A couple questions and opinions please

[moocowdairy]

1. Has anyone had any negative experiences with Abazias.com?

2. We''re familiar with GIA but some of the diamonds we''ve been looking at are EGL, EGL I and EGL USA. Is there a large difference between them?

And finally, what are your opinions on these diamonds? Which do you think is better? Do you think we could do better for the price? Thanks in advance for your help!

Carat: 2.03
Color: D
Clarity: SI1
Depth: 60.3
Table: 57
Symmetry: EX
Polish: EX
Girdle: M
Cutlet: None
Flourescence: FB
Measurements: 8.18-8.21x4.94
Cut Grade: Ideal
Certificate: EGL Israel
Price: 16,997

or

Carat: 2.03
Color: E
Clarity: SI1
Depth: 62.1
Table: 55
Symmetry: VG
Polish: VG
Girdle: Tin-Med
Cutlet: P
Flourescence: N/A
Measurements: 8.08-8.22x5.06
Cut Grade: Ideal
Certificate: GIA
Price: 16,744

 

[JulieN]

EGL USA>EGL Europe> EGL Israel

 

[Regular Guy]

Date: 10/16/2007 12:14:56 PM
Author: JulieN
EGL USA>EGL Europe> EGL Israel

yes...and possibly only include reasonably in serious consideration EGL USA. EGL Israel has a bad rep here.

Though #2 then is promising...more info is needed. I'm guess it's an older cert, but would rather not guess. Get crown & pavilion angles...whether or not they came on the cert. (The cert number might help us figure this out...if it's displayed). And, if they came on the cert...get GIA's assessment of cut; they don't label any of theirs as ideal. More could be helpful (an idealscope image, for example), but let's start there.