Is Rare Carat legit? (2025)

Rare Carat is only a portal for vendors. You would need to look into the individual vendor. On the listing, you should see who is actually selling the stone.

Rare Carat is legit however and they do seem to vet their vendors well enough so not dodgy. A sub one carat MMD isn't expensive mind you. Welcome to lab diamond world!

monipod said:

Rare Carat is only a portal for vendors. You would need to look into the individual vendor. On the listing, you should see who is actually selling the stone.

Rare Carat is legit however and they do seem to vet their vendors well enough so not dodgy. A sub one carat MMD isn't expensive mind you. Welcome to lab diamond world!

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Thanks.

KLC said:

Thanks.

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Also the label "ideal cut" doesnt guarantee you a great stone. Feel free to post pics if you want advice.

lovedogs said:

Also the label "ideal cut" doesnt guarantee you a great stone. Feel free to post pics if you want advice.

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Thanks. Here's the link for the one I've been watching. It seems I misspoke though and it's a G color, not F.

monipod said:

I've never heard of Lovbe before but I haven't been on the hunt lately (... and I must not resume!). It's a nice colour but it's borderline crushed ice? If you like that look though, it's a great price.

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I'm not sure if I like it or not to be honest. It looks good on the video, but that's in ideal lighting and massively enlarged. I've never seen the crushed ice look in person though.

This is a cool link (

)from another thread about crushed ice.

My mined 1ct marquise is pretty much crushed ice. The cut is OK but being a I1, there's not a lot of clear facets to be made out. Having said that, I love druzy so it has its appeal. It's certainly not mushy or slushy.

I think you can definitely find a nicer cut though and back to your original point, do use Rare Carat. I find James Allen (while I'm a happy customer of theirs) isn't very cheap for MMDs.

monipod said:

This is a cool link (

)from another thread about crushed ice.

My mined 1ct marquise is pretty much crushed ice. The cut is OK but being a I1, there's not a lot of clear facets to be made out. Having said that, I love druzy so it has its appeal. It's certainly not mushy or slushy.

I think you can definitely find a nicer cut though and back to your original point, do use Rare Carat. I find James Allen (while I'm a happy customer of theirs) isn't very cheap for MMDs.

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Thank you for the link! That was extremely helpful! Turns out that I do like the crushed ice look, as long as it's one of the bright ones like he showed. I'm thinking the one I was watching might be a little dull under the table, so I'm going to keep looking.

KLC said:

Thank you for the link! That was extremely helpful! Turns out that I do like the crushed ice look, as long as it's one of the bright ones like he showed. I'm thinking the one I was watching might be a little dull under the table, so I'm going to keep looking.

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Yes, I think it was said in the same thread that crushed ice shouldn't be seen as a negative as a lot of people do like that look. I think it suits a cushion cut. Happy hunting!