Guessing Game? Need some advice

Dowdy · Apr 25, 2006

Need some help buying my first engagement ring for my girlfriend. She helped me narrow down my choices: round shape, solitaire, in a yellow gold setiing. But there are alot of diamonds out there. So with the three below, which one looks the best on paper from the online vendor?

GIA
Shape: Round
Cut Grade: Ideal
Carat weight: 1.35
Color: F
Clarity: SI2

Depth %: 60.8
Table %: 57
Symmetry: Excellent
Polish: Very Good
Girdle: TN-M
Culet: N
Fluorescence: N
Measurements: 7.13-7.18-4.35

AGS H&A
Shape: Round
Cut Grade: Ideal
Carat weight: 1.42
Color: J
Clarity: SI1

Depth %: 60.9
Table %: 56
Symmetry: Ideal
Polish: Ideal
Fluorescence: NO
Measurements: 7.24-7.30X4.43

GIA
Shape: Round
Cut Grade: Ideal
Carat weight: 1.37
Color: G
Clarity: SI2

Depth %: 59.5
Table %: 58
Symmetry: Very Good
Polish: Very Good
Girdle: TN-M F
Culet: N
Fluorescence: N
Measurements: 7.24x7.27x4.32

jaz464 · Apr 25, 2006

Welcome

Do you know if these are eye clean, especially the SI2s?

valeria101 · Apr 25, 2006

The listings with crown and pavilion angles (let alone pictures) cut quite a bit of guessing.

J/SI1 vs. FSi2 make quite different choices... 'guess the H&A / AGS0 thing makes the price difference. The other two - no idea what they look like in the cut department. I could only wish that eitehr the F or G/Si2 prove to be clean looking and well cut.

... 62% depth shouldn't bite.

Since th e'eye clean' part about SI2 is a mystery from the info listed... there are not too many 7mm-ish rounds around 6k. How does I-VS1 sound?

Then.. there is this ring below adding to the argument (IMO):