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fatimahsan

fatimahsan

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Is this rock worth $2500? What do you think about the brilliance/fire given the specs? I have tiny ring size and really don't care about carat weight at all. Brilliance is all I'm looking for. Thanks in advance!

Stock number: LD02955012
Price: $2,504
Bank wire price:
$2,467
Price per carat:
$4,637
Carat weight:
0.54
Cut: Signature Ideal
Color: D
Clarity: VS2
Depth %:
60.7%
Table %:
56%
Polish:
Excellent
Symmetry:
Excellent
Girdle:
Thin to Medium
Culet:
None
Fluorescence:
None
Measurements: 5.33 x 5.29 x 3.23 mm
 
teobdl, thank you for your feedback. What are some good specs in this price range? I really don't know much about diamonds, but want a nice, clean, clear sparkly stone. Thanks in advance again ...
 
You may want to visit your local high-end jewelry store and try on some GIA / AGSL diamond solitaires to get a fix on your color preference - your initial post linked to a D-color which is the absolute most colorless in the white diamond range, and the suggested H color diamond is five color grades over, in the near-colorless range. Not saying the HPD diamond is not beautiful - I am certain that it is - just recommending that OP get a tighter fix on color preference.

I am going to throw a WhiteFlash Premium Select option at you - 0.597ct E-VS2 Premium Select (PS=$2296) - it has Ideal Light Performance and Ideal Symmetry, but since it is Excellent for Polish and not Ideal, WF puts it into its Premium Select category rather than its A Cut Above or Expert Selection categories. At a glance, its numbers seem to fall within the WF ACA parameters and I'd ask WF if that is the only reason it is in the Premium Select category. I do think this diamond will be brilliant with a lot of white light return and good fire. http://www.whiteflash.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut-loose-diamond-2724662.htm#

eta - fyi: based on the numbers, your D color diamond is likely to be a bright, brilliant diamond - it has good specs - and $2500 is a reasonable price.
 
fatimahsan said:
teobdl, thank you for your feedback. What are some good specs in this price range? I really don't know much about diamonds, but want a nice, clean, clear sparkly stone. Thanks in advance again ...
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In your original post, you said "Brilliance is all I'm looking for." If you want guaranteed brilliance without the fuss of looking hard, I'd highly recommend the stone I posted, or next up would be one from goodoldgold.com in their hearts and arrows, or Brian Gavin Signature , or WhiteFlash's A Cut Above. If you passed on the one I linked, then of those 3, I'd recommend Brian Gavin diamonds for various reasons, but you wouldn't go wrong with any of those.

As marymm said, you may want to go to a store to look at D vs H. I should ask--did you just happen to pick a D color diamond by chance? or did you intentionally choose a D color? You can certainly search these forums to confirm that H will be very close to colorless (unless it's right next to a D from the correct angle and in the correct lighting, etc etc).

When you say "specs," there are a wide range of things you can look at, starting with cut grade (no lower than GIA excellent or AGS ideal), then looking at reflector technology (idealscope or ASET--you should be able to request these), maybe check the Holloway Cut Advisor score, make sure it's "eye clean," and then look at the specific crown and pavilion ratios that you like, see if it's hearts and arrows, then checking out lower girdle facets, etc etc to ad nauseum. This is can be a drawn out process, and you'll be relying on lots of opinions here from people who haven't seen the actual diamond, and a wide range of expertise weaved in with preference that's difficult to sift through. I'm not dissing the PriceScope diamond selection process. I've used it and found it very helpful.

I'm just saying that if you simply want to guarantee yourself the most brilliant stone, buy a "branded" diamond, (Crafted by Infinity, WhiteFlash A Cut Above, Brian Gavin Signature, etc). A "branded" diamond means that the diamond meets extremely strict standards of the company as being a super-ideal performer. The stone I listed will, without a shadow of a doubt, be among the most brilliant diamonds you will ever see, near colorless, and clean (all as you requested).

You can certainly choose an "expert selection" and get an excellent diamond...one that you may not even be able to see any difference between it and a super-ideal branded diamond. But if you want to eliminate the guesswork and "ask the expert" so to speak, then go for a branded diamond.

Lastly, I should at least note that there are larger diamonds to be found (if you want to go larger) for $2500. They just may not be as brilliant as others. Not saying they definitely will not be as brilliant, but there will be some guesswork and trial-and-error involved. That's what the process I described above is for :)
 
Thanks to both of you; this is a lot of information, but definitely very helpful. I'll post back after I check these out.
Btw, teobdl, I did intentionally pick a D colored diamond and I restricted my search from D to E colored stones initially in the website.
 
Signature Ideal - Blue Nile? I know that BN doesn't get a lot of love around here, since you can't see the stone, get an ASET, etc. But I have a Signature Ideal - also in D color - that I have posted and it did not disappoint. Just know that you pay a bit of a premium for the D color so make sure you wouldn't be OK with F/G with a XXX/AGS0 cut. Good luck!
 
An F (or even a G) in that ct weight would still be plenty white.

I'm of the opinion that the best-cut stones get sent to AGS for grading, because their 000 range is pretty narrow, and the GIA Excellent is a lot broader and more lenient. "They say" that AGS grades a little softer on color. But if yo are dealing with a seller who has that diamond in-house, they can scrutinize the color for you. Good Old Gold has a colorimeter, or they did when I bought my diamonds.
 
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