Advice needed: Help give advice on choosing between two stones!!

[Believer]

Hi I am choosing between two stones: Would be grateful for advice.

Both stones are GIA certified and approximately the same price:

#1: Round Brilliant (Apparently w/ Hearts and Arrows) 0.56ct, Ex/Vg/Vg, F, VS1

#2: Round Brilliant (No mention of Hs & As) 0.56ct, Ex/Ex/Ex, D, VS1

Comments and advice would be great!

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 1/8/2008 10:22:16 AM
Author:Believer
Hi I am choosing between two stones: Would be grateful for advice.

Both stones are GIA certified and approximately the same price:

#1: Round Brilliant (Apparently w/ Hearts and Arrows) 0.56ct, Ex/Vg/Vg, F, VS1

#2: Round Brilliant (No mention of Hs & As) 0.56ct, Ex/Ex/Ex, D, VS1

Comments and advice would be great!

Welcome!

Can you post all the proportions please, the-

depth
table
crown angle
pavillion angle
girdle thickness
fluorescence if any

and an Idealscope image and photo of the diamonds if you have them please? Also have you actually seen the diamonds, or are they with an online vendor? Also I don't know if you are aware, in that size you could drop your colour and clarity and still have a very white and clean diamond, although some prefer quite high up the scale for both, it is a personal preference!

 

[chrono]

We can''t tell how well cut they are without the information provided on the GIA cert. As Lorelei mentioned, all those angles and percentages can be entered into the HCA calculator to weed out the not so nice stones. Having Idealscope and actual magnified pictures of the diamonds will help "finetune" your choices. With well cut stones, you can drop down safely as far as H and SI1 that looks very white and clean to the eye to increase the size. This is your personal choice though.