Can I get a nice e-ring for $3000-3500?
I realize that my price range might not be as high as you’re used to working with Danny, but can you help me find a nice e-ring for $3000-3500 set in a 14k white gold four prong solitaire? Obviously I’d like to buy the biggest diamond possible for my price range, but it is also important to me that the diamond be eye clean and not look yellow in the white gold setting – is that possible? What is a good balance of clarity and color for an engagement ring? The most important thing for me is the sparkle of the diamond, I want it to look amazing, but I also want the diamond to look great when she is passing it around with her girlfriends and they see it up close! Thank you for your assistance. – Kent A.
The effect of medium blue fluorescence on H-color diamond:
I have to say that the first diamond which came to mind when I read your inquiry, is this 0.707 carat, H-color, VS-2 clarity, round ideal diamond from the Brian Gavin Blue collection, which exhibits medium blue fluorescence, and transitions into the beautiful neon blue color pictured to the left when it is exposed to black light. As you can see by the clarity photograph and high resolution video provided on the diamond details page, the diamond looks perfectly normal when viewed in normal lighting. The medium blue fluorescence will give the body color of the diamond just a little boost when the diamond is exposed to direct sunlight. I’ve always loved diamonds with fluorescence!
What do the different colors of an ASET mean?
As you can see by the lab report pictured to the right, this diamond is graded by the AGS Laboratory (AGSL) with an overall cut grade of AGS Ideal-0 on their Proprietary Light Performance grading platform, which uses Angular Spectrum Evaluation Technology (ASET) to measure the brightness of the diamond, as well as provide insight into the symmetry of light return reflected by the diamond. The color red represents the brightest light, which is entering the diamond from 45° to perpendicular with the table facet, it is the light which makes the diamond brilliant; the color green is the second brightest light, which is striking the diamond from 45° out to the horizon; and the color blue represents the contrast created by the reflection of our heads bouncing off of the pavilion main facets located on the lower half.
It is important to note that it is quite common for the colors red and green to both be present in the middle of the table facet, as pictured on the ASET image for this diamond, because the two colors intersect at the 45 degree mark on the ASET scope.
Now I realize that while I am particularly fond of diamonds with blue fluorescence, that not everybody likes the idea of their diamond glowing neon blue when exposed to black light, so if you’re looking for an excellent option which does not have fluorescence, then I’d recommend this 0.770 carat, I-color, VS-1 clarity, Brian Gavin Signature round diamond, which is cut to the same degree of precision as the diamond we’ve been discussing. Both of these diamonds should face up nice and bright, and look phenomenal in a 14k white gold setting.
