Mobydickulous
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Sep 3, 2009
- Messages
- 16
EDIT: I guess the title bar doesn't like quotation marks. The full title was: Another new "face" looking for guidance.
Hello everyone, my name is Darek and I'm yet another diamond rookie searching high and low for the perfect engagement ring for my GF of 3+ years. I've been lurking around PS for a while now and have gained more knowledge here in a few weeks than in my months of searching elsewhere around the Web. A huge thank you to all the folks who have contributed so much great information, you've been an immense help already.
To get it out of the way, here are my current search criteria for your perusal, dissection and hopefully suggestions.
Shape: RB
CW: .65-.8
Color: E-G/I
Clarity: VS1-SI1
Cut: Ideal
Polish: Ideal-EX
Symmetry: Ideal-EX
Budget: $3,000-$3500
My GF and I have done some ring shopping in local independent as well as mall (yikes!) boutiques in the recent months, both together and separately, and I've gleaned some great insight into what she would like in a ring. We don't have a ton of money (we're both hard working late 20 somethings with plenty of college debt both taking grad classes) and she insists that I not spend beyond our means.
Her qualifications to me were that the ring be fairly simple, white gold or platinum, with a RB center stone and diamond accents in the band. She isn't interested in an exceedingly large stone but desperately wants one with "a lot of sparkle". She mentioned the Leo diamond at Kay's as an example of what "sparkle" meant to her. She doesn't care where the diamond comes from or the brand name attached to it (or lack there of) so that brings me to my first question:
Is the look of the Leo diamond a simple result of the QUALITY of the cut, or does it have more to do with the extra facets? I'm not really interested in over-paying for a Leo, but am curious if I would be better served looking into a similarly "extra faceted" stone rather than a well cut standard RB?
I've taken a look through the RB selection on GOG as well as WF (though not as extensively as GOG) and have seen some things that catch my eye but the proportions part of things still mostly baffles me. The IS images that GOG provides help a lot in my confidence about buying online, which I've decided is the best bet for me living in a fairly diamond-thin area of northern New England, but I'm still paranoid about buying something before I know for sure it's a good bet. So I turn to the fine folks here at PS for some advice, guidance and hopefully suggestions.
Thanks for reading!
Hello everyone, my name is Darek and I'm yet another diamond rookie searching high and low for the perfect engagement ring for my GF of 3+ years. I've been lurking around PS for a while now and have gained more knowledge here in a few weeks than in my months of searching elsewhere around the Web. A huge thank you to all the folks who have contributed so much great information, you've been an immense help already.
To get it out of the way, here are my current search criteria for your perusal, dissection and hopefully suggestions.
Shape: RB
CW: .65-.8
Color: E-G/I
Clarity: VS1-SI1
Cut: Ideal
Polish: Ideal-EX
Symmetry: Ideal-EX
Budget: $3,000-$3500
My GF and I have done some ring shopping in local independent as well as mall (yikes!) boutiques in the recent months, both together and separately, and I've gleaned some great insight into what she would like in a ring. We don't have a ton of money (we're both hard working late 20 somethings with plenty of college debt both taking grad classes) and she insists that I not spend beyond our means.
Her qualifications to me were that the ring be fairly simple, white gold or platinum, with a RB center stone and diamond accents in the band. She isn't interested in an exceedingly large stone but desperately wants one with "a lot of sparkle". She mentioned the Leo diamond at Kay's as an example of what "sparkle" meant to her. She doesn't care where the diamond comes from or the brand name attached to it (or lack there of) so that brings me to my first question:
Is the look of the Leo diamond a simple result of the QUALITY of the cut, or does it have more to do with the extra facets? I'm not really interested in over-paying for a Leo, but am curious if I would be better served looking into a similarly "extra faceted" stone rather than a well cut standard RB?
I've taken a look through the RB selection on GOG as well as WF (though not as extensively as GOG) and have seen some things that catch my eye but the proportions part of things still mostly baffles me. The IS images that GOG provides help a lot in my confidence about buying online, which I've decided is the best bet for me living in a fairly diamond-thin area of northern New England, but I'm still paranoid about buying something before I know for sure it's a good bet. So I turn to the fine folks here at PS for some advice, guidance and hopefully suggestions.
Thanks for reading!