Diamond cut advice for stud earrings

[UkButterfly]

Hello all I'm back with another question

I'm looking for some small diamond stud earrings for my wedding. Blue Nile have a very reasonably priced pair of .25 total weight in platinum. It says on their website that they are a minimum of H VS2 clarity but says nothing on cut so I called them. They told me that they are good to very good cut.

My question is do you think that's ok for diamonds of this size, will they still be sparkly? Or should I look around some more. The only problem is there seems to be a big jump in price online and locally for me here in the UK. At a push I'm happy to spend a little bit more but not if there isn't going to be a huge difference in sparkle as they are only small.

Also if anyone has purchased these I'd love to hear your thoughts on them. Thanks in advance!

 

[chrono]

I find that cut in small earring stones is still important because they need every bit they can to stand out (hidden by hair, oils from hair and hands, etc). I have seen both dead melee and alive melee sized diamonds so it matters to me.

 

[diamondseeker2006]

.25 tcw is going to be really tiny for wedding earrings. I would be afraid that they almost won't show up in pictures. I'd either go for .50 ctw or just get simulant diamonds that are .50 ctw (or more).

But to answer your question, I would buy from someone like WhiteFlash to get excellent cut:

http://www.whiteflash.com/diamond-earrings/3-prong-martini-diamond-earrings-304.htm