It's hard to choose!

[chrion777]

wow it's hard to pick when there are so many choices.

I've narrowed my search down to what I think are three great stones:

1) AGS-1.01-F-SI1-0-0-0: 59% table - 60.5% depth - 40.6 / 34.8 degrees - top is clean, feathers on the underside of pavilion
2) GIA-1.01-E-SI1-EX-EX-EX: 56% table - 62.1% depth - 40.6 / 36.0 degrees - feather and crystal in one place on the crown
3) GIA-1.04-F-SI1-EX-EX-EX: 56% table - 61.7% depth - 41 / 34.5 degrees - 4 diff. clouds around the crown

All stones are reported to be eye-clean however I haven't seen any of them in person yet. I don't think I could go wrong with any of these but since this is my first time ever shopping for a diamond I want to make sure i get a good one.

Any thoughts on how you would rank these stones, in order of best to least?
I really want to buy something already!

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My own armature analysis:
I like Stone #1 a lot as it seems like it's a great balance. It's got a 59% table which I keep hearing different opinions on whether this is 'ideal' or not. the angles are great on it.

Stone #2: This one is an E, so it's a color grade better. This is the cheapest of the three stones for some reason. Can't figure out why. Maybe because of the 36 degree crown? I'm wondering if this stone would have alot of fire since it has such a steep crown. Hopefully it would not be at too much expense of brilliance.

Stone #3: this one has the standard ideal proportions but it's the most expensive of the three. All three stones are within $500 of each other.

 

[Lahey]

there's a lot of info missing (such as pictures, dimensions, idealscope, etc.), but from what I see, I'd choose either 1 or 3. probably 3 if you can afford it.

 

[chrion777]

Thanks for the reply. I am leaning towards Stone #1 now since it is $300 cheaper and comes with an AGS ASAT. Since I can't see the stone I can't get an ASAT on the third stone; Although I'm sure it's great, what is making me a little nervous on stone 3 is that AGS has the pavilion angle at 41.1, where GIA has 41.0; I've heard the arrows can get messed up > 41 degrees.

The only thing holding me back on the first stone is the table size of 59.5, which I've heard ideal is usually under 57%. Since the angles are so good on this stone I'm not sure if that matters.

Stone 1 is 6.45 x 6.50 x 3.91 mm; Stone 2 is 6.40 x 6.44 x 3.98; Stone 3 is : 6.50 - 6.54 x 4.02mm

 

[chrion777]

Thanks for the reply. I am leaning towards Stone #1 now since it is $300 cheaper and comes with an AGS ASAT. Since I can't see the stone I can't get an ASAT on the third stone; Although I'm sure it's great, what is making me a little nervous on stone 3 is that AGS has the pavilion angle at 41.1, where GIA has 41.0; I've heard the arrows can get messed up > 41 degrees.

The only thing holding me back on the first stone is the table size of 59.5, which I've heard ideal is usually under 57%. Since the angles are so good on this stone I'm not sure if that matters.

Stone 1 is 6.45 x 6.50 x 3.91 mm; Stone 2 is 6.40 x 6.44 x 3.98; Stone 3 is : 6.50 - 6.54 x 4.02mm