.75-ish princess advice.

[APSON]

I''ve been on pricescope all day. I''m having trouble finding an ideal princess in the .75 area. I will go anywhere from .7 to .8 carat. G or above, VS1 or above. I just want something that will flash like crazy for $3500 or less (diamond only). I also prefer girdles between thin-med to med-slthk.

I found these so far:

http://www.jamesallen.com/diamond.asp?cid=53&item=315392

Shape: Princess
Carat weight: 0.78
Cut: Signature
Color: G
Clarity: VS1
Certificate: GIA

Depth: 73.3%
Table: 73%
Polish: Very Good
Symmetry: Very Good
Girdle: Medium
Culet: None
Fluorescence: None
Measurements: 5.02*4.91*3.60
Ratio: 1.02


I also think this one looks like it could be nice:

http://www.jamesallen.com/diamond.asp?cid=53&item=633141

Item Number: 9814481
Shape: Princess
Carat weight: 0.71
Cut: Signature
Color: D
Clarity: VS1
Certificate: GIA

Depth: 74.2%
Table: 67%
Polish: Very Good
Symmetry: Very Good
Girdle: Slightly Thick
Culet: None
Fluorescence: None
Measurements: 4.89*4.73*3.51
Ratio: 1.03



I found one on abazias a couple days ago but it''s gone. Darnit.

 

[Hest88]

It''s been a looong time since I''ve recommended Excel Diamonds (SuperbCert) but I don''t their quality has declined. This is within your price range, and a bit larger, but it''s a lower color: an I. However, they claim it faces up white (I guess you''ll have to call them) and the data and images look really nice:
http://www.exceldiamonds.com/diamond/161.html

 

[squarediamondlove]

The the IS image of the first stone looks nice. I couldn''t open the image for the second stone.

Hest88 selected an excellent performing princess. However, I personally am not a big fan of round tables on princess cuts; I just don''t like the way it looks. I also like the look of the larger tables between 69-74. But these are all my personal subjective preferences.

Here is another princess

 

[sevens one]

how about this one from GoodOldGold

.82 VS1 I color

 

[sevens one]

Woops- missed the color specifications; sorry

here''s another
http://www.goodoldgold.com/0_714ct_g_vs2_pr_ags-ideal.htm

 

[Garysax]

Date: 2/1/2006 7:23:46 PM
Author: Kaleidoscopic
The the IS image of the first stone looks nice. I couldn''t open the image for the second stone.


Hest88 selected an excellent performing princess. However, I personally am not a big fan of round tables on princess cuts; I just don''t like the way it looks. I also like the look of the larger tables between 69-74. But these are all my personal subjective preferences.


Here is another princess

Completely agree. I personally prefer the square table on a princess as well. Totally subjective though--it should perform beautifully.

 

[valeria101]

VS2 should be just as good - if your only concern is not ever seeing inclusions down there, rather than some more esoteric concept.

With the G or higher part I would agree any day, although color shows more the larger the stone is - so under 1 ct, there is more leeway in this department too.

Best of luck