I''ve scanned most of the forum seeking answers to my questions, but for some reason, it gives me more confidence to have my specific questions answered. I know...a little quirky...moving on.
I''m going to be purchasing an engagement ring. After reading nearly every online jewelers "the four c''s" section, I thought I decided on exactly what was the best diamond for my money......until I found this website. For some reason, most jewelers don''t stress the importance of cut. After reading all of the explanations on this site, it makes perfect sense to me. So here goes the question and I know its been asked before...humor me please
I was settled on a 1ct princess cut, color F, clarity vs1, with a cut of "vg". This put me in the $4500-$6000 range. If I upgrade to an ideal cut, or super ideal cut, or fancy-shmancy ideal cut I''ll need to change some of the other attributes to keep within my budget. So the question is what would the non-beginners of this board recommend as a starting point.
Some addtional information: the stone will be placed in a platinum ring with the following description
Number of Diamonds: 6 baguette
Carat Weight: 0.75
Diamond Color: Near Colorless
Diamond Clarity: VS
Setting Type: Channel Set
This link is a union diamond pic of what I''m buying.
http://www.uniondiamond.com/jewelry/jewelry.php?action_type_id=31&pic_name=PR_JEA1076P.jpg&width=540&height=610&item_id=967&curr_shape_symbol=PR
One thought was that if the baguettes are "near-colorless".....will my F be obviously different? I also read about "eye-clear si1"....but then read that it is somewhat subjective what eye clear really is. Whats the lowest grade of clarity I go and be confident she''s not going to see inclusions?
Thank you for any and all help. Sorry to repeat the same old questions but it seems at least some of you love talking about these things so hopefully you don''t mind too much
I''m going to be purchasing an engagement ring. After reading nearly every online jewelers "the four c''s" section, I thought I decided on exactly what was the best diamond for my money......until I found this website. For some reason, most jewelers don''t stress the importance of cut. After reading all of the explanations on this site, it makes perfect sense to me. So here goes the question and I know its been asked before...humor me please
I was settled on a 1ct princess cut, color F, clarity vs1, with a cut of "vg". This put me in the $4500-$6000 range. If I upgrade to an ideal cut, or super ideal cut, or fancy-shmancy ideal cut I''ll need to change some of the other attributes to keep within my budget. So the question is what would the non-beginners of this board recommend as a starting point.
Some addtional information: the stone will be placed in a platinum ring with the following description
Number of Diamonds: 6 baguette
Carat Weight: 0.75
Diamond Color: Near Colorless
Diamond Clarity: VS
Setting Type: Channel Set
This link is a union diamond pic of what I''m buying.
http://www.uniondiamond.com/jewelry/jewelry.php?action_type_id=31&pic_name=PR_JEA1076P.jpg&width=540&height=610&item_id=967&curr_shape_symbol=PR
One thought was that if the baguettes are "near-colorless".....will my F be obviously different? I also read about "eye-clear si1"....but then read that it is somewhat subjective what eye clear really is. Whats the lowest grade of clarity I go and be confident she''s not going to see inclusions?
Thank you for any and all help. Sorry to repeat the same old questions but it seems at least some of you love talking about these things so hopefully you don''t mind too much