Questions about stones

suzy snowflake
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Questions about stones

« on: October 30, 2008, 12:16:51 PM »

Hi, all. David, I've been browsing the online catalog, and I have some questions about a couple of loose diamonds that are listed there:

#2619 -- L, Faint Brown, GIA, 1.01, VS1 -- measurements?

How can it be L color and Faint Brown at the same time?
Does that just mean it's a "soft white" tending toward brown
rather than yellow undertones?

#1190 -- L, GIA, 1.07, SI1 -- measurements?

These sound like the type of stone I'm looking for. Could we have more photos? Please


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Re: Questions about stones

« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2008, 03:07:11 PM »

HI Suzy!

It's so difficult to keep everything current!

R2619 was sold.
R1190 is also long gone.
As soon as I post this, I am going to refresh the online catalog!

BUT FIRST- let's answer your question

Quote from: suzy snowflake on October 30, 2008, 12:16:51 PM

How can it be L color and Faint Brown at the same time?
Does that just mean it's a "soft white" tending toward brown
rather than yellow undertones?

A diamond graded "D" color will have no color whatsoever.
As we move on down the color scale, there's a little more tint.
As the diamond gets closer to "J" color, we can start to identify the shade of the tint.
Most of the diamonds we see lean towards a slight yellow. n the case of the oval you mentioned, GIA noticed that the tint was light brown- ergo their grade.


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Re: Questions about stones

« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2008, 07:37:01 AM »

Interesting information -- thanks, David!

Hope you'll have more stones like those soon Cry


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