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Is James Allen's True Hearts diamond cut worth it?

Ducmust

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Hello,
I am new to this site and saw a lot of helpful advice here, so thought I would give it a try as well. I apologize if the forum rules is against posts like these

For the last two days, I have been reading up on diamonds and oh boy...there are a lot of things to consider and I am pulling my hair out right now. I decided to buy a diamond set in a tension ring from James Allen because of their easy return policy (just in case she doesn't like it) and the good reviews online. Brian Gavin also seems to have good reviews but the website is not very user friendly and return policy is a little bit stricter.

It's time to choose a diamond and I don't know if it's worth spending some extra money on the True Hearts cut or not. Please advice.

This is the ring
http://www.jamesallen.com/engagement-rings/tension/platinum-bypass-pave-set-diamond-engagement-ring-item-8002

With this ring the diamond has to be at least 0.75c and these are the one I am considering (I am sure there are other good ones, so please feel free to suggest if you see something better around the 5K range)

http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/0.80-carat-g-color-vs1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-213769
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/0.80-carat-g-color-vs1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-223889
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/0.90-carat-h-color-vs1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-223878
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/0.81-carat-i-color-vs1-clarity-sku-232606 (recommended by a JA rep - True Hearts cut)
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/0.80-carat-g-color-vs1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-213769
http://www.jamesallen.com//loose-diamonds/round-cut/0.78-carat-g-color-vvs2-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-194650 (strong blue florescence but True Hearts cut)

Any advice will be much appreciated. Thank you very much.
 
Did you intended ASK for a tension style setting?

Regarding cut, how important is it to you to know that the proportions of your cut are very precise with great symmetry?
 
Hello Dreamer,
Thanks for your reply. When I browsing for a modern style ring, I came across this and I fell in love and hopefully my girlfriend will too :)

Based on what I have read online, it sounds like cut is the most important of the C and I was looking pretty much only at ideal cuts and was willing to compromise on the others to get a stone in the 5K range. The rep at JA said their True Hearts is better but I don't have enough knowledge to tell if it's worth it.

Thanks again.
 
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