Where can you purchase moissenite locally? How may one see it in person before purchasing?

And why would there ever be an occasion to “drill” a hole in a diamond or gemstone??? I really want to know. Thank you in advance for addressing this question.

Anonymous wrote:I picked out my engagement ring almost 8 years ago from the sale case of the best jewelry store in my hometown. It was $800, and has a very low setting with a small (probably smaller than a carat) emerald in the center, surrounded by 10 tiny round diamonds and 4 emerald cut diamonds. I absolutely love it and get complements on it at least weekly. Depending on your style, you can get a beautiful ring in your price point, as long as you're willing to shop around and have an open mind. I've thought about upgrading, but to be honest, I love this one and don't want anything else.

And I'm tall, with big hands. All the stones combined make it look like a bigger ring than it actually is, so it balances out my hand. I don't know anything about moissonite, but I think you should just go look at rings and see if something in your budget appeals to you.

I picked out my engagement ring almost 8 years ago from the sale case of the best jewelry store in my hometown. It was $800, and has a very low setting with a small (probably smaller than a carat) emerald in the center, surrounded by 10 tiny round diamonds and 4 emerald cut diamonds. I absolutely love it and get complements on it at least weekly. Depending on your style, you can get a beautiful ring in your price point, as long as you're willing to shop around and have an open mind. I've thought about upgrading, but to be honest, I love this one and don't want anything else.

Everyone will know when it hits natural lighting.

Anonymous wrote:I can tell. My 2.5 carat moissanite has a definite blue/green cast. It's a Charles and Colvard, the one that's supposed to be colorless with no inclusions (I forget what they call it.) If I had to do it again I would get a white sapphire or lab created diamond.

Mine is 1.5 ct, and it also has a greenish cast.

If I had to do it again, I would get a used diamond.

Op what is your budget?

I got an awesome gray diamond from Leibish. I actually wanted a gray diamond but it’s honestly so light that people can’t tell it’s gray.

I can tell. My 2.5 carat moissanite has a definite blue/green cast. It's a Charles and Colvard, the one that's supposed to be colorless with no inclusions (I forget what they call it.) If I had to do it again I would get a white sapphire or lab created diamond.

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Anonymous wrote:OP - have you thought about going with something meaningful like a birth stone? My ring is a pale sapphire - it doesn't look like a diamond, it's just not that dark blue like Kate Middleton has. Up until the diamond industry made everyone think that engagement rings had to be diamonds, people wore all kinds of beautiful colorful stones in their engagement rings (again, witness Kate Middleton).

And yes, I know it was Princess Diana's ring, and probably a royal heirloom before that, but Kate has it now.

Diana's sapphire ring wasn't a royal heirloom. It wasn't even made specially for her. The ring was from the regular line of the British jewellers Garrards.

Yes, wasn't that sort of a minor scandal? It was a ring that was available to the general public and not one that was specially bespoke for her or an heirloom. People snickered a little because anyone could've bought it.

Make sure you get a whiter moissanite on the grading scale.Moissanite tends to be yellower - and those look faker.

I have large family diamonds (several rings and other pieces 3+ carats); I get more compliments on the mossainite.

I just placed an order of moussonite studs from Moissonite Co. it had great reviews. We will see, if I don’t like them I will send them back.

Anonymous wrote:I have one friend and one family member with Moissonite rings. In both cases, I thought something was “off” with the ring the first time I saw it. Neither one is very clear or sparkly. They both just look dull.

Now, this could be due to lower-quality Moissonite, as I imagine it varies too, but I don’t think it’s due to cut, as both rings are different cuts and both look dull.

There’s a lot of bad moissonite (and just bad gemstones, even real ones) coming out of India right now. People see something cheap on EBay or Etsy and buy.

I have one friend and one family member with Moissonite rings. In both cases, I thought something was “off” with the ring the first time I saw it. Neither one is very clear or sparkly. They both just look dull.

Now, this could be due to lower-quality Moissonite, as I imagine it varies too, but I don’t think it’s due to cut, as both rings are different cuts and both look dull.

OP, buy the Charles & Colvard Forever One Hearts and Arrows, or just their Forever One.

Charles & Colvard were the first to sell moissanite, and I have a pair of their old "classic" original moissanite studs. These are moody and show some yellow in certain lights. But they kind of perfected the the moissanite at this point with their Forever One, which comes in either colorless or near-colorless shades (you choose), and is even cut differently to minimize the disco ball sparkle and double refraction of the original moissanite. My new Forever One studs look exactly like my diamond studs, and much, much better than my old classic moissanite studs.

Don't get a huge stone. And get Forever One. You won't be able to tell it isn't a diamond.

When I took my Forever One studs to be reset in the UK where I live, the jeweller told me he would not have known they weren't diamonds, and that he's really impressed with the recent moissanite improvements. He said he used to be really scornful of moissanite, but no more.

Not that I care if it is real diamond or not. Like I said, I also have diamond studs. But my Forever One moissanite studs get more wear because I feel better about maybe losing one, and they look just like the diamonds.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know where the best quality is - I imagine they are rated, right? BUt I have seen at Charles and Colvard. However Lightbox also is in the game with lab created diamonds/

Lightbox won’t even sell non drilled full carats.

What do you mean non-drilled? Diamonds unset?

I mean they’re literally drilling a hole in 1ct diamonds. They’re trying to cheapen synthetics.

What are you talking about? Plenty of places sell lab created diamonds without holes in them. It’s just that diamonds can be lab created cheaply so there’s reason not to drill a hole in them if it fits the design.

I am talking about Lightbox. Please read.

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Anonymous wrote:OP - have you thought about going with something meaningful like a birth stone? My ring is a pale sapphire - it doesn't look like a diamond, it's just not that dark blue like Kate Middleton has. Up until the diamond industry made everyone think that engagement rings had to be diamonds, people wore all kinds of beautiful colorful stones in their engagement rings (again, witness Kate Middleton).

And yes, I know it was Princess Diana's ring, and probably a royal heirloom before that, but Kate has it now.

Diana's sapphire ring wasn't a royal heirloom. It wasn't even made specially for her. The ring was from the regular line of the British jewellers Garrards.