Friends, Please advice on this diamond !

[Trinity]

Hello everyone !

I am hoping someone can give me their thoughts on a diamond. (Since I can't get a response from a vendor regarding the heart shaped diamond I was interested in.) I would like opinions about this stone:

Cut: Emerald
Measurements: 4.19 x 6.13 x 2.87
Color: G
Clarity: IF
Depth: 68.5 %
Table: 67 %
Symmetry: Very Good
Polish: Very Good
Girdle: Med
Culet: None
Fluorescence: None

Edited to add:

Carat weight is .66 points

Price: $1794.00

What do you think of the price?

Thank you

 

[Trinity]

I posted about a different diamond a few days ago. But since I can't get a response from the vendor of that particular diamond, I started to look for other diamonds. This one (emerald) came up in my search.

 

[valeria101]

Weight?

The number have no 'red flags' included, but ECs (as all fancies) are much better seen than read. You may want to give a thought to this one: all in all, this stone is way smaller than the heart, by the design of the cut alone. To improve things in this department, G-VS2 is probably the reasonable counterpart.

 

[Trinity]

Im sorry, the weight of the stone is .66 points.
I better edit my original post, oops!
Big differnce between the weight of the heart I was interested in.
I was really looking for something bigger, but the clarity caught my interest so I decided to put this stone as a possibility. I know that having an IF stone is probably a waste of money in my case since I would be better off going lower in clarity and color to raise the carat weight.
I am still going to keep this stone as a possible option while looking at other stones with lower clarity/color.


Thank you for your thoughts !

 

[Nicrez]

EC's are lovely when the inclusions don't get in the way, but an IF is a bit unnecessary....Unless for bragging rights. IMHO, IF's are not necessary except when the carat size is so large that the inclusions would be the determining factor that makes the diamond THAT precious.




Let's me real..most people don't sport HUGE rocks over 5cts or so, and not that it isn't attainable by a person wanting a quality diamond UNDER the "large rock" size, but it's just not financially as necessary. Investment diamonds in large sizes, high colors and high clarities for collectors or estate jewelery is great...But to each his own.




I agree with Ana totally that a higher color, like F or G, with a VS2 would be best for your purpose. It's the best deal and you can possibly get a higher carat to really be able to enjoy the craftsman ship of the EC...To me they look particularly FABULOUS in 0.5cts and up!!!!

 

[Nicrez]

Somehow, I am not sure about that price for a premium cut IF stone...That's a good deal!




Here's one from DCD, a 0.67ct, E, VS1 D=69.9, T=60 for $1841....http://www.dirtcheapdiamonds.com/diamond_detail.cfm?did=2333746




all the ideal cut emeralds are a lot pricier, or .55cts or under for under $2K...




Good luck!!! /idealbb/images/smilies/9.gif

 

[valeria101]

The price IS nice. It the stone that would not make my first choice...
Actually, I believe that the weight makes the price so attractive: the .66 falls below the more desirable 'numbers' where the price per carat starts to climb quickly (0.75 - 1cts... you know). It would be hard to find the same price per carat at larger weights. For example, a G-VS2 of 0.8cts would be very attractively priced at the same 2700/ct!

I am somewhat puzled by the decission process here: from a J-SI hart to a G-VS EC. The first cut results in stones relatively large for their weight, the reverse is true for the EC. Both cuts are priced below the round - but so are most fancies. Both are shapes not known for strong light return but for serious charm. These are very different animals (the EC has a 'face' surface of about 60% of the hart's) and I have no idea how to stryke a balance between them !

The serach seems to be for an attractive fancy cut G-I, VS2-SI2. There are quite a few stones with cut models totally outside the norm out there - with charming personalities and posibly attractive prices, but this is not exactly PS speacility. I am starting to think about cushion cuts, old rounds and 'modified brilliants' of sorts. Does this make sense?

BTW, Nicrez, what is an "ideal" EC

Ideal or not, here's a nice one

(WWW ) in my opinion...

 

[Giangi]

It has the potentials for being a great stone.

Its price point is really nice for an IF. And, since we're talking about EC's, an IF is not necessarily a waste of money.

The table and depth % are right in line with what most charts suggest, the girdle is extremely even and that's a big plus and vg/vg is always nice in a fancy shape.

Would you be able to get a Sarin so that we can find out the crown height?

 

[Trinity]

Thank you for your replies everyone !

Giangi, I don't know if I can get a sarin report on the stone, but I certainly will see if I can.