carbonquest
Rough_Rock
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- Nov 4, 2016
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I need your opinion on stones:
1) 1.226 F VS2 A Cut Above
or 2) 1.417 H SI A Cut Above
Dropping from F to H (2 grades/ Colourless to Near Colourless) to gain an extra 0.20 ct or so. Also going down a notch in clarity.
Compared to the previous 1 ct stone, option (1) has 17% more top surface area, and option (2) has 24% more top surface area.
I'll ask whiteflash about clarity on the SI stone, but it says its eye clean from the top (going to ask about the side)
Would you drop down to H colour , and SI clarity, to get a bigger stone?
Since it's such a premium cut, I know that either one will sparkle like hell. So at this point (with ACA's) I think it starts to boil down to size... since that is now whats going to catch peoples eyes. I was never worried about the size before - nor is she.But if you can't visibly see a change between F and H, and VS2 - SI1..... then.. would you go for Option (2)?
(NB. option 2 is cheaper by $400, but in terms of what I'm paying, that doesn't mean much to me.
1) 1.226 F VS2 A Cut Above
or 2) 1.417 H SI A Cut Above
Dropping from F to H (2 grades/ Colourless to Near Colourless) to gain an extra 0.20 ct or so. Also going down a notch in clarity.
Compared to the previous 1 ct stone, option (1) has 17% more top surface area, and option (2) has 24% more top surface area.
I'll ask whiteflash about clarity on the SI stone, but it says its eye clean from the top (going to ask about the side)
Would you drop down to H colour , and SI clarity, to get a bigger stone?
Since it's such a premium cut, I know that either one will sparkle like hell. So at this point (with ACA's) I think it starts to boil down to size... since that is now whats going to catch peoples eyes. I was never worried about the size before - nor is she.But if you can't visibly see a change between F and H, and VS2 - SI1..... then.. would you go for Option (2)?
(NB. option 2 is cheaper by $400, but in terms of what I'm paying, that doesn't mean much to me.