I''ve been lurking for a few days reading as much as I can and everything that shows up with a search for ''princess'' but I''m having some trouble.
I''m looking for a princess cut (she''s 100% set on princess) in the 0.25-0.40 range. I have a very nice local jeweler where I''ll get the setting and have it placed (looking at around $300 for a simple band w/ setting charge). My budget is about $500 more for a stone. Obviously I can''t get anything in that range at a B&M store. I could go to maybe $600 if I was SURE it would have a really nice cut.
Everyone says that''s there''s no way to know how a princess will look based on what''s available in a GIA report or the like, so you have to go with places like whiteflash, or good old gold. The problem is they simply don''t deal with stones this small in-store. So you''re still talking virtual inventory and GIA-reports only.
The only place that seems to offer any kind of extra rating on small princess is Blue Nile''s Signature stuff, but they don''t SEEM to follow the general rules about smaller tables 70. But at least their ''extra'' reports for whatever it''s worth does show cathedral height. I don''t expect to luck upon a top 5 percentile princess or anything, but I want at least decent light performance. I''d certainly compromise on color or clarity since princess don''t show them so much.
Is my best bet just trying out a Blue Nile signature and returning it if I''m not impressed?
I''m looking for a princess cut (she''s 100% set on princess) in the 0.25-0.40 range. I have a very nice local jeweler where I''ll get the setting and have it placed (looking at around $300 for a simple band w/ setting charge). My budget is about $500 more for a stone. Obviously I can''t get anything in that range at a B&M store. I could go to maybe $600 if I was SURE it would have a really nice cut.
Everyone says that''s there''s no way to know how a princess will look based on what''s available in a GIA report or the like, so you have to go with places like whiteflash, or good old gold. The problem is they simply don''t deal with stones this small in-store. So you''re still talking virtual inventory and GIA-reports only.
The only place that seems to offer any kind of extra rating on small princess is Blue Nile''s Signature stuff, but they don''t SEEM to follow the general rules about smaller tables 70. But at least their ''extra'' reports for whatever it''s worth does show cathedral height. I don''t expect to luck upon a top 5 percentile princess or anything, but I want at least decent light performance. I''d certainly compromise on color or clarity since princess don''t show them so much.
Is my best bet just trying out a Blue Nile signature and returning it if I''m not impressed?
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