Hi everyone!
First time diamond buyer and thank you for any help you can give me! I'm looking for a 2 carat cushion cut diamond for under $15K and am just overwhelmed with information.
I've mainly searched on JA because of their spinning pictures and from what I've read, I should use the pictures to weed out the bad ones and then select 3 to request an ASET for.
Just a few things that I think I've noticed:
- I don't really care too much for the "crushed ice" look.
- I've been searching from colors I-G and clarities of SI1-VS1. The setting is going to be a white gold, cathedral pave, so I'm a little concerned with having the color be "I" because of how it might look with potentially whiter pave stones, but there aren't that many options at "H".
I would really appreciate any opinions on some of these cushions that I've been looking at:
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/cushion-cut/2.01-carat-h-color-vs2-clarity-sku-363232
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/cushion-cut/2.04-carat-i-color-vs2-clarity-sku-352930 (is this too dark?)
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/cushion-cut/2.11-carat-i-color-si1-clarity-sku-275453 (VTK girdle a concern?)
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/cushion-cut/2.02-carat-i-color-vs1-clarity-sku-102805
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/cushion-cut/2.02-carat-i-color-vs1-clarity-sku-146043 (VTK girdle a concern?)
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/cushion-cut/2.03-carat-i-color-vs2-clarity-sku-358268
Thank you!
First time diamond buyer and thank you for any help you can give me! I'm looking for a 2 carat cushion cut diamond for under $15K and am just overwhelmed with information.
I've mainly searched on JA because of their spinning pictures and from what I've read, I should use the pictures to weed out the bad ones and then select 3 to request an ASET for.
Just a few things that I think I've noticed:
- I don't really care too much for the "crushed ice" look.
- I've been searching from colors I-G and clarities of SI1-VS1. The setting is going to be a white gold, cathedral pave, so I'm a little concerned with having the color be "I" because of how it might look with potentially whiter pave stones, but there aren't that many options at "H".
I would really appreciate any opinions on some of these cushions that I've been looking at:
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/cushion-cut/2.01-carat-h-color-vs2-clarity-sku-363232
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/cushion-cut/2.04-carat-i-color-vs2-clarity-sku-352930 (is this too dark?)
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/cushion-cut/2.11-carat-i-color-si1-clarity-sku-275453 (VTK girdle a concern?)
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/cushion-cut/2.02-carat-i-color-vs1-clarity-sku-102805
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/cushion-cut/2.02-carat-i-color-vs1-clarity-sku-146043 (VTK girdle a concern?)
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/cushion-cut/2.03-carat-i-color-vs2-clarity-sku-358268
Thank you!