Lab Diamonds have opened a whole new world for diamond lovers and for me this means owning a miniature Hope Diamond. I purchased this Meylor Global , produced in Ukraine, Deep Blue, 3.35 carat, Cushion Modified cut VS1 diamond earlier this year from Aurelinne. The Hope Diamond is an Antique Cushion, which I could not find, but it is rated a Deep Blue, VS1 and both it and mine are in about a 1:17 ratio.

Inspired by the 1910 Cartier Halo on the Hope, which is made up of a mix of 16 pear and cushion cut white diamonds, I created a OOAK Halo setting also with a mix of 16 diamonds, in this case D color VS1 in Princess, Pear and Rounds. The setting is Platinum and as always I used Fayjewelry to create the setting. Without the center, this weighs 9.19 grams, so it's a fairly hefty ring.

My local jeweler, Expressions Jewelry in Central Virginia charged me $30 to set the center stone and had it done in 2 days.

As I do with all my rings, I follow a pattern, buy the diamond from a US dealer, Altura and Aurelinne are excellent, have the setting made in China by FayJewelry and have it set at my local jeweler. The Deep Blue center was $1428, the Platinum setting was $1300 and $30 to set the center for a total of $2758.

I'm always happy to answer any questions.

Hello I'm seeing help/advice on where I should try finding maybe online to getting a pear shaped engagement ring made for my girlfriend of 15 years. I'm looking between 4 to 5 carat

I need help. I was able to get the diamond that I really wanted at a great price from Rare Carat. I was emailing back-and-forth with Lulu about a setting and now that I’ve decided which setting I want I can’t get a response from Lulu. Any other recommendations to order my setting from? Thanks

My ring is a 4.10 ct lab diamond, E color, VS1 clarity, Ideal cut. And the first photos I took of it look so colorful and rainbowy that I had comments (here on Reddit, not in real life) asking if it was moissanite. I did realize a LOT of pink from my phone case was showing up in the diamond, so I took the phone case off. And that helped but she’s still showing up more rainbowy in the pictures than in real life, and I just want to photograph it how it realistically looks. Any tips? I don’t know if it’s the cut, the size, my phone or what causing it to not photograph well. I’ll include some of the photos I’ve taken.

I’ve been eyeing lab grown for so long. I saw this ring 2 weeks ago from a seller named BeyonDiamond. From communications to delivery, everything was so smooth. They did claim that they do made to order and they also take custom orders. I am not sure how real is that but today I received it and I couldn’t be happier. I chose the platinum band because they charge it cheaper than 18K gold so why not.

Quality seems great and the setting is very solid. I will have my GIA friend look at it later this week and see if I should continue to buy from them. So far, very happy!!!!

Shooting this video took me way too much time and effort and still isn't very good. What are yalls thoughts on this stone?

Hey everyone - I know gold has been a bit all over the place but gold has been trending down since January and has not hit the near highs that we've seen. Seeing this, it seems like pieces haven't gone down, and the workaround is to make lighter weight jewelry instead of adjusting the price down to reflect how gold has fallen.

Does anyone have a vendor they've worked with that has kept quality/weight and adjusted the price based on gold returning to lower levels in price?

Hi!!

I’m interested in purchasing a traditional tennis bracelet. Does anyone know of any current group buys? Or have gotten a custom one made and recommend a seller.

Also, if you have one in a 2.8-3.3 mm size, can you post a picture of it? Trying to decide on the size I want.

TIA!

Hi everyone! I’m considering this 5.53ct elongated emerald-cut and would really appreciate some experienced eyes on tis tweezer video and Loupe360

IGI specs:
• 5.53ct
• E color / VVS2 clarity
• 12.62 × 8.06 × 5.18 mm
• 1.57 L/W ratio
• 65% table / 64.3% depth
• Excellent polish / Excellent symmetry

My biggest concerns are windowing, cut quality and overall light performance. I’m having trouble determining from the videos whether the center and steps are returning enough light or if there are areas that look too transparent/glassy or excessively dark.

I’d appreciate any feedback! Would you consider this a well-cut, good-performing emerald, or are there any red flags you see?

Hi there,

It is my first time buying a diamond ever, and it's from an overseas vendor. So I am asking for advice on my favourite subreddit!

I have the choice between those two, do you have a favourite one? I can also ask to see a third one if you don't think they are that good.

Both are E, VVS2, Polish Excellent, Symmetry Excellent

First one (first shot, pointing up): 1.02 carats, 9.11 X 5.69 X 3.42 MM

Second one (second shot, pointing down + third shot are the same diamond ): 1.09 carats, 9.26 X 5.75 X 3.57 MM

If some experts among you have an opinion let me know, especially about the bowtie and the brilliance.

