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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not spend $10k on a fake diamond. Got my engaging ring close to 20 years ago, and it was $25k for a 2 carat. Have diamonds gone down that much in value? [/quote]

Diamonds are not good investments [/quote]

I think jewelry in general is not a good investment. [/quote]

The only jewelry that keeps its value are the signed and valuable pieces, like by Pierre Brun for Cartier, or the very valuable jewelry with a written history. A a dime a dozen 2 carat ring from the mall jeweler should not be considered an investment. OP, I'd go two ways, but you need to check with your fiancée:

1) Get a beautiful antique, old cut or European cut diamond. I have a 4 ctw 3-stone Edwardian with amazing cut and clarity that has been in my H's family for generations. 
2) Get a GIA ideal cut lab diamond. One of the PP is full of s*, as no gemologist can differentiate between a mined and lab one, as they are structurally identical. GIA ones are more expensive, but stricter for ratings, especially for cut and color / fluorescence. Set it up in platinum, so it can be passed down for generations. I have a nickel allergy and can't do regular gold. 
If you go antique, bell and bird has some adorable ideas. 
Do not buy regular mined diamonds. In addition to the ethical reasons, the producers are forced to sell more and cheaper to compete with the lab ones and the cuts are becoming very poor quality. GIA Excellent now wouldn't even pass the Good from a decade ago. 
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AGS0 is a safer bet than GIA Excellent. Some GIA Excellents are meh. AGS0 is almost always superb.[/quote]

True for fancy cuts, but the audience is DCUM, who is maybe the second generation with money. For them, GIA is good enough, especially because they buy rounds. I mean,  they told OP to go to the pawn shop to get a 0.5. AGS started rating LG last year, so their diamonds are hard to find. [/quote]

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