YellowSapphirelove
Rough_Rock
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- Apr 9, 2014
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Hello PSers,
I am trying to help my brother choose a diamond for an engagement ring. He is not very informed and I must admit I have a yellow sapphire engagement ring and have not looked at many loose diamonds. He went to Robbins Brothers with his girlfriend and they looked at diamonds, they showed his two I1 stone and one I2 stone both graded from IGI. Color ranged from J-G and carat ranged from .99-1.03. The lowest price stone was 4200 and highest was 5400. He said that she would be happy with these but I think he could do better. I know she would really like something slightly larger and GIA certified...if possible. After seeing I1 stones he thinks that as long as the stone is eye clean she will be happy.
He is open to purchase online although is skeptical, he would like to stick to the large players such as Blue Nile and James Allen. I am trying to help him find great options. Below are some that I have found online in the 1.3 carat range. I would greatly appreciate opinions and other options.
All of the below stones have been confirmed by blue nile as eye clean (to blue nile's credit they did tell me about 5 other SI1 & SI2 stones were not eye clean).
LD06275666 (blue nile number) http://www.bluenile.com/diamond-details/LD06275666
1.30
7.01 x 6.98 x 4.33 mm
I
SI2
2.8 HCA
1B AGA
$5304
LD04641381 http://www.bluenile.com/diamond-details/LD04641381
1.30
7.11 x 7.12 x 4.23 mm
I
SI2
1.7 HCA
2A AGA
$5431
LD06404400 http://www.bluenile.com/diamond-details/LD06404400
1.35
7.15 x 7.11 x 4.33 mm
I
SI1
1.7 HCA
1B AGA
$5784
I appreciate all the help!
I am trying to help my brother choose a diamond for an engagement ring. He is not very informed and I must admit I have a yellow sapphire engagement ring and have not looked at many loose diamonds. He went to Robbins Brothers with his girlfriend and they looked at diamonds, they showed his two I1 stone and one I2 stone both graded from IGI. Color ranged from J-G and carat ranged from .99-1.03. The lowest price stone was 4200 and highest was 5400. He said that she would be happy with these but I think he could do better. I know she would really like something slightly larger and GIA certified...if possible. After seeing I1 stones he thinks that as long as the stone is eye clean she will be happy.
He is open to purchase online although is skeptical, he would like to stick to the large players such as Blue Nile and James Allen. I am trying to help him find great options. Below are some that I have found online in the 1.3 carat range. I would greatly appreciate opinions and other options.
All of the below stones have been confirmed by blue nile as eye clean (to blue nile's credit they did tell me about 5 other SI1 & SI2 stones were not eye clean).
LD06275666 (blue nile number) http://www.bluenile.com/diamond-details/LD06275666
1.30
7.01 x 6.98 x 4.33 mm
I
SI2
2.8 HCA
1B AGA
$5304
LD04641381 http://www.bluenile.com/diamond-details/LD04641381
1.30
7.11 x 7.12 x 4.23 mm
I
SI2
1.7 HCA
2A AGA
$5431
LD06404400 http://www.bluenile.com/diamond-details/LD06404400
1.35
7.15 x 7.11 x 4.33 mm
I
SI1
1.7 HCA
1B AGA
$5784
I appreciate all the help!