First diamond studs

Date: 12/23/2008 9:35:29 AM
Author:frugalbf
Ive been a longtime lurker on this site trying to learn about a e-ring purchase. Running out of time before christmas, i thought diamond studs would be a good christmas gift and see if I actually learned anything. So I shopped around, and finally settled on these studs at union diamond. It was a little unsettling to buy something that i could not see as they did not have pictures available for me, but it was gia cert, numbers *seemed* ok to me. Anyway, to make a long story short, they got here yesterday and here they are... What do you guys think? I am a bit worried they are a bit smaller than I expected. Here are the specs:

GIA cert
0.36 / 0.37
Color H / H
Clarity VS2 / SI1
Cut Very good / Very good
polish very good / Very good
symm good / good
flour none / none

Date: 12/23/2008 1:05:32 PM
Author: frugalbf
Thanks for the responses. As har as how well it shines, its hard to say, only diamonds i have really seen close up in person were in mall jewelry stores where i looked mostly at the HoF or Leo, etc. I also looked at teh non-certified, but alot of those seemd to have some blemishes that were visible even to my novice eye. Compared to the premium cut line did seem to shine and sparkle more but the lighting was also very different than inside my house. that is another concern of mine. Will try and take some pictures under different lighting conditions later this evening.

Here are some of the dimensions:

#1
measurement 4.55 - 4.6 x 2.79
table 60%
depth 61%
crown 34%
pavillion 41.2%
thin-sl thick(faceted)

#2
measurement 4.59 - 4.63x2.81
table 60%
depth 61%
crown 33.5%
pavillion 41.2%
sl thick-thick