This is possibly phase 2 (post-purchase) of analysis paralysis! I purchased diamond 1 below and proposed to my girlfriend - it's eye clean, not cloudy, but it's on the shallow side of the target range - I can see a bit of obstruction in certain situations, and it doesn't sing to me as I'd hoped.
I totally appreciate it's for her not for me, but I'm sure I'm not alone on this forum with this questioning line of thought! I have a hold on a possible replacement which has better proportions, but don't know how visible the difference would be in reality:
Diamond 1: 40.6/34, Color G, clarity SI1, 0.9ct.
Diamond 2: 40.6/35, Color I, clarity SI1, 1.09ct.
Side-by-side and day-to-day, would these sort of differences be genuinely very noticeable? (note: she loves the diamond which is the main thing, so it's purely me and the PS effect!).
As it is, I see friends' diamonds and whilst I would never say anything, I can often now tell that they're not particularly well cut. The standard response when someone compares their ring to my fiance's is "hmmm, mine must need a clean". Obviously I don't ask for details of their diamonds, so I don't know whether I'm observing marginal differences, or whether I'm likely to be comparing to much more 'average' cut diamonds?
I totally appreciate it's for her not for me, but I'm sure I'm not alone on this forum with this questioning line of thought! I have a hold on a possible replacement which has better proportions, but don't know how visible the difference would be in reality:
Diamond 1: 40.6/34, Color G, clarity SI1, 0.9ct.
Diamond 2: 40.6/35, Color I, clarity SI1, 1.09ct.
Side-by-side and day-to-day, would these sort of differences be genuinely very noticeable? (note: she loves the diamond which is the main thing, so it's purely me and the PS effect!).
As it is, I see friends' diamonds and whilst I would never say anything, I can often now tell that they're not particularly well cut. The standard response when someone compares their ring to my fiance's is "hmmm, mine must need a clean". Obviously I don't ask for details of their diamonds, so I don't know whether I'm observing marginal differences, or whether I'm likely to be comparing to much more 'average' cut diamonds?
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