Last week I got some feedback on a stone I was considering https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/please-tell-me-what-you-think-of-these-is-and-aset-images.114180/
I had a diamond sent to an appraiser to make sure everything checked out. He gave it the thumbs up.
Here are SARIN numbers on the stone:
Depth:60.2
Table:59%
CrownAngle:33%
Pavilion:41
Star/Upper Ratio:49:51
original gia cert numbers
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Measurements: 6.52 - 6.56 x 3.94 mm
Carat Weight: 1.03 carat
Color Grade: H
Clarity Grade: SI1 (eye clean)
Cut Grade: Excellent
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Depth: 60.3%
Table: 58%
Crown Angle: 33.0°
Crown Height: 14.0%
Pavilion Angle: 41.0°
Pavilion Depth: 43.0%
Star length: 50%
Lower Half: 80%
Girdle: Medium to Slightly Thick, Faceted (3.5%)
Culet: None
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Polish: Excellent
Symmetry: Excellent
Fluorescence: None
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Shipping the stone has taken a bit of time and is currently on it''s way (from the appraiser) back to the wholesaler and then out to me. This extra time has me doubting my choice.
With a 33 degree crown I am sacrificing fire performance for brilliance - and I''m not sure how I feel about this. I guess I''m not sure what the visual difference would be and so I''m assuming bad performance - which is maybe not the case.
My other worry with the stone is that it has a table of 59% - which it seems is or isn''t ideal/excellent (I don''t want to open that can of worms because I have read numerous threads on the 59% table). I have 0 visual experience on diamonds so I don''t have a preference on smaller vs larger tables.
Lastly I had a picture take of the hearts and arrows and well they were alright - certainly not perfect or near perfect and they fail the checklists I''ve seen.
So I''ve been looking at other stones
and it seems that going with a WF ACA diamond will guarantee me the well rounded performance I want. The problem is that an ACA 1ct is out of my budget. I have found this stone though: http://www.whiteflash.com/hearts_arrows/Whiteflash-ACA-cut-diamond-1982389.htm which is 0.9
All the girls I''ve talked to at work have said "well .. you have done a lot of research and the stone you have picked is going to be amazing compared to the majority of diamonds out there. Your girl will appreciate a 1ct over a ''superideal'' diamond"
I know I can''t really ask the board members to make a decision for me and that isn''t what I''m after. Maybe some questions or food for thought on this mater. I do have the option of returning the original stone once I get it, but if it is a bad stone what is the point. There is still an opportunity to not ship the stone out tomorrow and thus leave it with the original wholesaler. Computer generated ASET and IS images of the stone in question are here (https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/please-tell-me-what-you-think-of-these-is-and-aset-images.114180/)
As always, any and all comments are welcome and appreciated.
I had a diamond sent to an appraiser to make sure everything checked out. He gave it the thumbs up.
Here are SARIN numbers on the stone:
Depth:60.2
Table:59%
CrownAngle:33%
Pavilion:41
Star/Upper Ratio:49:51
original gia cert numbers
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Measurements: 6.52 - 6.56 x 3.94 mm
Carat Weight: 1.03 carat
Color Grade: H
Clarity Grade: SI1 (eye clean)
Cut Grade: Excellent
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Depth: 60.3%
Table: 58%
Crown Angle: 33.0°
Crown Height: 14.0%
Pavilion Angle: 41.0°
Pavilion Depth: 43.0%
Star length: 50%
Lower Half: 80%
Girdle: Medium to Slightly Thick, Faceted (3.5%)
Culet: None
--------
Polish: Excellent
Symmetry: Excellent
Fluorescence: None
-------
Shipping the stone has taken a bit of time and is currently on it''s way (from the appraiser) back to the wholesaler and then out to me. This extra time has me doubting my choice.
With a 33 degree crown I am sacrificing fire performance for brilliance - and I''m not sure how I feel about this. I guess I''m not sure what the visual difference would be and so I''m assuming bad performance - which is maybe not the case.
My other worry with the stone is that it has a table of 59% - which it seems is or isn''t ideal/excellent (I don''t want to open that can of worms because I have read numerous threads on the 59% table). I have 0 visual experience on diamonds so I don''t have a preference on smaller vs larger tables.
Lastly I had a picture take of the hearts and arrows and well they were alright - certainly not perfect or near perfect and they fail the checklists I''ve seen.
So I''ve been looking at other stones
All the girls I''ve talked to at work have said "well .. you have done a lot of research and the stone you have picked is going to be amazing compared to the majority of diamonds out there. Your girl will appreciate a 1ct over a ''superideal'' diamond"
I know I can''t really ask the board members to make a decision for me and that isn''t what I''m after. Maybe some questions or food for thought on this mater. I do have the option of returning the original stone once I get it, but if it is a bad stone what is the point. There is still an opportunity to not ship the stone out tomorrow and thus leave it with the original wholesaler. Computer generated ASET and IS images of the stone in question are here (https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/please-tell-me-what-you-think-of-these-is-and-aset-images.114180/)
As always, any and all comments are welcome and appreciated.