Hello everyone,
Been a long time lurker and learned a lot from reading everyones discussion here. Decided to throw my hat in the ring and my time finally came to shop for a diamond. I narrowed down she wanted a cushion cut and I am able to generally afford something between 1.5-1.8cts around a G color or better and SI1 or better. I'd obviously be flexible as long as it looks eye clean. It will be set in platinum with a halo so I didn't want to sacrifice color to much so there wouldn't be any obvious contrast. I'm looking for something really brilliant without a crushed ice look. I narrowed down to some of these and would love to hear feedback, suggestions of a better option/deal, or which one here you would go with. I'd prefer something not elongated for the sake of how it'd look in the setting.
Thanks in advance for taking the time to review these:
This one right now is my #1, I really like the pavilions on it:
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/cushion-cut/1.70-carat-g-color-vs2-clarity-sku-8214890
These are the other two I've been considering:
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/cushion-cut/1.61-carat-g-color-vs1-clarity-sku-10198567
and
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/cushion-cut/1.70-carat-g-color-vs2-clarity-sku-9340353
Looked at this one too but would rather not spend spend more than I have to:
Been a long time lurker and learned a lot from reading everyones discussion here. Decided to throw my hat in the ring and my time finally came to shop for a diamond. I narrowed down she wanted a cushion cut and I am able to generally afford something between 1.5-1.8cts around a G color or better and SI1 or better. I'd obviously be flexible as long as it looks eye clean. It will be set in platinum with a halo so I didn't want to sacrifice color to much so there wouldn't be any obvious contrast. I'm looking for something really brilliant without a crushed ice look. I narrowed down to some of these and would love to hear feedback, suggestions of a better option/deal, or which one here you would go with. I'd prefer something not elongated for the sake of how it'd look in the setting.
Thanks in advance for taking the time to review these:
This one right now is my #1, I really like the pavilions on it:
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/cushion-cut/1.70-carat-g-color-vs2-clarity-sku-8214890
These are the other two I've been considering:
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/cushion-cut/1.61-carat-g-color-vs1-clarity-sku-10198567
and
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/cushion-cut/1.70-carat-g-color-vs2-clarity-sku-9340353
Looked at this one too but would rather not spend spend more than I have to:
1.81 Carat cushion diamond
This cushion cut 1.81 carat G color vs2 clarity has a diamond grading report from GIA
www.jamesallen.com