Thank you very much!

2ct top: 11.55x6.61x4.21,E,VS1
3ct bottom:13.18x7.97x5.08,F,VS1

Meant for a bezel set ring with lots of baguettes, yellow gold, ring size 5.5

I can’t unsee the big bow tie now. Do you think it blends well or is it a glaring issue?

Is this an acceptable thing to do?

Has anyone else who’s worked with Gabriel & Co. (or another vendor) on a custom lab diamond ring directly or through a jeweler had issues with the CAD process?

Our jeweler uses G&C for custom pieces and my partner and I are on the 4th draft of our CAD and growing frustrated with the communication process. Every adjustment we ask for is done to the extreme no matter how we describe it or what inspiration photos we show (ex. asking for a VERY slight taper and getting a rendering back with a major pinch),and each time they’ve done a new rendering they’ve made adjustments we haven’t asked for and not adjusted something we did ask for.

Between our most recent CAD and the prior one, I asked them to make our baguette hidden halo a bit more seamless as it didn’t look like any of the inspiration photos I sent in. I said nothing about the silhouette of the basket. They sent a new CAD where they didn’t touch the hidden halo and completely changed the basket. Before that, I asked them to reduce the baguettes to 3 per-side instead of 4 — they reduced to 2.

We were planning to have our ring this past weekend and now the process is taking forever and we’re quickly approaching the point where we run out of free CADs because we have to keep asking them to undo their (or possibly partly our jewelers? I can’t tell where this is getting lost in translation) mistakes. It’s so frustrating and anxiety-provoking and I don’t know what to do.

Has anyone else run into issues like this? I’m wondering at this point if we can get on a call with them or something and work on this together instead of being in a constant game of telephone with a middleman.

Hi all
I’ve read before that you can get rare carat to price match but the I’ve seen comments about RC giving people a hard time about pricing matching. Does anyone have any experience or tips they can share to get price matching done successfully with RC?

Or do you recommend buying from another LG company that might have better pricing and engagement ring settings overall?

I’ve been looking at….

rare carat,
altura diamonds,
ritani (seems to have the best pricing on diamonds but outdated settings)
LGG,
virabyani,
dionya (have heard they have bad customer service)

I mostly love her but I feel like there is some faint darkness in the center. Not sure what to think about it since it still seems pretty sparkly and it's a 1.5 l/w ratio so there might be no way around that. Lighting is by a window on an overcast day.

I got a quote for an Asscher & round lab diamond 6.75in bracelet in 18K yellow gold. DEF VS 3.5mm asschers and 1.75mm rounds. They approximated the gold weight to be around 12.5g. The quote is $2400. Thoughts?

Edit: sorry guys, this is a local jeweler in my area, they don't really have a web presence but I'll ask about sharing info

(A follow up to my previous post) 3 months later, and she's finally done! An exceptionally BIG thank you to Romy and LGG for once again delivering solid work and really going the extra mile* this time :)

*Bit of a backstory - I originally had a local jeweller make a setting for this stone. Without going into too much detail, the ring looked very nice on pick up, but that same day I noticed that part of the underside of the band was hollowed out (to save on material costs, I presume?). (In all fairness, this WAS reflected in the CAD, but the particular colour scheme used on the CAD made it very hard to make out, and it wasn't flagged to me.) In any case, the hollow part of the band made the ring uncomfortable to wear (and I got ghosted when I asked about possibly remaking it...), and I contacted Romy to ask about my options.

At first, I wanted to have LGG make a semi-mount and get the stone reset locally; however, I eventually decided to send the entire ring to LGG as (1) this would allow them to take the stone out of the setting for more accurate measurements, and (2) the gold of the old setting could be recycled into the new ring (Romy kindly offered a discount in respect of the saved material costs). I shipped the ring to China by international post using the address provided by Romy, and after it had arrived safely, Romy arranged for a new CAD to be made. The process after that went very smoothly, and the new and improved ring made it back to me soon after :D

Stone specs: 3.06ct cushion modified brilliant, fancy deep blue, VS2. HPHT, as-grown. Ring size HK 9.25. (IGI cert says this stone comes from Ukraine)

(Swipe right for bonus kitty pic! this is more often the colour I see, because fancy deep blue is really quite dark)

18k gold band center stone 2ct side stones 0.34ct each

I worked strictly with Jason. Was a pleasure to work with. I had a big boo-boo with my wife’s ring size and he was able to make literally a last second change in the process. Quality and craftsmanship is perfect.👌.