Hello everyone!
I am hoping someone can give me some insight and either put my mind at ease or point my in the right direction.
I have been reading the forum and utilizing the tools/education sections to help me pick my perfect diamond. I have been working with a jeweler and all of the stones he was showing me were just way over budget. He told me that it was impossible to find a mostly eye clean diamond, over 2 carats, h color or above, with excellent cut,polish and symmetry. He showed me a 2.01 carat, J color stone that was an SI1 eye clean that was $15,900. He said if i wanted something similar in the h or g range it was going to cost $17,500 to $19,000.
After doing a bunch of research online and looking at online retailers I knew this just couldn't be correct, because i was seeing a plethora of stones within my budget ($15,000 to $16,000) with the specs i wanted. I found a stone i thought would be perfect and it was brand new to the retailers website. I thought that i should make the purchase before it was gone. After i made the purchase i still kept and eye out for other items just in case i found something more appealing. During that time, i also began to learn that not all excellent cut rated diamonds are created equal, and that the pavilion and crown angles play a major part into the beauty of a stone.
After learning this i am freaking myself out for two reasons. Now that i have purchased this stone, my line of credit on the my credit card doesn't have enough room to purchase something else at the same time as this one, so i would have to wait until i get it and return it. In addition, my engagement date is 12/23/18 and the jeweler says he needs 6 weeks to have the ring ready. Now it's coming down to the wire and i have everything planned and arranged for the engagement, but if i don't have a ring then none of my planning matters.
So here are the specs and my question. Is this diamond going to look bad? will it be dull? i'm not sure what to think because i thought that if GIA rated it excellent on everything and that it looked nice on the online pictures and the 360 video that i had a winner? Should i call the retailer and cancel the order before i even see it? I don't know if i will have enough time to receive it, review it, and if i don't like it return it to get my line of credit back to purchase something else. It's supposed to ship by this Friday 10/19/18.
Any insight anyone can offer is greatly appreciated. i know it might not fall into what the experts here say is "Ideal" or "super ideal", but what i want to know is it still going to be a beautiful stone, but just not as beautiful as it could be? Are people going to see it and think, that's a bland looking stone? I'm freaking out a little bit because the HCA score was 4.1 i think, and i saw other posts on here were people we saying things like "Barf" or "gross". it seemed like a really good stone for the price, but I know that if something seems to good to be true then it probably is...did i make a huge mistake?
Specs:
Round
2.03 carat
H Color
Clarity: SI1 (it is eye clean)
Excellent Cut, Polish & Symmetry
Medium blue Fluorescence
Price: $14,880
Table: 58%
Depth: 62%
LW Ratio: 1
Measurements: 8.12 x 8.09 x 5.03
Crown Angle: 33
crown hiehgt: 13.5%
Pavilion angle: 41.6
Pavilion Depth: 44.5%
Star length: 50%
lower half: 80%
Cutlet: none
Girdle: med - sli thick
Girdle %: 4
I really appreciate any help you can offer!
Sincerely,
Conner (a freaked out rookie buyer)
I am hoping someone can give me some insight and either put my mind at ease or point my in the right direction.
I have been reading the forum and utilizing the tools/education sections to help me pick my perfect diamond. I have been working with a jeweler and all of the stones he was showing me were just way over budget. He told me that it was impossible to find a mostly eye clean diamond, over 2 carats, h color or above, with excellent cut,polish and symmetry. He showed me a 2.01 carat, J color stone that was an SI1 eye clean that was $15,900. He said if i wanted something similar in the h or g range it was going to cost $17,500 to $19,000.
After doing a bunch of research online and looking at online retailers I knew this just couldn't be correct, because i was seeing a plethora of stones within my budget ($15,000 to $16,000) with the specs i wanted. I found a stone i thought would be perfect and it was brand new to the retailers website. I thought that i should make the purchase before it was gone. After i made the purchase i still kept and eye out for other items just in case i found something more appealing. During that time, i also began to learn that not all excellent cut rated diamonds are created equal, and that the pavilion and crown angles play a major part into the beauty of a stone.
After learning this i am freaking myself out for two reasons. Now that i have purchased this stone, my line of credit on the my credit card doesn't have enough room to purchase something else at the same time as this one, so i would have to wait until i get it and return it. In addition, my engagement date is 12/23/18 and the jeweler says he needs 6 weeks to have the ring ready. Now it's coming down to the wire and i have everything planned and arranged for the engagement, but if i don't have a ring then none of my planning matters.
So here are the specs and my question. Is this diamond going to look bad? will it be dull? i'm not sure what to think because i thought that if GIA rated it excellent on everything and that it looked nice on the online pictures and the 360 video that i had a winner? Should i call the retailer and cancel the order before i even see it? I don't know if i will have enough time to receive it, review it, and if i don't like it return it to get my line of credit back to purchase something else. It's supposed to ship by this Friday 10/19/18.
Any insight anyone can offer is greatly appreciated. i know it might not fall into what the experts here say is "Ideal" or "super ideal", but what i want to know is it still going to be a beautiful stone, but just not as beautiful as it could be? Are people going to see it and think, that's a bland looking stone? I'm freaking out a little bit because the HCA score was 4.1 i think, and i saw other posts on here were people we saying things like "Barf" or "gross". it seemed like a really good stone for the price, but I know that if something seems to good to be true then it probably is...did i make a huge mistake?
Specs:
Round
2.03 carat
H Color
Clarity: SI1 (it is eye clean)
Excellent Cut, Polish & Symmetry
Medium blue Fluorescence
Price: $14,880
Table: 58%
Depth: 62%
LW Ratio: 1
Measurements: 8.12 x 8.09 x 5.03
Crown Angle: 33
crown hiehgt: 13.5%
Pavilion angle: 41.6
Pavilion Depth: 44.5%
Star length: 50%
lower half: 80%
Cutlet: none
Girdle: med - sli thick
Girdle %: 4
I really appreciate any help you can offer!
Sincerely,
Conner (a freaked out rookie buyer)
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