$2300 loose stone budget

[nattyice]

I confirmed the .84 stone is eye-clean and now have it on hold.

I'm just doing a last minute search on more potentials.

Any thoughts on this stone?

http://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/H-SI2-Ideal-Cut-Round-Diamond-1269154.asp

It's a bigger stone like the GF likes but it seems to suffer everywhere else.

 

[stone-cold11]

You can try getting an IS image and see how badly it does. If not too bad, request JA''s gemologist to compare them for you?

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 11/13/2009 11:57:45 AM
Author: nattyice
I confirmed the .84 stone is eye-clean and now have it on hold.

I''m just doing a last minute search on more potentials.

Any thoughts on this stone?

http://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/H-SI2-Ideal-Cut-Round-Diamond-1269154.asp

It''s a bigger stone like the GF likes but it seems to suffer everywhere else.

I can see leakage in the loupe image, an Idealscope image would confirm.

 

[nattyice]

Date: 11/13/2009 12:10:39 PM
Author: Stone-cold11
You can try getting an IS image and see how badly it does. If not too bad, request JA''s gemologist to compare them for you?

Shot down again. Diamond is not in NY. Based on the visible leakage...should I even bother?

 

[stone-cold11]

Probably not to.

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 11/13/2009 1:09:18 PM
Author: nattyice

Date: 11/13/2009 12:10:39 PM
Author: Stone-cold11
You can try getting an IS image and see how badly it does. If not too bad, request JA''s gemologist to compare them for you?

Shot down again. Diamond is not in NY. Based on the visible leakage...should I even bother?

Personally I wouldn''t.

 

[nattyice]

The stone came in today from James Allen.

.84, G, SI1, Ideal Cut

I think it looks great!

I bought a setting from Ben Bridge the other day and I am having second thoughts...that''s my next issue =(

But I just wanted to say thanks for helping me pick a great stone.

 

[stone-cold11]

Good luck.