a "lower colored" stone look a little brighter.

My stone is medium to strong blue, and has no milky cast over it.
 
#79
whoops said:
because side pave and halos in designer settings are mostly g color. Not sure if it's a concern to whether or not it will show warmth or how color sensitive you are. I tend to be very near sighted and sensitive so I can tell on my own making me stick with g color. Also, do you plan on having an enternity wedding band? If so, sticking with an h in the center will also let you get an h enternity band to ease the cost.
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An H next to a G will not show much difference at all when the stones are set. It's BARELY noticeable when loose and upside down side by side. Next to each other face up won't be a big differnce.

One thing I dislike about haloes is how the smaller stones sparkle compare to the main stone in some lighting situations. An ideal cut diamond will often appear extremely dark to the naked eye when it's all firey. Even ideal cut / h&a melee will sparkle differently than a larger h&a stone. The way the melee reflect the white light back is also differently. Smaller surface area yet brighter overall.
 
#80
less than 1% of all strong fluorescent stones will show milky. i think it has a bad rap because those 1% probably filtered down into the mainstream and were poorly cut too, so people just think you should avoid all fluorescence. BGD states his are bright and clear..no milky cast.
 
#81
Ultimately it's what you are comfortable with. If you have a friend sourcing diamonds already I would see if they have some flour stones in stock now for you to see to gauge and see what level you would be comfortable with, make sure to take it outside in sunlight and see if it bothers you. If it doesn't then def go for the bgd
 
#82
whoops- how would I know if it's a virtual stone or not? I thought all the stones they listed are their in house stones? If GOG can get it and do tests on it then that'll be great, I might need to ask them though. I think my setting has the pave on the band, half way down. I'm almost 100% sure on the Tacori setting, if I don't go for that then it'll be Tiffany's for me, but as of right now I'm pretty set on the Tacori setting.

Ame- "An ideal cut diamond will often appear extremely dark to the naked eye when it's all firey"...do you mean when it's set in a halo setting or just in general?

skphotoimages- what type of flourescent is your stone? Did you by chance post it anywhere on tpf/ps? I'm really thinking about looking more into flour even though the bf is against it, because I can't any difference at all from the pictures. I might have to go in person and see though.
 
#83
A lot of the ones that are listed without the additional images are virtual stones. Most of the signature ones are in house. But I believe GOG told me true hearts and arrows are maybe 1% of all diamonds so you take the chance it might not be.

And yes, ame was referring to my halo comment. Sometimes the halo can take away from the center but in your case its not a factor. I dint like pave will affect it unless you are super color sensitive

If you are set on the Tacori, you going to buy stone and setting separate? Make sure Tacori sets it and customs the ring for you. I hear so much about bad sample and wrong size settings ordered.
 
#84
I found several post on ps that have images comparing fluorescence levels and with medium levels you don't see much. I was considering it for myself as well.

Ultimately my bf hated the idea of fluorescence just like yours. However if you plan on upgrading the stone later and keeping the setting I would get the size you want now and so when you go and get the new stone of similar size you can maybe use original setting.
 
#85
Actually any idea cut stone can look "dark" in situations where there is fire..ie..direct sunlight. Mine does it. I didn't know why way back when and went on PS asking about it. Halo or no halo.

I do have pictures of the dark thing and of my diamond in general...will find and post later. I might just wait till tomorrow when I get it back from being set in the new head :-) SOO excited to get it back!
 
#87
Well think of the videos showing scintillation or fire (can't remember which) that GOG does. The diamond is really dark. That's just what some (if not all..I don't know) ideal cut diamonds do in certain lights.
 
#88
skphotoimages said:
Fluorescence isn't that big of a deal. The only time I've ever noticed mine is under a blacklight in a night club...and that's a rare occurrence these days..lol. Some people say they can show the fluorescence in sunlight (like take on a blue color) but mine does not. I guess if there is a stone you are interested in, ask them to take it in the sun and report back.
I LOVE fluorescence in diamonds.
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My bf and I read online about what lec mentioned - diamonds with flouresence either look cloudy or milky! I am glad that it isn't that big of a deal. I love being schooled on diamonds on this forum, it's so informative! haha
 
#89
Ah..I found the picture of my diamond that I took when I didn't understand the "darkness thing". I was outside in all. two are diffused light in shadow (from my body), the other two are in direct sun. Also note my diamond is not blue or cloudy in the sun.
They aren't the best pictures of my ring or my diamond...lol, but I was just trying to capture the lighting thing.
 

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#90
whoops said:
Whoops! I was wrong then. I thought she meant the Halo because I believe halos have a tendency to make the center darker. Guess both ways it is dark
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I think what ame meant was the center stone will react different than the melee in the halo. In some lighting the center might take on that dark appearance but the melee might not which in a sense makes the darkness of the center that much more obvious. Me personally...I wouldn't sweat it..lol. Sometimes I think we all overthink this stuff anyway. You're halo will be fab!
 
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