THIS IS NOT AN I3 DIAMOND!
IT SAYS I3, BUT THE DIAMOND PICTURE LOOKS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL!
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I 3???
I’m looking on the Kay Jeweler’s Website the other day, and I see a 3/4 Carat Round Diamond Solitaire for Sale $1,699 (They have now Lowered the Price down to $1,529.10).
The Picture is Beautiful
A Big, Bright Diamond that’s Clean and Brilliant in a Stunning White Gold Cathedral Mounting…
It LOOKS Amazing!
Until you see the Diamond Specifications, as shown here:
Now I3 Paints a more Telling Image of this Ring.
The Clarity is Quite LOW!
Really LOW!
The Lowest you can go.
In fact, it’s the Worst Diamond Clarity in the World!
NO LIE!
It’s the Very Last Clarity Listed on the Clarity Charts… (Which is just a Step above Industrial Diamonds used for Cutting, Drilling and Sanding…)
I3 Diamonds WILL be Riddled with Flaws, Inclusions, Clouds, Blemishes, Black Spots, Fractures, Chips and Cracks…
Like this I3 Diamond here…
Diamonds of this Quality usually have Little or NO Shine. No Brilliance. No Sparkle. They’ll look Dull, Foggy, Lifeless, like a Piece of Salt.
Plus, of course, the Inclusions will be so Obvious and Apparent, that you can see them with your Naked Eye (No Jeweler’s Loupe or a Microscope needed).
PLUS…
This many Inclusions WEAKEN the Stone Greatly!
Not Cool!
And Sadly, just by looking at this Beautiful Photo (and thinking that’s what you’re getting), you’d NEVER know it.
For this Photo shown on their Website is NOT the Real Diamond you’d Buy.
Oh No!
That Image is a Stock Photograph that they use for Many of their Rings, regardless of the Color or Clarity.
And… Just about all their Diamonds shown on the Site are Stock Photos.
Just look at this Photo Below showing a 2.00 Carat, 3.00 Carat, and 4.00 Carat Diamond all using the Exact Same Image…
So don’t think for a Second that your Diamond will look anything like the one Shown in the Photo!
IT WON’T!
But, there’s MORE…
This Diamond doesn’t even list the Real “Cut” Grade of the Diamond either. It just says “ROUND“, which is Hilarious!
ROUND IS NOT A CUT GRADE!
Cut Grades are:
- Excellent
- Very Good
- Good
- Fair
- Poor
“ROUND” is the Shape of the Stone!
So Be Careful when Shopping Online, because Images LIE, and INFO is Deceiving!
If you’re Buying a Solitaire Diamond, make sure you Buy it from a Diamond Dealer like James Allen, where they Show you the REAL Diamond you’re Buying, and all the Diamond INFO is Listed on the Site with a Copy of the Actual Diamond Certificate (Diamond Report).
It really does make a Huge, Huge Difference!
You get what you pay for!
AND, You Can SEE That!
Cheers! :)
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Not only are they lying through the use of their inaccurate stock illustrations about the real quality of the poor diamonds they are trying to foist off on an unsuspecting public, but if you poke around in the Fine Print, and examine that illustration very closely, you will find the following: “The ring is part of the Radiant Reflections® collection, meticulously crafted to create a larger, more dramatic look.”
It is actually a “meticulously crafted” illusion mounting, with that crinkly, light reflecting little collar of white gold around the perimeter of the stone, used specifically to fool the eye into thinking it is seeing more diamond than is really there!! It was an extremely common setting device used in the Forties and into the Fifties on engagement and wedding rings of lower price with smaller stones, to give more visual effect to diamonds that were NOT of low quality, but just of small size in order to give some presence to stones small enough to fit more comfortably into tight wartime and early Post-War bank accounts! Everyone it seemed wore one like it, only many of the early illusion style heads were square, rather than round. The round ones came later, with more advanced design techniques. (I own a few of each kind!) In fact, they were so common, nobody really even discussed the style with any specific terminology. They were just the accepted and expected style of the times.
But today, nobody is really familiar with them, unless you happen to be a devotee and collector of bridal jewelry for the times (like me!) So, the jewelry stores can get away with giving the style a new and fancy name, to try and create some kind of uniqueness or “good will” as it were with potential customers. Very few, if any, of the higher quality jewelry firms ~ Tiffany’s, Cartier, Jabel, James Allen or even Art Carved – have to resort to such tactics, because they don’t have to try and fool anybody into seeing anything beyond the beautiful stones they offer. I have seen a few of the older styles offered as “Vintage” type settings on the current market IF that’s what you are really trying to create, but it’s a matter of style choice, not one of trying to make people see something that isn’t really there!
As for that “cut” listing, that is pretty laughable! Even when you select the characteristic and have it give you a definition, it’s rather vague, including “shape” as one of its defining factors. It does mention some others, which are accurate definitions of the term, but it certainly doesn’t furnish you with THAT information!
These, and many other issues, are why I stay far, far away from the “Mall Stores” and advise anyone else who asks me for any shopping information to do the same. In fact, it’s the FIRST thing I usually tell them!
And it’s Amazing that they’re the Largest Jewelry Store in the World… All due to Price! Go Figure. :)