I am a new poster who has been on here for over a month lurking. Pricescope is great and I could use some help!! So I have done some research on square shapes. I like the look of Princess of Hearts and CC Square Brilliants on GOG. I have been B&M shopping in the Syracuse, NY area and found one (yeah, only one out of the many independent stores I went to) to be helpful, knowledgeable, and they also seem quite honest. M. Lemp Jewelers is the place and they have 3 GIA Gemologists on staff. I have been working with one of them, the owner, who has brought in a couple different sets of diamonds for me. We were looking at radiants and the first set he got didn’t make the cut at all. Yesterday he showed me these two.
First was a “Mixed Cut” radiant
GIA Certified
Cut-Corned Square Modified Brilliant Mixed cut
5.2 x 5.2 x 3.67mm
.75 carat
Color: H
Clarity: SI 1
Depth: 70.6 %
Table: 55 %
Polish: very good
Symmetry: very good
Flour: None
Girdle: Med to slightly Thick
Price: 2550
The second, a cut cornered square brilliant which I didn’t write all the numbers down
AGS Certified
Cut-Corned Square Modified Brilliant
5.22 x 5.32 x 4.21mm
.81 carat
Color: F
Clarity: SI 2
Depth: 70.1%
Table: 67.1%
Polish: Excellent
Symmetry: Very Good
Flour: None
Girdle: didn’t write down
Price 3130
Both eye clean, both looked good under the case. The mixed cut radiant looked different than other radiants I have looked at. It had larger flashes and some nice fire. Lemp’s service is excellent (inspections, cleanings, rhodium plating all free). They carry Vatche and I think the X Prong is perfect for my girlfriend. She has a size 5 and I think .75 to .9 carat would fit her nicely. I plan to call GOG on there selection but I don’t think they have any POH in similar price/size category. Any thoughts, comments, or suggestions are appreciated.