Hi All
Have been looking at diamonds for a few months and have discovered there is a lot more I need to take into account than I thought. Can you please let me know if the below thought process makes sense or am I already making incorrect assumptions/choices?
- Ring will be a solitary, cushion shape, approximately 1.5ct.
- Color probably E or D as I would like the stone characteristics to be better than average and I read that color matters more than say clarity.
- Clarity, VS1 or VVS2. I won't care if there are inclusions not visible to naked eye, but it should be clean eye. With that being said, Just browsing I see a VVS2 (should be clean eye) which seems to have a clear mark in a corner of the table, what the heck is this really VVS2? : https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/cushion-cut/2.01-carat-e-color-vvs2-clarity-sku-10533960 ?
- Cut: can you tell me what I should look for here? Your site calculator asks for crown and pavilion angle but IGI reports on JA do not report this, How do I calculate them myself? Also I read the girdle should not be very thick but the IGI and GCAL reports do not give this info.
Thanks for your help, once I understand this better I will start hunting for real.
Cheers!
Have been looking at diamonds for a few months and have discovered there is a lot more I need to take into account than I thought. Can you please let me know if the below thought process makes sense or am I already making incorrect assumptions/choices?
- Ring will be a solitary, cushion shape, approximately 1.5ct.
- Color probably E or D as I would like the stone characteristics to be better than average and I read that color matters more than say clarity.
- Clarity, VS1 or VVS2. I won't care if there are inclusions not visible to naked eye, but it should be clean eye. With that being said, Just browsing I see a VVS2 (should be clean eye) which seems to have a clear mark in a corner of the table, what the heck is this really VVS2? : https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/cushion-cut/2.01-carat-e-color-vvs2-clarity-sku-10533960 ?
- Cut: can you tell me what I should look for here? Your site calculator asks for crown and pavilion angle but IGI reports on JA do not report this, How do I calculate them myself? Also I read the girdle should not be very thick but the IGI and GCAL reports do not give this info.
Thanks for your help, once I understand this better I will start hunting for real.
Cheers!