What is the price range like over there? For a pair of wedding bands.

The demo Estrella diamond I saw is nice. I will consider it Hearts & Arrows. Mind sharing what is the price range like for Estrella? Like how much will a 0.4ct cost?

How about the Hearts? Are we allowed to choose our own diamond before setting it onto the ring setting?

No need mafan lor, just go and buy a new diamond and let me know lar. Your wife would agree too.

Haha... no need worry about blood diamond, we got kimberly process, but then google about it and apparently it has some flaws. Interesting read, here is the link.

Estrella I think mostly graded by IGI, not GIA. I doubt you can find any GIA ones, but you can try to ask. Usually, IGI will be less stringent than GIA or AGS.

Full article here: http://beyond4cs.com/grading/difference-be.../labs-to-avoid/.

Salespeople will hard sell IGI and bash the its competitors, but to me, that's just their sales tactic. Of course, as long as the price is reasonable, we can still purchase it, so we have to do some due diligence.

To be fair, I just did a brief search on the internet, and I did not find any solid proof on the internet that says that IGI is worse than GIA. Some even said the way IGI grades loose diamond is on par. However, it seems that IGI will grade for mounted jewellery and loose diamond, but GIA will only grade loose diamond. Read here: http://www.pricescope.com/forum/rockytalky...ia-t154566.html

Usually, for mounted diamonds, I don't think we are able to see the Hearts from the bottom of the diamond. If I were to buy a diamond that states that it is Hearts and Arrows, I will actually want to see it. Probably can ask the question: "Can I choose the loose diamond myself?".

This post has been edited by kambingkoh: Sep 12 2016, 08:53 AM