Expert Wannabe
Rough_Rock
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- Apr 22, 2009
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So I am a few hours from making the most important purchase of my life...I was all ready to put a deposit on a diamond and am having last minute second thoughts (on the diamond, not the girl!)
This is the diamond that I am ready to purchase from WF:
. Report: AGS
. Shape: Whiteflash ACA
. Carat: 1.003
. Depth %: 60.9
. Table %: 56.9
. Crown Angle: 34.6
. Crown %: 14.9
. Star : 53
. Pavilion Angle: 40.6
. Pavilion %: 42.7
. Lower Girdle %: 76
. Girdle: Thin to Medium Faceted
. Measurements: 6.42-6.44X3.92
. Light Performance: 0
. Polish: Ideal
. Symmetry: Ideal
. Culet: Pointed
. Fluorescence: Negligible
I love the stone and was dead set on a WF ACA diamond. It will be set in a WF Classic Tiffany Style Knife Edge setting. A picture is attached.
Only a few hours before I place the deposit, I am wondering if I should be putting more thought into size and less into color. I found another diamond on Blue Nile:
Carat weight: 1.60
Cut: Ideal
Color: J
Clarity: VS2
Depth %: 60.2%
Table %: 59%
Symmetry: Excellent
Polish: Excellent
Girdle: Thin to medium, faceted
Culet: None
Fluorescence: Strong blue
Measurements: 7.62 x 7.59 x 4.58 mm
Of course, the J color is the big issue. I have read lots of contradicting information on how fluorescence helps out H, I, and J colors in natural light. I also know that an Ideal cut can minimize the visibility of color. Normally, I am not one to compromise quality but this is a 60% increase in size. That is huge! This size stone looks much more impressive in a solitaire tiffany style setting. The prices are a few hundred $''s apart so it is really not part of the equation. Both diamonds are ''eye clean'' and have no structure compromising inclusions.
So ladies...please help! What is a guy to do?!
This is the diamond that I am ready to purchase from WF:
. Report: AGS
. Shape: Whiteflash ACA
. Carat: 1.003
. Depth %: 60.9
. Table %: 56.9
. Crown Angle: 34.6
. Crown %: 14.9
. Star : 53
. Pavilion Angle: 40.6
. Pavilion %: 42.7
. Lower Girdle %: 76
. Girdle: Thin to Medium Faceted
. Measurements: 6.42-6.44X3.92
. Light Performance: 0
. Polish: Ideal
. Symmetry: Ideal
. Culet: Pointed
. Fluorescence: Negligible
I love the stone and was dead set on a WF ACA diamond. It will be set in a WF Classic Tiffany Style Knife Edge setting. A picture is attached.
Only a few hours before I place the deposit, I am wondering if I should be putting more thought into size and less into color. I found another diamond on Blue Nile:
Carat weight: 1.60
Cut: Ideal
Color: J
Clarity: VS2
Depth %: 60.2%
Table %: 59%
Symmetry: Excellent
Polish: Excellent
Girdle: Thin to medium, faceted
Culet: None
Fluorescence: Strong blue
Measurements: 7.62 x 7.59 x 4.58 mm
Of course, the J color is the big issue. I have read lots of contradicting information on how fluorescence helps out H, I, and J colors in natural light. I also know that an Ideal cut can minimize the visibility of color. Normally, I am not one to compromise quality but this is a 60% increase in size. That is huge! This size stone looks much more impressive in a solitaire tiffany style setting. The prices are a few hundred $''s apart so it is really not part of the equation. Both diamonds are ''eye clean'' and have no structure compromising inclusions.
So ladies...please help! What is a guy to do?!