Diamond from Eternity Diamonds

[Aulonocara]

Hello everyone,

I recently purchased a stone and engagement setting from Eternity Diamonds. It was no easy task to finally pull the trigger, but I mustered up the courage and did it!

The next day I had a voicemail from Eternity Diamonds saying that the stone I had ordered was out of stock (had been purchased through another vendor....) I was pretty disappointed.

So here I am, trying to find another equivalent stone. I thought all you trusty PSers might be willing to help!

Here is the original stone:

Shape: Round
Size: 0.83 ct
Color: I
Clarity: VS2
Cut: Excellent
Lab: GIA
Polish: Ex
Symm: Ex
Fluor: none
Depth: 60.3
Table: 56
C. Angle: 33.0
P. Angle: 41.0

The price I paid for it was around $3350, so that is the money I have to work with to find a new stone. I could add a little money to this if necessary, but I don't REALLY want to.

If any experts out there have some free time on their hands, I would greatly appreciate help choosing a new stone from Eternity Diamonds. Below are the stats I am hoping for...

.80 ct. or above
J color or better
SI1 or better (all I care about is eye-cleanliness, really.)
Excellent cut (this is where I need the most help sorting through possible options)
VG-EX symmetry and polish (how important is this really?)

Thanks in advance for any help/advice that you all are willing to provide!

 

[Regular Guy]

I'd start by seeing my notes here:

https://www.pricescope.com/communit...-if-f-vs-ideal-cut-vs2-e.165626/#post-3017405

Ira Z.

 

[Aulonocara]

I guess there is some comfort knowing I am not an isolated case...

 

[stone-cold11]

This looks promising if eye-clean. Ask JA if it is eye-clean and request for an idealscope image if interested.

http://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/I-SI1-Ideal-Cut-Round-Diamond-1398077.asp


EDT:
This may work, numbers and image a little iffy. Same thing, ask the above 2 question, if interested.

http://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/J-SI1-Ideal-Cut-Round-Diamond-1346306.asp

 

[Regular Guy]

Stone, though the writer maybe shouldn't work with Eternity, that's the stated intention.

If you use the search by cut facility here, without bias, Eternity comes up again with the first 3 sorted by price:

https://www.pricescope.com/diamond-search-results/178562

...but you'd need to ignore their self designation of cut as very good. The next one, they call excellent cut, for a bit more...


Ira Z.

 

[Aulonocara]

Thanks for the replies. I am hoping to locate a stone through eternitydiamonds.com, since they already have my money for the setting and the original stone (haven't asked for a refund yet). Ideally, I'd like to buy both the setting and the stone from them.

 

[stone-cold11]

ok, didn't see you prefer to get from eternity.

EDT:
From the available stone, the HCA Ex/Vg stones are a little iffy without idealscope image.

https://www.pricescope.com/diamond-search-results/178586

 

[Aulonocara]

Stone-cold11 ~ no problem at all. I appreciate you helping me look.

RegularGuy ~ Do you have any insight into why http://www.eternitydiamonds.com/diamond_detail.php?id=441404&ref=pricescope would get a "Very Good" cut rating from GIA (not "Excellent"), and still score so well on HCA (0.8-X,X,X,VG)? Is it the steep crown angle (36deg)? Any idea if this difference would be noticeable to the naked eye?

Thanks

 

[Regular Guy]

I'm not so good on the arithmetic here, SC maybe can assist further. But...there's a lot of instances and threads showing the pattern of VG GIA being swell from the point of HCA. Though getting both to say excellent is a natural preference, personally, I'd favor the HCA thumbs up. Also, I think the high crown may suggest a more fiery result...

Ira Z.