Cut

[composix]

How can you tell on GIA cERT if the cut is ideal or super ideal or anyother type of cut? Thanks for your help...

 

[strmrdr]

no,
You can tell if its too deep or too shallow or out of round but thats about it.

 

[belle]

you can''t.
to get an idea of cut quality, you would need more in depth measurements. a sarin scan would be very helpful.

 

[composix]

When they showed me the stone they said it was an ideal cut. Will he have the info i need to find out or should i have it appraised. When I went to purchase this diamond I knew basic info about diamonds in general. After reading these forum posts over the past few days I fell I may have purchased this too quickly. I put 50% down while they were going to mount it for me. Now I am nervous that I may have been taken or if I want to back out to shop around more or lok at other dioamonds that the jewler will try toi screw me...ANY Advice would be great!

 

[composix]

Round Brilliant
Measurment: 7.75-7.8x4.79mm
Weight 1.75
Depth 61..6
Table 56
Girdle thin to medium faceted
Cutlet None
Polish VG
Symmetry vg
Clarity vvs2
Color G
Fluoresence None
Price 21,000

Info on the diamond

 

[Kaleigh]

You need to get crown and pavillion angles. Can they run a sarin for you. I would most definitely get the stone appraised by an independant appraiser.

 

[Lorelei]

I agree you don''t have enough info to assess cut quality, the Sarin report if you could get it would be a big help. It''s a big purchase, I would really try to get as much info as possible before commiting to this diamond, as Kaleigh said the independant appraisal would be a big help. However if you have seen it and love it then it could be worth pursuing, but this is a large purchase so make sure you are positive it''s the one. It''s easy to buy quickly and then spend a lot of time worrying you could have done better. BTW the Ideal Cut statement doesn''t always mean much, it can be a loose way of vendors describing their better cut diamonds, not actually Ideal Cuts in the correct sense. Also did you have your heart set on a VVS diamond? You could go lower in clarity to a VS or SI if the vendor says it''s eyeclean and have a great looking diamond for less money. This choice is entirely up to you, just to let you know you have other options and a bit of room to manouever.