Hey everyone,
I realize that there is another thread already on this same topic, but I wanted to create my own as I wanted all of your expert opinions. Basically, the plan is to get a nice pear for a teardrop necklace for my fiance as a wedding gift. When it comes to rounds (thanks to many of you fine people and lots of reading) I am pretty proficient reading the numbers and images etc, but when it comes to pears I am not near as confident.
I'm Canadian, so the current value of the dollar hurts my overall budget, which isn't huge to begin with, as I spent a large chunk of the engagement ring a while back. I think it's important to have a realistic number and stick to it, so that's what I'm going to do. What I figured I would look at for a pear are the following characteristics.
- Roughly .5 a carat
- Colour no lower than I
- I'd like an SI1, but would go with SI2 or even an I1 (GASP!) if the inclusions were manageable.
- It will be set in a very simple/classic solitaire pendant, but I am not sure if I should bezel or do a classic three prong type one?
I've narrowed my search to James Allen, simply because they have all the prices converted to CAD, they have a lot of pears of this size in stock and imaged (which many other sites do not), but am open to all suggestions.
Some questions..
- Is .5 too small for that classic solitaire pear look?
- What ratio should I ideally target? ( i don't like them too chubby or too long.... so 1.5?)
- Will JA still give me ASET images of three even at that size?
Thanks in advance for all your help. You guys are great and I find so much about this process fascinating.
I realize that there is another thread already on this same topic, but I wanted to create my own as I wanted all of your expert opinions. Basically, the plan is to get a nice pear for a teardrop necklace for my fiance as a wedding gift. When it comes to rounds (thanks to many of you fine people and lots of reading) I am pretty proficient reading the numbers and images etc, but when it comes to pears I am not near as confident.
I'm Canadian, so the current value of the dollar hurts my overall budget, which isn't huge to begin with, as I spent a large chunk of the engagement ring a while back. I think it's important to have a realistic number and stick to it, so that's what I'm going to do. What I figured I would look at for a pear are the following characteristics.
- Roughly .5 a carat
- Colour no lower than I
- I'd like an SI1, but would go with SI2 or even an I1 (GASP!) if the inclusions were manageable.
- It will be set in a very simple/classic solitaire pendant, but I am not sure if I should bezel or do a classic three prong type one?
I've narrowed my search to James Allen, simply because they have all the prices converted to CAD, they have a lot of pears of this size in stock and imaged (which many other sites do not), but am open to all suggestions.
Some questions..
- Is .5 too small for that classic solitaire pear look?
- What ratio should I ideally target? ( i don't like them too chubby or too long.... so 1.5?)
- Will JA still give me ASET images of three even at that size?
Thanks in advance for all your help. You guys are great and I find so much about this process fascinating.