Choosing between two diamonds, need help

[fareast]

Hi everyone, I am looking for a diamond for my e-ring and debating between these two diamonds:

0.9 I, SI1, ACA


0.8 I, SI1, ACA

Currently, I like the second one because it''s cheaper and I don''t think the size will be much smaller than the first one. Also, I like the second one aset image better. The first one shows more green in the outer area.

They are both confirmed eye clean.

Which one would you pick and do you have any suggestion for other diamonds? Thank you very much.

 

[Lorelei]

Welcome!

These are both eyeclean ( verified) cream of the crop ACA's which are the same colour and clarity - I would go with the biggest one ( that's me!), but you can't go wrong with either of them!

 

[Ellen]

First one says sold, anyway. I would have gone for the bigger, but the .80 will be beautiful as well, just a tad smaller.

 

[fareast]

Wow, thank you for the fast reply.

First one is sold because I put it on reserve.

 

[Aeromax]

I personally would go with the smaller one, because they''re both ACA, eyeclean, same color, and a 10th of a carat isn''t worth $1,900 to me.

 

[Ellen]

Date: 3/11/2008 3:24:48 PM
Author: fareast
Wow, thank you for the fast reply.

First one is sold because I put it on reserve.

Why didn''t you reserve the one you were leaning towards?

 

[fareast]

The first one is a new arrival and I reserved it when no image''s available. The second one just recently became available.

 

[kcoursolle]

Both are beautiful, you can''t go wrong here!! What type of setting does she want? Does she want a big stone or a more elaborate setting? If she wants a big stone I would buy the .9 and get a simple solitaire. If she wants a specific type of setting that has sidestones then you might want to buy the .8 and spend more on the setting.

 

[fareast]

She wants a setting that has side stones. I am leaning toward the WF micro pave just because I saw many micro pave rings here with a 0.8 stone and they are so beautiful.

 

[kcoursolle]

If you are talking about the legato micropave, I think that''s a beautiful setting that would look fantastic with a .80 stone!! A few people have that setting here if you do a search.