Hi there,
So I've spent the last four days researching and looking at various diamonds both online and in stores. What i've found is stores are a bit more pricey, however you can't really beat the actual experience of looking at the diamond. (Store owners always sigh when I say i've researched online).
What I'm looking for is...
2.0 - 2.1 carats
G-J color (although in store i've seen some Js and I'm not happy with how yellow they look!)
VVS1 - SI1 Clarity (i've seen some SI1's in store, look nice, but I worry about purchasing online)
Excellent cut, polish, symmetry (do I need all these to be excellent or is very good, very good haha)
Flurouecence... I've heard so many mixed reviews, as long as it's not "cloudy" I don't mind.
Certification - GIA, HRD, AGS (gia seems to be the most common and best reviewed)
Medium girdle
No cullet
£10,000 - £15,000 ($16,000 - $25,000 USD) -- including VAT (20% tax)
I also found some reviews about blue nile and have been tweaking searching for diamonds by the table and depth angles.
Table 53-58
Depth 59.5-62.5
I've been punching that plus the table and depth into a online HCA analyser (www.pricescope.com/tools/hca) and trying to find a diamond scoring less than 2.0
Phew! So after all that, my questions are
1) Am I looking too much into this? I basically want the best eye-clean 2.0 carat that I can find for my money.
2) Blue Nile: I've found a few stones, those of color I and above tend to score badly in the HCA tool so I have to drop the clarity to SI1.
3) SI1 - in stores i've seen eye clean diamonds, but I worry about purchasing one of these online.. thoughts?
4) Apart from the Carat size, am I better to get a better "color" diamond or focus on "clarity" and go with an I-J diamond.
One of the diamonds I found on blue nile has the specs below
2.01, ideal, I, VS1, 62.2% depth, 57% table, excellent excellent excellent, medium to slightly thick girdle, no cullet, strong fluorescence, £10,624. Scored 1.7 on the HCA tool.
Anyway much help appreciated. £14,000 - £15,000 really is my budget, I've been with my girl for 8 years and love her to pieces. Taking her to a castle in Germany in December (should be snow covered), and want to propose and hopefully win her for the rest of my life...
Shaun
So I've spent the last four days researching and looking at various diamonds both online and in stores. What i've found is stores are a bit more pricey, however you can't really beat the actual experience of looking at the diamond. (Store owners always sigh when I say i've researched online).
What I'm looking for is...
2.0 - 2.1 carats
G-J color (although in store i've seen some Js and I'm not happy with how yellow they look!)
VVS1 - SI1 Clarity (i've seen some SI1's in store, look nice, but I worry about purchasing online)
Excellent cut, polish, symmetry (do I need all these to be excellent or is very good, very good haha)
Flurouecence... I've heard so many mixed reviews, as long as it's not "cloudy" I don't mind.
Certification - GIA, HRD, AGS (gia seems to be the most common and best reviewed)
Medium girdle
No cullet
£10,000 - £15,000 ($16,000 - $25,000 USD) -- including VAT (20% tax)
I also found some reviews about blue nile and have been tweaking searching for diamonds by the table and depth angles.
Table 53-58
Depth 59.5-62.5
I've been punching that plus the table and depth into a online HCA analyser (www.pricescope.com/tools/hca) and trying to find a diamond scoring less than 2.0
Phew! So after all that, my questions are
1) Am I looking too much into this? I basically want the best eye-clean 2.0 carat that I can find for my money.
2) Blue Nile: I've found a few stones, those of color I and above tend to score badly in the HCA tool so I have to drop the clarity to SI1.
3) SI1 - in stores i've seen eye clean diamonds, but I worry about purchasing one of these online.. thoughts?
4) Apart from the Carat size, am I better to get a better "color" diamond or focus on "clarity" and go with an I-J diamond.
One of the diamonds I found on blue nile has the specs below
2.01, ideal, I, VS1, 62.2% depth, 57% table, excellent excellent excellent, medium to slightly thick girdle, no cullet, strong fluorescence, £10,624. Scored 1.7 on the HCA tool.
Anyway much help appreciated. £14,000 - £15,000 really is my budget, I've been with my girl for 8 years and love her to pieces. Taking her to a castle in Germany in December (should be snow covered), and want to propose and hopefully win her for the rest of my life...
Shaun
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