Is this a good diamond?

[penny12]

Hello all and thanks for your help. I am in search of a yellow diamond and was looking through bluenile. I was wondering if someone could please tell me if this is a good one.

Price: $3,834
Carat weight: 0.71
Color: Fancy Intense Yellow
Clarity: SI1
Depth %: 77.7%
Table %: 61%
Polish: Very Good
Symmetry: Good
Girdle: Medium to Very Thick
Culet: None
Fluorescence: Faint
Measurements: 5.09 x 4.51 x 3.50 mm
Length/width ratio: 1.13


OR

Price: $3,501.00
weight: 0.71
Color: Fancy Yellow
Clarity: VS1

Depth %: 67.4%
Table %: 58%
Polish: Excellent
Symmetry: Very Good
Girdle: Slightly Thick to Extremely Thick
Culet: None
Fluorescence: None
Measurements: 4.95 x 4.92 x 3.32 mm
Length/width ratio: 1.01


OR THIS ONE


PRICE $4,693

Carat weight: 0.74
Color: Fancy Intense Yellow
Clarity: VS2


Depth %: 64.8%
Table %: 61%
Polish: Very Good
Symmetry: Good
Girdle: Thin to Extremely Thick
Culet: None
Fluorescence: Faint
Measurements: 5.45 x 4.91 x 3.18 mm
Length/width ratio: 1.11

 

[chrono]

FCDs are all about colour; you'll get many variations or ranges even within the Fancy Intense range so showing the actual picture of the diamonds will help far more than the written cut parameters.

 

[penny12]

They don't have pictures on the bluenile website I am aware of color variations but I need help with all the other numbers - table, depth etc.

 

[chrono]

You don't shop for FCDs the same way one shops for colourless diamonds. The colour sets the price, not the cut. View the colour first, then look at the cut. There is no magic numbers or set numbers to go by when shopping for FCDs. There's no range or even general guidelines. Forget the numbers. If BN will not provide pictures, I strongly recommend that you shop elsewhere unless you are willing to order several stones to view them in person, then keep one and return the rest. There's no notation that these have GIA lab memos, evenness of colour, are untreated, etc.

 

[penny12]

I'm trying to decide between these two stone. Both are VS1 excellent polish, very good cut. no fluorescence. THe .71 has a slightly thick to extremely thick girdle. the .51 has the same specs except girdle is medium to thick. Which looks best

 

[chrono]

The two are obviously taken under different lighting conditions, making the comparison a bit challenging. Do you know what type of light is used? Any chance of a video? These come with an EGL cert or GIA? I would only stick with GIA graded diamonds.