CUSHION CHOICE? WHICH WOULD YOU PICK? [PICS INCLUDED]

[BristowVA]

I''ve got two interesting options and would love to know your thoughts:

Cushion A:
GIA certified
Cushion Brilliant
2.54 carat
I colour
VS1 clarity
Polish VG
Sym G
Flour None
Crown Angles are Greater than 40 degrees
59% Table
67.9% Depth
Girdle thin-thick (faceted)
Very Large Culet
Ratio 1.00


Cushion B:
GIA certified
Cushion Brilliant
2.51 carat
I colour
VS 2 clarity
Polish E
Sym G
Flour None
62% Table
67.1% Depth
Girdle vtn-vtk
Additional Clouds are Not Shown
No Culet

My concerns:

(1) The I color - is anyone picking up hints of yellow in both or is it a reflection? It will be set in a G/H halo and I want to ensure there is no noticable difference.

(2) "Crown angles greater than 40" on A? Has anyone come across this on a GIA report before? Is this an issue? How does this affect the light performance?

 

[BristowVA]

And B.

 

[Porridge]

No expert here but I much prefer the look of number 1!!

 

[tyty333]

I like''em chuncky so A would be my choice! Yummy

 

[Diamondbug]

My vote is for #1 hands down.... I might be a tad bias since I have a chunky cushion.

 

[CharmyPoo]

1 looks a lot better to me. You will see hints of yellow in an I ..

 

[Cehrabehra]

There''s not even a question I would pick A - although it might make a difference to me if it was earrings or a pendant. A has a beautiful facet arrangement...

 

[Cehrabehra]

there is something yellow in the room those were taken in - you can see the tint of the stone more where there is light leakage and you''re looking through to the paper... in the areas you see a brighter yellow that are reflections or refractions, that''s not from the hue of the stone - you''d see that in a D and go wow look at that color!

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

Are you able to see these IRL? Can you have them shipped to you so you can make a comparison, side by side? Both have unique characteristics and what I might like you may not.

cheers--Sharon

 

[Laila619]

I guess I''m the only one who likes B.

 

[ms.halo]

I MUCH prefer the chunkier look, so I''d go with "A".

 

[Cehrabehra]

Date: 9/29/2009 7:02:44 PM
Author: canuk-gal
HI:


Are you able to see these IRL? Can you have them shipped to you so you can make a comparison, side by side? Both have unique characteristics and what I might like you may not.


cheers--Sharon

I second this... yes what I said above is what *I* would pick, but you have to follow your own sense of beauty

 

[BristowVA]

Thanks all for your feedback. I agree it would be ideal to see the stones in person. Before I would do so for either I have two primary concerns.

As I mentioned, my main concern is with the I color - does anyone know if I can get away with an I colored stone, specifically one of these two, in a g/h halo setting or will there be a noticable color difference?

Second, I can''t find much feedback on the "Crown Angles are Greater than 40 degrees" that is on the GIA cert for stone A. Does anyone know if this affects the light performance of the stone based on what you can see? Shoud I be concerned and avoid this stone based on this classification and the size of the table/paviliion? I don''t have much experience with this designation on GIA reports.

 

[chrono]

Date: 9/29/2009 9:14:06 PM
Author: BristowVA
Thanks all for your feedback. I agree it would be ideal to see the stones in person. Before I would do so for either I have two primary concerns.

As I mentioned, my main concern is with the I color - does anyone know if I can get away with an I colored stone, specifically one of these two, in a g/h halo setting or will there be a noticable color difference?

Second, I can''t find much feedback on the ''Crown Angles are Greater than 40 degrees'' that is on the GIA cert for stone A. Does anyone know if this affects the light performance of the stone based on what you can see? Shoud I be concerned and avoid this stone based on this classification and the size of the table/paviliion? I don''t have much experience with this designation on GIA reports.

This is pretty common in the antique and chunky cushions. If anything, the steep angles give it a very specific look and makes it look like a fireball in low light and indirect lighting conditions. It''s something I am not concerned about. In fact, this is highly desired in antique cushions.

 

[CharmyPoo]

Date: 9/29/2009 9:14:06 PM
Author: BristowVA
Thanks all for your feedback. I agree it would be ideal to see the stones in person. Before I would do so for either I have two primary concerns.

As I mentioned, my main concern is with the I color - does anyone know if I can get away with an I colored stone, specifically one of these two, in a g/h halo setting or will there be a noticable color difference?

Second, I can''t find much feedback on the ''Crown Angles are Greater than 40 degrees'' that is on the GIA cert for stone A. Does anyone know if this affects the light performance of the stone based on what you can see? Shoud I be concerned and avoid this stone based on this classification and the size of the table/paviliion? I don''t have much experience with this designation on GIA reports.

I Color - An I color stone will look fine in a G/H Halo.

I love high crows. Crown Angles greater than 40 degrees is a good thing to me on the chunky stones.

 

[kenny]

I like the first one much more.

 

[ChunkyCushionLover]

Date: 9/29/2009 6:09:49 PM
Author:BristowVA

I''ve got two interesting options and would love to know your thoughts:

Cushion A:
GIA certified
Cushion Brilliant
2.54 carat
I colour
VS1 clarity
Polish VG
Sym G
Flour None
Crown Angles are Greater than 40 degrees
59% Table
67.9% Depth
Girdle thin-thick (faceted)
Very Large Culet
Ratio 1.00



Cushion B:
GIA certified
Cushion Brilliant
2.51 carat
I colour
VS 2 clarity
Polish E
Sym G
Flour None
62% Table
67.1% Depth
Girdle vtn-vtk
Additional Clouds are Not Shown
No Culet

My concerns:

(1) The I color - is anyone picking up hints of yellow in both or is it a reflection? It will be set in a G/H halo and I want to ensure there is no noticable difference.

(2) ''Crown angles greater than 40'' on A? Has anyone come across this on a GIA report before? Is this an issue? How does this affect the light performance?

Even if you got a G color stone with G color melee the cut of a round will certainly be different than the cushion so this is unavoidable. We have an modern cushion not like B but not chunky facered, and more cut like a round H color and it still has a distinct difference to the G/H color melee in our ring. The difference in cuts will be much bigger than the color difference the melee give you. In any case my Fiance likes the contrast it is interesting to her so I don''t think this is a big issue especially not for 1/2 color grade differences.

The stone in this video is quite similar to stone A with G color melee http://www.vimeo.com/6401615