Help Needed: Pear Diamond

[aj07]

Hello All,

This is my first post here and would appreciate your support

I am currently shopping for an engagement ring a pear shaped diamond and I have two retailers providing me the same price range for the following two rings.

1) 2.00 Carat F SI2 sized 10.69 x 7.08 x 4.38 mm diamond is 2017 (Florescence: Colorless)
2) 1.500 Carat E Vs1 sized 10.64 x 6.31 x 3.71 mm Diamond is 2019 (florescence : Medium blue)
both have Excellent Polish and very good symmetry

I find it very hard to choose between size and clarity and wanted to hear your opinion
Pros to the 2.00 Carat:
Its a 2 carat! and the size for the same price range is good
Cons:
Old diamond and an SI2

+I had the chance to see the 2 carat in the store and with the naked eye I couldnt see any noticeable marks and looking at it under the light it was beautiful and shiny but i could be wrong as i am very new to this
https://www.gia.edu/report-check?reportno=2267912522&s=1569616787318


Pros to the 1.500:
Beautiful Color and Clarity!
Cons:
Size and it is a shallow in depth, I read here shallow is bad

Would love to hear your thoughts on this and to help me really know what I should get from well rounded diamond gurus here

 

[Rose-gold-or-bust]

You really need to see both stones in person or via a video. Fancy shaped stones can have visual
problems not detectable on the certificate alone... like a bad bow tie effect. This is an oval but pears do this too. The certificate would not mention this and you can’t figure it out by the specs.

 

[aj07]

You really need to see both stones in person or via a video. Fancy shaped stones can have visual
problems not detectable on the certificate alone... like a bad bow tie effect. This is an oval but pears do this too. The certificate would not mention this and you can’t figure it out by the specs.

Thank for your quick response is there a way to have videos of the old diamond online or should I go Down to the jeweler and have a look

The 1.5 needs to be ordered by the jeweler this is what he had sent me https://sjworldimg.b-cdn.net/sjimg/images/Vision360.html?d=F193-116567

 

[AV_]

The video is difficult to read because the stone is very strongly back lit - something that never happens to diamonds set in rings... What I would want to see is how light reflects off its face - that is to say, how bright & brilliant the stone is.

Some details do show - proportions and the pattern (if not intensity) of brilliance (wished to be relatively even, over the stone, keeping in mind that pears always have a brighter area over their short diameter). I see nothing to quibble with, but then, I do not see what is not shown...

I am more interested in milimeter measurements than carats since size varies due to cut for the same weight; the difference between 2 & 1.5 might be more about numbers than anything. SI2 & fluorescence [it cannot be 'colourless', the word is a glitch] may discount an attractive stone, or be euphemisms of a mess. For colour & clarity, the 1.5 is a good benchmark for the 2, the rest is largely a matter of taste - although brighter diamonds are vastly prefered and there is nuance...


2p

 

[tyty333]

We really need pictures/videos to be able to tell you anything. I did see the video of the second stone and nothing screamed "No" at me.
Pears are one of the hardest cuts to pick. There are so many poorly cut ones and they all tend to be somewhat mushy down towards the pointed end.

Can you post a link to the gia report of the 1.5 stone and a video/picture of the 2 carat stone?

Ask to see the stones outside (away from jewelers lights which can make dirt look sparkly). BTW, did your GF ask for a pear or did you pick the
shape?

 

[KKJohnson]

Just to chime in, all diamonds are old. The cert can be old or the cert can be new but that doesn’t mean the diamond was freshly cut. GIA will recert a diamond that has been previously grade with a new date.