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kingfish

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I'm about to buy an e-ring and these are the two stones I have on hold and I'm looking at. I'd appreciate your advice. Both seem to be pretty good stones from what I can tell. The second is a bit less expensive. Which would you guys recommend?

Diamond 1 Proportions:

Depth: 60.3 %
Table: 58 %
Crown Angle: 35°
Pavilion Angle: 40.6°
Star length: 50 %
Lower Half: 80 %
Girdle: Thin to Medium, Faceted
Culet: None


Diamond 2 Proportions:

Depth: 62.4 %
Table: 54.9 %
Crown Angle: 35.5°
Pavilion Angle: 40.5°
Star length: 50 %
Lower Half: 80 %
Girdle: 1.9%-4.3%
Culet: None

Both do pretty well on the HCA, with the second having a slightly smaller spread. I'd appreciate all your thoughts, thanks in advance!
 

Mrs W

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i would not buy stone two and stone 1 is ok but you could do sooo much better
 

kingfish

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Really, why are they bad? They seemed okay to me. Am I missing something?
 

stone-cold11

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Both looks fine to me from the numbers. Got any IS for comparison?
 

Lorelei

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Date: 10/29/2008 12:49:06 AM
Author: kingfish
Really, why are they bad? They seemed okay to me. Am I missing something?
No not bad at all, you are not missing anything that I can see, Idealscopes would be the next step - ask the vendor if they can provide them.
 

kingfish

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Thanks guys, I thought they looked pretty good, I was wondering why Mrs W seemed a bit hesitant about them.
 

arjunajane

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Date: 10/29/2008 12:28:37 AM
Author: Mrs W
i would not buy stone two and stone 1 is ok but you could do sooo much better
? How come Mrs?
 

Lorelei

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Date: 10/29/2008 9:32:45 AM
Author: kingfish
Thanks guys, I thought they looked pretty good, I was wondering why Mrs W seemed a bit hesitant about them.
I really don't know why, but I would like to in case she has been given some incorrect info on evaluating diamonds.
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She is a new poster.
 

Mrs W

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I would not not buy stone 2 bc i really don't like buying diamonds with a depth of more than 62.2 and the crown angle is 35.5 i think the crown angle should just be like 35.1 or under but with #1 stone i think you could get a smaller table, crown angle is not really bad but you could do better like something in the 34's and i do not think #1 is bad
 

Lorelei

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Date: 10/29/2008 12:05:24 PM
Author: Mrs W
i don''t have anything to say about #1 bc ive already been there but with #1 stone i think you could get a smaller table, crown angle is not really bad but you could do better like something in the 34''s
I see thanks for your reply! I take it you mean the second diamond? The crown angle is actually fine, more crucial is the pavilion angle, there can be wider acceptable variance with crown angles than pavilion - the key is how well the crown and pavilion angles work together to balance each other.
 

Mrs W

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