I'm sure this is an annoying type of Newbie first post, so apologies in advance.
I have been researching diamonds online for some time now, knowing that I'd be looking at buying a ring this year.
Having eventually talked to my partner and discovered that a princess shape is what she likes, I've been a little bit thrown.
I can't get my head around what I should be looking for in depth, table and girdle or measurement ratio.
From what I've read (although admittedly not understood well ) the depth should be 59-70%, the table 53-65% and the girdle thin to thick. The measurement ratios around 1:1 to 1:1.09. The main issue is, I haven't actually seen any diamonds that fall into all those criteria and still sit with the other characteristics I'm looking for which would be minimum for each of Excellent cut, VS1 clarity and H colour.
So are any of these particularly important or is there something else I'm missing? There doesn't seem to be a HCA method of evaluating a princess cut, so maybe I'm missing something obvious?
Really appreciate thoughts and comments...
as an example, one of the diamonds I've looked at is below and the ring is a platinum pave
Shape Princess
Carat 1.01
Colour G
Clarity Vvs2
Cut Excellent
Certificate GIA
Measurements 5.62x5.47x3.96
Culet None
Polish Very Good
Symmetry Very Good
Depth % 72.4%
Table % 76.0%
Fluorescence None
Girdle Medium
http://www.goldenet.com.au/1.01-carat-princess-cut-diamond-ha900-10-23817.html
I have been researching diamonds online for some time now, knowing that I'd be looking at buying a ring this year.
Having eventually talked to my partner and discovered that a princess shape is what she likes, I've been a little bit thrown.
I can't get my head around what I should be looking for in depth, table and girdle or measurement ratio.
From what I've read (although admittedly not understood well ) the depth should be 59-70%, the table 53-65% and the girdle thin to thick. The measurement ratios around 1:1 to 1:1.09. The main issue is, I haven't actually seen any diamonds that fall into all those criteria and still sit with the other characteristics I'm looking for which would be minimum for each of Excellent cut, VS1 clarity and H colour.
So are any of these particularly important or is there something else I'm missing? There doesn't seem to be a HCA method of evaluating a princess cut, so maybe I'm missing something obvious?
Really appreciate thoughts and comments...
as an example, one of the diamonds I've looked at is below and the ring is a platinum pave
Shape Princess
Carat 1.01
Colour G
Clarity Vvs2
Cut Excellent
Certificate GIA
Measurements 5.62x5.47x3.96
Culet None
Polish Very Good
Symmetry Very Good
Depth % 72.4%
Table % 76.0%
Fluorescence None
Girdle Medium
http://www.goldenet.com.au/1.01-carat-princess-cut-diamond-ha900-10-23817.html