I still can''t find what I need yet.... few more questions please

[Legend]

I still afraid to make big mistake, so please give me some suggestions.
Budget 20k for 2 Carat.
I narrowed it down to G color, VS clarity, excellent polish, excellent symmetry, Depth 61-62, table 55-57%. I found some of those, but prices are still vary by few thousands.....so what are other factors that affect the price?
beside the above, how to select:
Girdle: what is best for it?
Measurement; what number is best? I see the last number is 5.00mm, 5.02mm, 5.06mm....etc, which one is best?
Fluorescent: what is best? faint, strong blue?????
How can i select the best one for the budget?
I planned to set it on yellow gold setting.
thanks so much for help.

 

[jet2ks]

Girdle--stay with Thin, Medium and Slightly Thick A range is normal, as long as you don''t go outside those (i.e Thin-Sl Thk is perfectly fine)
Measurement--the first two numbers are the largest and smallest diameters, the last number is depth. As long as you stick to good percentages with depth, you can use those.
Fluoro--there is no best, it is personal preference. Some people like fluorescence in their stones. Unless it is strong or very strong, you will probably never notice except in strong direct sunlight or under a blacklight

Best for the budget--get the best cut possible. You can use the HCA tool https://www.pricescope.com/cutadviser.asp to narrow down the choices. Enter depth, table, crown angle and pavillion angle for the diamond. Pass on those that score over 2, anything under 2 will need further evaluation via ASET &/or IdealScope images. There is a little more give in depth and table ranges than what you listed to still be a good stone.

Would you like some of the pricescope sleuths to suggest some possibilities for you to look at?

 

[Stephan]

Date: 4/29/2009 10:56:20 PM
Author:Legend
Depth 61-62

Why? Is 60.3 bad?

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 4/30/2009 1:38:28 AM
Author: QueenMum

Date: 4/29/2009 10:56:20 PM
Author:Legend
Depth 61-62

Why? Is 60.3 bad?

Ditto the gentlemen above, you could consider depths between 60% - 62% or even a little deeper than that to avoid limiting your choices.

 

[Paul-Antwerp]

In your question, I think that the following is very important:

"Budget 20k for 2 Carat.
I narrowed it down to G color, VS clarity"

From the rest of your questions, I seem to understand that you want the most performing stone possible.

Now, the top-performer 2Ct G-VS2 will cost around 29K. If you are happy with a very decent cut-quality, but not the finest, you can find something a few thousand cheaper, but it will still be hard to find something within the 20K-budget.

On the other hand, I see that you plan on setting the stone in yellow gold. In that case, you can safely go lower than G in colour. Why not consider an I or a J in top-cut?

Live long,

 

[stone-cold11]

Buy blind from BN, so no IS or any images.

Slightly above your budget at 21k
http://www.bluenile.com/round-diamond-2-carat-ideal-cut-g-color-vs2-clarity_LD01411506?__fun_frm=i&filter_id=0

Also above, but at 20.3k wire-transfer.
http://www.bluenile.com/round-diamond-2-carat-ideal-cut-g-color-vs2-clarity_LD01035652?__fun_frm=i&filter_id=0

EDT:
If going down to H, you can get this.
http://www.bluenile.com/round-diamond-2-carat-ideal-cut-h-color-vs2-clarity_LD00198128?__fun_frm=i&filter_id=0

There are a lot more GIA report stones in H, didn't go through them.

 

[Legend]

Stone-cold,
what is IS ? I don't get all the abbreviations yet

If H color can set perfectly on yellow gold, I can go with H color for better cut then.
Should I go with H and VS1 ? Or VS2 are still fine?
I did some reading and sound like the flourescent are ok with "faint"....
thanks.

 

[Legend]

Stone-cold,
what is IS ? I don''t get all the abbreviations yet

If H color can set perfectly on yellow gold, I can go with H color for better cut then.
Should I go with H and VS1 ? Or VS2 are still fine?
I did some reading and sound like the flourescent are ok with "faint"....
thanks.

 

[stone-cold11]

Date: 4/30/2009 10:44:21 AM
Author: Legend
Stone-cold,

what is IS ? I don''t get all the abbreviations yet

If H color can set perfectly on yellow gold, I can go with H color for better cut then.

Should I go with H and VS1 ? Or VS2 are still fine?

I did some reading and sound like the flourescent are ok with ''faint''....

thanks.

IS is idealscope images, used it to judge light return performance of a stone. H should be fine unless you are very color sensitive, the yellow gold is going to over-power any slight color in the stone and any color you notice will probably be due to the gold and not the stone''s color. VS2 is fine for me.

 

[Lorelei]

Legend, Idealscope is used to judge light leakage or lack of in a diamonds. ASET is used to judge the quality of the light return, see these links for more information.

https://www.pricescope.com/idealscope_indx.asp

http://www.highperformancediamonds.com/index.php?page=education-performance

Faint blue fluorescence probably won't be noticeable. Also an H in yellow gold will look perfectly fine, I have one myself. It is usual to have the band in yellow gold then the head and prongs in white gold.

 

[Legend]

Cutlet: some say "none", some say "point", some say "very small"
Is "None" mean point? which is best?
thanks.
i am sorry for too many basic questions, but it is too much information to read and i didn''t read them all yet... will get there, but ask questions along the way will help a lot....

thanks again.

 

[stone-cold11]

None is the same as point. http://diamonds.pricescope.com/culet.asp

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 4/30/2009 11:24:42 AM
Author: Legend
Cutlet: some say 'none', some say 'point', some say 'very small'
Is 'None' mean point? which is best?
thanks.
i am sorry for too many basic questions, but it is too much information to read and i didn't read them all yet... will get there, but ask questions along the way will help a lot....

thanks again.

This means one and the same, you won't see the culet with the naked eye with any of those descriptions, there is no best. Yes none does mean pointed. PLEASE don't apologize, ask away if there is something you want to know!

More info on culet http://diamonds.pricescope.com/culet.asp