Choice to Make

[Looking4stone]

I have narrowed my search of an emeral cut diamond to 2 choices.
One is .94ct and the other is 1.02. Both are very good cuts, E color. The VS1 (.94) has a featehr and internal graining, and the VS2 (1.02) appears to have some inclusions on the plot. On the GIA cert for the VS2 it states that additional clouds are not shown. Other than that everything is about the same. I''ve seen the .94 ct under loop but not the 1.02. I will be seeing that tomorrow. All things considered equal, which diamond would you recommend?

 

[aljdewey]

Hi, Looking....you haven't provided enough information for any of us to give you a meaningful answer.




We need crown/pav angles, table, depth, etc. for each stone.....all the details on both would help.




If you can get those, I'm sure we could chime in and help you narrow it down.

 

[canadiangrrl]

"All things considered equal, which diamond would you recommend?"

Whichever one you prefer. Since you're seeing them both individually, I would suggest letting your eyes (and your wallet) be the final judge.

 

[Looking4stone]

Yep, here you go. Although i don't have the crown height yet on the 1.02. I am aware that the 1.02 will be squarer than the .94

.94
6.55 x 4.69 x 3.26
E VS1
Depth 69.5
table 61
crown height 13.4
Polish - good
Symetry - good
girdle - slightly thick
culet none
floro - none
Clarity Characteristics - feather and internal graining
$4820

1.02
6.61 x 4.90 x 3.38
E VS2
Depth 69
Table 60
Polish - very good
Symetry - very good
girdle - slightly thick to thick
culet none
floro - none
Comnments - Additional clouds are not shown.
$4700

 

[fuffi]

Provided that it looks great to your eyes, I'd personally go with #2. Looks bigger, costs less and has better symmetry than #1. Not to mention that it goes over the magic 1 ct mark that most women dream of.

 

[diamondsman]

I would go with the one carat+, In the future if and when you want to upgrade, it's much easier with a 1.00+ as most jewelers would consider that and give you a better price then if it was less than a carat.

Reghardless of these stones ,even if you don't like thses when you see them ,try to strech yourself to 1.00+cts.

good luck

 

[Hest88]

I wish we had the crown height and more info on the 2nd one as well. It's hard to determine if there's a difference in light return.

 

[Looking4stone]

just got the crown height. it is a little biger than the forst one. It is 16.

 

[valeria101]

This is more common in EC than RBC, but, both are quite deep, i.e. with a smaller diameter than you could get for something of the same weight cut differently. I am not saying that you should pay a premium for a branded (not that any EC brand comes to mind now) cut: just that you should not pay for diamonds with deep bottoms and small tops. These stones (both) have great color, good calrity (both should be eye clean) and average cut. There should be no premium for a stone closer to 60% depth, and a bigger 'face'.