And then there were two... (stones to choose from)

[gcallas]

I'm looking for some last-minute advice on 2 stones, which admittedly are almost identical. Any reason to prefer one to the other?

(1) round brilliant
1.17 carat
I-SI1
depth % = 59.6
table % = 58.7
crown = 34.0'
pavil = 40.2'
culet % = 0.5
girdle 0.7 - 1.6%
fluor? No
notes: eyeclean, with 10x loupe white inclusion off to side; pavil depth % is 41.7%, which seems like it might be too small even though the angle is OK

(2) round brilliant
1.12 carat
I-SI1
depth % = 59.6
table % = 58
crown = 32.7'
pavil = 41.1'
culet % = 0.8
girdle 0.7 - 1.4%
fluor? No
notes: eyeclean, with 10x loupe white inclusion just under the table

Any thoughts?

 

[pqcollectibles]

Diameters and prices will help greatly.

 

[gcallas]

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On 2/9/2004 8:56:57 PM pqcollectibles wrote:

Diameters and prices will help greatly.

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Sure thing!

(1) 6.81 - 6.87, $4500

(2) 6.78 - 6.83, $4400

 

[pqcollectibles]

I'd lean toward #2. You won't get appreciable, visible size difference in the 2 diameters. 0.04mm just won't show all that much. The diameter variance is less on #2 and the proportions are more "Ideal". Of course, there's the HCA scores:

#1 1.6, TIC, Vg/Ex/Ex/Ex

#2 1.3, TIC, Ex/Ex/Ex/Ex

And,...... $100 is $100!!