Need some opinions

[hapaboy]

Hi All! I''ve been lurking around the site for a couple months trying to soak up all the information here. I hope to propose to my soon-to-be-fiance in a couple of weeks and would greatly appreciate opinions on the stones I am looking at. These three stones are all H&A.

Stone 1:
1.24ct I SI1

Table Percentage: 57.57%
Depth Percentage: 61.33%
Crown ∠: 34.95°
Crown Depth: 14.90%
Pavilion ∠: 40.68°
Pavilion Depth: 42.90%
$7,541

Stone 2:
1.27 Carat I-SI1

Depth: 61.5%
Table: 55.6%
Crown Angle: 34.7°
Crown %: 15.40
pavilion Angle: 40.8°
pavilion %: 43.00
$6,400

Stone 3:
1.248 ct I VS1

. Depth %: 61.3
. Table %: 56
. Crown Angle: 34.7
. Crown %: 15.2
. Pavilion Angle: 40.7
. Pavilion %: 42.8
$7,571

I''m trying to keep the stone total under $8K. How am I doing as far as my selection? Would I be paying too much?

 

[hapaboy]

Stone 1 AGS

 

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Stone 1 pic:

 

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Stone 1 ASET:

 

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Stone 1 Inclusions:

 

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Stone 2 AGS:

 

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Stone 2 Pic:

 

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Stone 2 IS:

 

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Stone 3 AGS cert:

 

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Stone 3 pic:

 

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Stone 3 ASET:

 

[Lorelei]

They all look great, next step is to check the SI1 clarities are eyeclean to your standards by asking the vendor.

 

[stone-cold11]

Ditto. Just down to eye-clean, budget.

 

[hapaboy]

I just got off a live chat for the second stone. They assured me it is completely eye clean, but the crystal on the table has some gray coloration, but again assured me that I would not be able to see the crystals with the naked eye. This being the case, could any of you venture a guess as to why this particular stone is almost $1,200 cheaper than the others. If we say that they all are eye clean (I''m working on getting confirmations right now) is there a good way to estimate the difference in light performance of these three stones? I have some idea of how stone 1 performs as it has a gemex report with actual pictures of the stone at different lighting angles. Can we use that as a control and get a good idea if stone 2 or stone 3 would have better or worse light performance? In doing my research I''ve learned how to separate out poor performers, but need help comparing a group of potentially good performers.

Thanks