advice on purchase

[antcap51]

I went looking in the NYC diamond district today. I am interesting in a pear shaped stone with a budget of around $11,000. I saw a 4 stones at 2 locations (total of and for my price range, liked one with the following dimensions:

measurements 11.29X6.53X3.76
ct - 1.76
clarity - SI1
color - F
depth 57.6%
table 51%
polish and symmetry are good
fluorescence - medium blue

it was within my price range, but i saw another vendor and they suggested for the same price, a better fit would be going down to a G color but getting one with florescence graded as NONE.

does anyone agree or disagree. Does anyone have any opinions on the depth or table on a pear? or any other suggestions in general.

 

[Julyjewels]

Cut is average and price is good.
Flu. is good when diamond has color(blue flu)like H-I because make it less colorless.
I would go with non flu if its same price and same cut.

 

[mrssalvo]

I can't help with with the cut of a pear by I'm a big fan of blue fluorescence, i just love how it looks. the price should reflect it though b/c it's not highly sought after most of the time. Do a search on blue fluorescence and read some threads. there are lots of PS members who love it and actually look for stones that have it.

 

[DiamondExpert]

The chances that medium blue fluorescence will affect the way the stone looks, except under UV light, are small and none.

At worst

, it might possibly under heavily UV-containing lighting conditions (not common) make the apparent color of the stone look like an E, but I doubt it.