Help Deciding Between Two Stones

[nkpdaddy1]

Hello everyone - first time posting to this site although I have found other postings very useful. I am deciding between two stones and would appreciate any comments about the two (especially about the one Idealscope image I have):

Diamond One
Carat: 1.72
Color: D
Clarity: VS2
Polish/Symmetry: VG/VG
Table: 55%
Depth: 61.3%
Crown: 35.0%
Pavilion: 40.6%
Inclusions: Two crystals in the table (which are black but do not reflect); natural indent, natural, and feather. The stone is "eye clean" and the ideal scope is below.
Diamond Two
Carat: 1.70
Color: D
Clarity: VS2
Polish/Symmetry: VG/VG
Table: 57%
Depth: 61.6%
Crown: 34.5%
Pavilion: 40.6%
Inclusions: Clound in the table; miscellaneous needles and feathers, natural, crystal, extra facet. This one is also "eye clean."

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[kcoursolle]

The numbers on both of these stones are very nice, both should be pretty diamonds. It's a tough call between the two of them. I might go with number one personally because I like the smaller table more.

The ideal scope shows very little leakage, but lacks a little visual symmetry. The symmetry really isn't a huge problem though and will only be a slight visual difference.

If you wanted to save some money, you could easily go down in color to a G without much of any visual difference, but some prefer a D colored diamond and there's nothing wrong with that.

 

[kcoursolle]

One other thing, you might want to get the ideal scope pic for the second to see if it''s any better. The more I look at the first ideal scope pic the more the symmetry starts to bug me.

 

[Rod]

Symmetry does seem a little off on stone number 1. See if you can get an idealscope of stone #2, and unlike kcoursolle, I like larger tabled diamonds.

 

[Cehrabehra]

Date: 9/18/2006 3:16:20 PM
Author:nkpdaddy1

Hello everyone - first time posting to this site although I have found other postings very useful. I am deciding between two stones and would appreciate any comments about the two (especially about the one Idealscope image I have):

Diamond One
Carat: 1.72
Color: D
Clarity: VS2
Polish/Symmetry: VG/VG
Table: 55%
Depth: 61.3%
Crown: 35.0%
Pavilion: 40.6%
Inclusions: Two crystals in the table (which are black but do not reflect); natural indent, natural, and feather. The stone is ''eye clean'' and the ideal scope is below.

Diamond Two
Carat: 1.70
Color: D
Clarity: VS2
Polish/Symmetry: VG/VG
Table: 57%
Depth: 61.6%
Crown: 34.5%
Pavilion: 40.6%
Inclusions: Clound in the table; miscellaneous needles and feathers, natural, crystal, extra facet. This one is also ''eye clean.''

Any help would be much appreciated.

hehehe I''m not good at this so take this with a grain of salt... but I like #1 because of the smaller table and higher crown % LOL I''m such a sucker for those

 

[Cehrabehra]

that idealscope is wonky though... I was looking at a 3.2 carat with really super wonky hearts yesterday and I pointed it out that it was like three nice ones and a bad one and the two bad ones were opposites... she got huffy... but you do have one wonky arrow there... dunno what that means exactly!

 

[Cehrabehra]

Date: 9/18/2006 5:24:22 PM
Author: Rod
Symmetry does seem a little off on stone number 1. See if you can get an idealscope of stone #2, and unlike kcoursolle, I like larger tabled diamonds.

hey rod - what do you see in larger tabled stones that attracts you? more "leg" so to speak? I could see how that would be attractive... I''ll take one of each please!!! hehe

 

[Rod]

Cehra.......as long as the crown and pavillion are appropriate to a larger tabled stone, you can get the best of both worlds, IMO. Larger tabled diamonds can look larger without sacrificing fire or scintillation. Of course as the owner of a 60/60 stone, I''m a bit biased, but I wouldn''t hesitate to buy another larger tabled stone in the future.........

 

[Lorelei]

Welcome to PS

My preference is for #2, but see what the folk at WF think is the best performer out of the two, both should be stunning but see which one has the " edge." Also it is said that if you look at the " hearts" as well as the arrows of a diamond, this can be telling too regarding the IS of the first diamond.

 

[Small]

My preference is #2. I have a 57 tabled stone and love it...my ideal table would be 56 but between 55 and 57 I choose 57. Like others have mentioned I''d ask for an IS for stone #2 also. #1 is a bit off on the arrows but I''m sure it won''t be a huge deal in the performance as both stones look to have good numbers. I own a D marquise and a G round and I can barely see the difference in the colors. Face up they both look VERY white and only when I turn them on their sides to compare is where I see the slight tint in the G. If you are inclined with D that is your preference...I''d probably look to go down in color and get EX/EX polish and symmetry...but those are my preferences. Good luck