Asscher feedback?

[Sparkly4U]

Hi there,

I know a great deal about round H+A''s, but not so much about fancy cuts, and I am in the process of helping a friend not get ripped off while buying his girl''s engagement ring. His budget for the stone is 2500. She chose an Asscher, and I am in need of some advice as there is a lot of conflicting info on here about color in an Asscher, the merits of fluo vs. no fluo with an I color, pros/cons of table size and stone depth.

Union diamond is holding a stone that my friend is considering purchasing. It is $2431, and according to the GIA cert is:

0.87 carat VS1
I color, No fluorescence
Very good/very good

Dimensions are 5.56 x 5.31 x 3.40 Table is 56%, depth of 64%.

Is that table too small? Is it going to be too warm with no fluo? Setting is white gold 4-prong with G/H melee.

I have pics provided by the kind folks at Union Diamond, however I can''t upload them as they exceed the file size and I have no tools on this computer to resize them (I can do this from home, later).

Your thoughts, concerns, and general feedback would be sincerely appreciated! Thanks!

 

[chrono]

Just from the specs you posted, the stone holds some promise (until we see the pictures, that is

). Table and depth looks sweet. What is the girdle like? I also noticed it''s not very square: There is a 0.25 difference...so it is more of a squarish emerald cut. An I is all right in that size (to me) unless the person looking at it is colour sensitive.

 

[Sparkly4U]

Girdle is thin to slightly thick. Personally, I think it faces up beautifully and I really love the windmills, they''re just the right size... While it is not perfectly square, I think that mounted, it will look absolutely stunning, but as I have not seen it in person I am still kind of spooked about the color, considering how much I''ve read about it being extra-apparent in square emeralds/EC''s. I think I should maybe take her to the jewelry store to test her sensitivity out.