I''ve been following the forums for a few weeks now and I know if I post this then at least one of you kind souls will be able to help me out. I''ve done a lot of research online (GOG, PS and others) and have now totally confused myself!!
I''m looking for an engagement ring and have a budget of around $5k. My girlfriend really likes the emerald cut and the princess cut diamonds but doesn''t really know what she wants. She has shown me many different types of rings and from what I have seen I think I want to go along the lines of an emerald cut center stone with princess cut side stones. First of all, will this look strange? Can anyone recomend a designer (again my budget isn''t too big) that might have something along the lines I want?
Now here comes the hard part....what diamond to buy. I''ve been searching online a lot as I said and I keep getting hung up on a D-F color of no less than VS1 quality, more rectangular than square and with a table and depth of 60-65. Form all I''ve read about emerald cuts the inclusions are much more visable so I want to keep the diamond as clean as possible so at those specs I''m looking at about a .75c stone. Am I being to picky? If not would a .75c center stone with .25c side stones look wierd? I''ve asked my girlfriend for some more direction but I think she really wants it to be a surprise and doesn''t know much about the size vs quality of a diamond. As you can tell, I am leaning heavily towards the quality side!
Well, this isn''t half of what I wanted to ask but I''m not sure how to get my questions clear in my own head. Like I said I have confused myself. Please help steer me in the right direction.
Thanks,
Mark
I''m looking for an engagement ring and have a budget of around $5k. My girlfriend really likes the emerald cut and the princess cut diamonds but doesn''t really know what she wants. She has shown me many different types of rings and from what I have seen I think I want to go along the lines of an emerald cut center stone with princess cut side stones. First of all, will this look strange? Can anyone recomend a designer (again my budget isn''t too big) that might have something along the lines I want?
Now here comes the hard part....what diamond to buy. I''ve been searching online a lot as I said and I keep getting hung up on a D-F color of no less than VS1 quality, more rectangular than square and with a table and depth of 60-65. Form all I''ve read about emerald cuts the inclusions are much more visable so I want to keep the diamond as clean as possible so at those specs I''m looking at about a .75c stone. Am I being to picky? If not would a .75c center stone with .25c side stones look wierd? I''ve asked my girlfriend for some more direction but I think she really wants it to be a surprise and doesn''t know much about the size vs quality of a diamond. As you can tell, I am leaning heavily towards the quality side!
Well, this isn''t half of what I wanted to ask but I''m not sure how to get my questions clear in my own head. Like I said I have confused myself. Please help steer me in the right direction.
Thanks,
Mark
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