Emerald Cut - Big table okay?

Hello Gurus,

I am thinking about buying a nice 2 ct. emerald cut diamond (I VS2).  Everything is fantastic about the rock except the table size which is 77%.  The ratio is 1.47:1.  Depth is 69%.  LxW=8.7-5.92.   Pav 55%.  Girdle is thin/SMTH.  Culet is none.  Flor=Non.

The price is $9,600.

Two questions:  1) is this a good price; 2) what are the implications of the 77% table.

bdazed,

I love the ratio of your diamond.  The price is WAY below average for a diamond of this quality and the cut is totally acceptable.  I don't know that the pav depth or girdle meant much of anything to me, but a 1.47 length-width is what emerald cuts are supposed to look like!

Jim Schultz

www.JamesAllen.com

Date: 11/12/2004 106:28 AM
Author: bdazed
Go for it? or wait for a smaller table?  This whole process is stressful.

It shouldn't be... with no standard to speak of for Ecs, virtualy no one will say 'you know, this diamond doesn't "measure up".  There are different looks you may like more or less, but it is not easy to guess what the range may be with just two diamonds infront - both with reasonably similar profile. Maybe you did not see alot of difference betwenn the two, but perhpas there isn't much at all!  It takes more than the table % to change the looks and optics of a cut diamond.

Chrono (avatar) can probably tell this quite well. You may find his threads useful. Here they are: LINK (the "ultimate Ec" thread) and another LINK about the table and depth story.  

Hope the 0.2 helps

Ana "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." [Souren Melikian]