Your thoughts on final Marquise Selections

[zoobiedo]

I am considering three MARQUISE stones. Which of these 3 do you like the most? I''m not sure about J Color. Here are the GIA reports info:

#1
1.10
I
VS2
10.16 x 5.53 x 3.43
Depth: 62
Table: 59
Good Symmetry
Good Polish
Medium Blue Fluorescence
No culet
Medium to Slightly Thick, Faceted

#2
1.22
H
VS2
Table: 60
Depth: 63.8
10.86 x 5.5 x 3.51
Polish: Very Good
Symmetry: Good
No Culet and No Fluorescence
Medium to Thick, Faceted

#3
1.23
J
SI1
Table: 56
Depth: 61.6
Polish: Excellent
Symmetry: Very Good
10.73 x 5.55 x 3.42
No culet and No Fluorescence
Medium to Thick, Faceted

 

[valeria101]

The grades and numbers do not reise any concerns... but what do these look like? Marquise stones are often not very brilliant, so I would defionitely want to know what these look like. On one hand, the GIA citations above would let one believe these three are visually identical - but in practice it is not easy to pair up marquises at all due to their different profiles and faceting...

Could the seller provide Iscope pics ?

I would likely still experience "screen shock" after one of these would get infront of me. This is why a bit more info would be great: something like THIS maybe...

For starters, you could always take a look at the cut grading tables and fancy shape selector on gemappraisers.com. According to this standard, the stone #2 gets a worse mark (potential 2B versus potential top 1A, with the pavilion height unknown...) than the others on your list and the the proportions of the three appear more clearly.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

In that size range, the J color may show up some as a yellowish tint near the points.

Whenever I think of marquises I think of bowties. Do you know what that is?

The only real way to compare these, in my opinion, is to look at them, reports aside.

I have seen many marquises, pears, ovals with good looking lab reports but not so attractive diamonds to go with them.

If you can look at them at one time, side-by-side, under some different lighting that may help you make a choice.

The bowtie is a line (reflection) running across the middle, where the width is measured. It can be very light, or actually have a bowtie shape, sometimes being very large and/or dark. The less the better.

Don't forget to arrange a return of the stone within a certain period of time if you are unhappy. You might be surprized how many people see a diamond differently after they purchase it!

Hope this helps a bit.

 

[zoobiedo]

Thanks for the input. The vendor is getting the stones in to look at and give me more info. They should also provide an idealscope on them, too. I thought they all seemed fairly similar but wanted other opinions. I have made it clear that minimal bowtie is a very important part of the stone as well as lots of brilliance. Will keep you posted when I know more.