Need advice Princess Cut (Specs Online)

[saveurbuck]

Hi All,

I am trying to buy my first Stone via Internet through one of the reputed vendors. What that means is I haven''t seen this diamond. The specs for the diamond are as follows:


General Specs
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Shape: Princess
Carat Weight: 1.01ct
Color: G
Clarity: VS1
Polish: Excellent
Symmetry: Excellent
Fluorescence: None
Lab Report: GIA
Width: 5.44mm
Length: 5.68mm
Depth: 3.97mm
Table Percentage: 68.28%
Depth Percentage: 73.04%
Girdle: Mid to Sl. Thick.
Crown Ú: 38.34‹
Pavilion Ú: 39.37‹

AGS PGS Report
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All zeros except Contrast of 0.13 and Dispersion of 0.16.


Brilliantscope Report
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While Light: in the middle of HIGH and very HIGH.
Color Light: Very HIGH
Scintillation: HIGH


Gem Advisor Octopus Cut Quality
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Light Return Mono .87
Light return Stereo .91
Dark Zone mono 1.17
Contrast raw
contrast
fish eye 1.00
nail head
fire
scintallation


Please suggest if it is a good stone? The price is less than 5k.

Thanks

 

[stone-cold11]

Sounds promising. ASET image please?

 

[Lorelei]

Hi saveur

I think I know which vendor it is from, can you post the images please?

 

[saveurbuck]

ASET Uploaded.

ASET Image is cropped a little from the bottom to protect the vendor identity. I understand it very obvious from the details of the specs that who the vendor can be, please make suggestion on the Stone Quality and if I should go ahead with the purchase without having a chance to look at it.

Thanks

 

[jet2ks]

ASET looks very good!

The vendor also has an excellent return policy if for some reason you don''t like it in person, but I don''t think that will be an issue--it should be a gorgeous stone.

 

[stone-cold11]

ASET looks good to me too.

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 11/9/2009 12:32:42 PM
Author: saveurbuck
ASET Uploaded.

ASET Image is cropped a little from the bottom to protect the vendor identity. I understand it very obvious from the details of the specs that who the vendor can be, please make suggestion on the Stone Quality and if I should go ahead with the purchase without having a chance to look at it.

Thanks

ASET looks great, should be a beautiful diamond.

 

[saveurbuck]

Does the price of 5k reasonable for this stone?

I would like to set it at the local shop. Should I insure it before handing it to the local settings shop? Any recommended insurers?

Thanks

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 11/9/2009 12:52:46 PM
Author: saveurbuck
Does the price of 5k reasonable for this stone?

I would like to set it at the local shop. Should I insure it before handing it to the local settings shop? Any recommended insurers?

Thanks

Price looks fine. Yes you would need to check that the person setting the diamond will assume responsibility should the diamond get damaged while setting or you might need to buy insurance, I think www.jewelersmutual.com might offer insurance for this but not sure if they still do so.

 

[saveurbuck]

The gem advisor Cut Quality grades the Light Return(mono/Stereo) as Good/Very Good. How does is differs from the AGS PGS which lists it as 0. Also what does fish eye of 1.00 mean?

Thanks

Gem Advisor Octopus Cut Quality
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Light Return Mono .87 (GOOD)
Light return Stereo .91 (Very Good)
Dark Zone mono 1.17 (Excellent)
Contrast raw
contrast
fish eye 1.00 (Very GOOD)
nail head
fire
scintallation

 

[saveurbuck]

Can someone please suggest what these numbers from the Gem Advisor cut quality mean and how good are they for this stone?

Thanks