Help decide if this is a good stone!

[aliza3]

Hi,

I really need your help deciding if this is a good stone. Here are the specs from the GIA report:

ROUND BRILLIANT
Measurements 7.36 - 7.41 x 4.30 mm
Carat Weight 1.50 carat
Color Grade E
Clarity Grade SI1
Cut Grade Good

PROPORTIONS
Depth 58.2 %
Table 64 %
Crown Angle 33.5°
Crown Height 12.0%
Pavilion Angle 39.6°
Pavilion Depth 41.0%
Star Length 60%
Lower Half 80%
Girdle Thick, Faceted, 5.0%
Culet Very Small

FINISH
Polish Good
Symmetry Good

FLUORESCENCE
Fluorescence None

CLARITY CHARACTERISTICS
Clarity Characteristics Needle, Crystal, Feather, Natural

COMMENTS
Internal graining is not shown.
Surface graining is not shown.

He is charging me $10,500. Please let me know your honest opinion. I do not want to be spending that much money on a bad quality stone. The color and size are perfect but I am concerned about the cut being good (instead of very good or excellent).

Thanks!

 

[vsp08]

I am by no means a diamond expert, but those table/depth numbers look really off to me. It's a good price for carat weight and color, but a GIA good is NEVER worth a lower price (in my opinion). I have compared my GIA triple excellent to my mom's GIA good and can see a huge difference right away.

That being said, I do think that many diamonds that fall outside of the "ideal" proportions can still be very pretty, especially if you haven't seen or worked with a ton of diamonds. I have a diamond that is more of a 60/60 diamond (60% table/60% depth), and I absolutely love how it performs.

 

[Gypsy]

Nope. Please read my comments to you in the other thread you have.

 

[JulieN]

Table is too big, won't qualify for GIA EX or AGS 0. Combined with the Good symmetry/Polish is is probably not good at all.