Inclusion: Indented Natural?

[danny_italia]

First off let me say that I'm new to the forum and want to thank everyone as this community is a wealth of Knowledge for people wanting to learn more about diamonds. The information I've learned on here in the past few weeks is extremely helpful.

With that said, I'm a few months away from popping the question and currently in the process of looking for a diamond.

I believe I've found something and wanted to get people's input on. My biggest concern is that the diamond report indicates it has an indented natural and I was wondering how this affects the diamond and how it will actually look once I have it in my hands,

For the most part I've been looking for a diamond with the following specs:

Carat: 1.0+
Cut: Very Good/Excellent
Colour: H+
Clarity: SI1+

When I found this VS2 with similiar specs I was quite please as my biggest concern is making sure the diamond is eye clean..

If anyone can please take a look at the following link and check out the GIA report and give me their feedback I would be EXTREMELY grateful!

I'm just not sure if I should sacrifice an inclusion like this just for to get a VS2, or if i should stick with an SI1.

Again, I'm not very knowledgeable with inclusions in general and more specifically what something like an indented natural would look like.

Diamond Link:
http://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/H-VS2-Very-Good-Cut-Round-Diamond-1512266.asp

GIA Certificate:
http://www.jamesallen.com/GIA-Diamo...S2-Very Good-Cut-1.01-Carat-Round-Diamond.JPG

Thank you!
Danny

 

[danny_italia]

After taking a second look... I noticed that on the James Allen site the Cute grade is stated as Very Good but on the GIA certificate it's marked as Good?

Is there a reason for this?

 

[kenny]

I would not be worried about the natural.
It's just a little of the original skin of the rough diamond.

I WOULD be worried about the cut thought.

That diamond is very deep and may not have good light performance.

Picking a well cut round is easier than any other shape.
Use two tools, HCA and Idealscope.

Plug 4 numbers into the HCA https://www.pricescope.com/tools/hca

Reject diamonds that score over 2.0

Get an idealscope pic on diamonds scoring under 2.0 https://www.pricescope.com/tools/ideal-scope

Compare it to this chart.



Edit: your diamond does score 2.0, but it's so deep, 64.6%, I hope a cut expert will chime in on it.

 

[danny_italia]

How do you know the diamond is cut poorly? What should I be looking for?

When I run the number through the HCA Advisor it comes back with a score of 2.0

Selected: 64.6% depth, 54% table, 37.5° crown angle, 40.2° pavilion angle
The result is for a symmetrical diamond with a medium girdle and very good polish

Factor Grade
Light Return Excellent
Fire Excellent
Scintillation Very Good
Spread or diameter for weight Good

Total Visual Performance 2.0 - Very Good


Again any help or information you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

 

[kenny]

I'd prefer the depth be not much over 62%.

Also, 64.6% will look small for the weight.

 

[sleeprequired]

what we're saying is that the steeper the angle (64.something), the more carat weight goes into the bottom or the pavilion of the diamond, and the less that goes into the diameter.

so if you have a shallower angle, you will have a bigger diameter. If you have a steeper pavilion, then you will have a smaller diameter.

Once you put the certificate away, people will not see carat weight, they will see the diameter of the stone.

 

[bunnycat]

The measurements of it are 6.25x6.29, and if I'm not mistaken, that's more of a face up size of something in the .9 range. I would think you'd be better off looking for a better cut stone that faces up better for it's weight. You'd basically be shelling out extra cash just to say you have the weight of a 1 ct stone but you'd be stuck with the visual size of a smaller one.

You might post your budget and see what some of the expert seekers come up with here.

 

[danny_italia]

Thanks everyone for your input!

Bastetcat... I wasn't under the impression posting a budget and asking people to look for you was accepted on this forum but if it is that would be great.

My budget would be $6000-6500.

I've created a new thread if that makes things more easier.

https://www.pricescope.com/communit...-my-price-range.179001/#post-3254647#p3254647