Any Discernable Difference Between These Two?

[jbernste]

They both look great...it looks like a dead heat to me. Any thoughts?

1.64 H SI1

Cash Price: $10,544
Shape: Signature Ideal
Laboratory: GIA
Carat Weight: 1.64
Color: H
Clarity: SI1
Measurements: 7.61x7.68x4.65
Depth: 60.9%
Table: 56%
Polish: Excellent
Symmetry: Excellent
Culet: None
Girdle: Thin to Medium, Faceted
Fluorescence: None
Culet: None


1.65 H SI1

Price: $10,500.00
Report: GIA
Shape: Round
Carat: 1.65
Color: H
Clarity: SI1
Depth: 60.6
Table: 56
Crown Angle: 34.9
Crown %: 15.5
Pavilion Angle: 41
Pavilion %: 43.2
Girdle: Thin to Medium
Polish: Excellent
Symmetry: Excellent
Culet: None
Fluorescence: No
Measurements: 7.69-7.71X4.67

 

[phoenixgirl]

I'm assuming the first stone is from Blue Nile because of the "Signature Ideal" label. Can you get the crown/pavilion angles for it, or at least some kind of guarantee that stone #1 performs well?

Stone #2 gets a "2" on the HCA, a very good score, but not an excellent score. However, it might be better to know you're getting "very good" than risk getting "mediocre."

The tie breaker might be that stone #2 is only $10,237 with White Flash's Price Scope discount.

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OK, I found stone #1 and its angles from Dirt Cheap (sorry to spill the beans on where you found them, but it helps me make an informed recommendation). It gets a 1.4 on the HCA -- ex, ex, ex, vg.

It looks like stone #1 is an SI1 due to a crystal or two under the table. I'd want to know that the stone is eye-clean. Stone #2 has some feathers near the edge -- I'd want to make sure they aren't making the stone's edge vulnerable. Ask the sellers about them.