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[Greg Y]

Finally got our 3.04c/I/Si1/VG cut stone yesterday, wife is thrilled, I'm so-so. looking at the stone closely, there is an "external' blemish that is noticeable up close, looks like the tiniest indentation on the table. Wife doesn't care (she is just enamored with the size of the diamond), but for $34k, it kind of bothers me. While I contemplate what I feel like doing, here are the pics as best I could (couldn't figure out the lighting and i don't have the best camera):

Here's the stone next to my wife's existing ring. I couldn't get any decent solo shots of the stone, and I couldn't figure how to hold it up to get a good shot of the size.










Existing ring up close. Center stone is ~1.6c, sides are .55c.






Here it is under a black light Wife thought it was kind of cool, didn't bother her one bit.






I'm not sure what to make of the VG cut becuase I haven nothing to compare it to except the center stone on the wife's ring, which has a 10 yr old EGL Euope cert.



Anyways, wife just told me she's fine with that tiny indentation on the table, it means the jeweler can't easily swap in a counterfeit stone . Jeweler is on vacation, back on Monday, at which I'll t hen bring him the stone to take a look, and hopefully mount it on the custom band. Will post pics next week if everything works out!

[davidelevi]

Thanks for posting those - I love the UV photo!

If your camera has a macro mode (usually a flower-like symbol), use that - it helps focusing at smaller distances.

Holding a loose diamond is difficult; I think there is no substitute for a pair of tweezers (ideally of the jeweller's type, but normal ones will do if they aren't totally smooth). Be careful - diamonds are worse than Mexican jumping beans!

[Megan@UnionDiamond]

I love that UV photo, great fluorescence!

The best way to hold a diamond is with a pair of jewelers tweezers. If you can find a pair, place the diamond, table down, on a soft cloth. Then gently grab the diamond by the girdle with the tweezers. You want the grip to be just strong enough to keep the diamond from falling out of the tweezers, which is why I suggest doing this over a soft surface, just in case. If you grip too hard, diamonds have a nasty habit of springing free from the tweezers and have been known to fly long distances.

[Greg Y]

Thank you! I found a pair of regular tweezers that held it just fine, but even with my Nikon - when I zoomed in, it lost focus. Will try again tonight.

[davidelevi]

Don't zoom. Use macro mode, the widest angle you can (brighter), and bring the camera near the diamond.