Date: 2/25/2009 1:41:28 PM
Author: musey
Date: 2/25/2009 12:20:47 PM
Author: magali
Do pictures usually make the diamonds look smaller or bigger?
It can go either way. I have pictures of my ring that look both unrealistically small AND unrealistically large.
Can you tell anything else from this diamond whether it is good or bad? Can I make an assumption on the clarity/color that she might like? Thanks for the help so far.
Why does it matter whether the diamond is good or bad? She wants a good diamond, presumably. If this were a ''bad'' diamond, that wouldn''t mean that she wants hers to be ''bad'' as well. (Besides, these pictures may well belong to someone that posts on these boards - why would we make disparaging remarks about it??
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There''s no way she pointed it out to you thinking that she wanted her stone to look PRECISELY like that. It was a ballpark. If it''s E SI1 that doesn''t mean she wouldn''t also love an H VS2. The size is presumably all that matters. We will be happy to give you general recommendations for cut/clarity/color that apply to
any diamond purchase... no one is going to recommend that you buy an E SI1 just because that''s what this seems to be (not that it DOES seem to be that, I was pulling those stats out of nowhere and based them on nothing at all).
Keep in mind, also, that this size stone on that size hand will not look the same as this size stone on your
girlfriend''s hand, unless she has identical hands.
I think you''re overthinking this
Go with the general advice we give anyone: buy her the best that you can afford, as close to her idea of ''the perfect ring'' as you can.