crownbrick
Rough_Rock
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- Nov 23, 2014
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Hello everyone!
I have been voraciously reading the threads on this forum for the last few weeks - the amount of information here is spectacular! Before I came here, I had no idea what an ASET was, let alone any of the finer points of diamond grading.
My girlfriend and I recently went into Birk's (Canadian jeweler) and she really liked their Amorique solitaire collection.
http://www.maisonbirks.com/en/bague-de-fiancailles-a-diamant-canadien-2836
The ring she looked at was a Canadian .78ct cushion, G colour, VS2 set in a slim platinum ring. Birk's price was $8575CAD, which I found to be exorbitant.
She has very slim fingers (size 4) so the diamond looked nice on her finger. Her main concern is light performance - she wants something that will sparkle all the time. After that trip I started reading here!
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find any comparable Canadian stones. Maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places, but getting a Canadian stone is more of a nice-to-have than a real requirement for me. A local Jeweler offered Canadian stones at an even higher price than Birk's, but never replied when I asked for an ASET image.
What I have found are these:
http://www.bluenile.com/ca/diamond-details/LD04616527
http://www.bluenile.com/ca/diamond-details/LD03804792
They fall very nicely into my price range, though I haven't figured out what to do for a setting yet.
I'm interested in your varied opinions on those two diamonds. What I haven't really got the hang of yet are the table and depth percentages. Which one will offer better light performance?
Lastly, how is blue nile generally for the quality of their settings? She wants something very simple and slim.
Thanks!
I have been voraciously reading the threads on this forum for the last few weeks - the amount of information here is spectacular! Before I came here, I had no idea what an ASET was, let alone any of the finer points of diamond grading.
My girlfriend and I recently went into Birk's (Canadian jeweler) and she really liked their Amorique solitaire collection.
http://www.maisonbirks.com/en/bague-de-fiancailles-a-diamant-canadien-2836
The ring she looked at was a Canadian .78ct cushion, G colour, VS2 set in a slim platinum ring. Birk's price was $8575CAD, which I found to be exorbitant.
She has very slim fingers (size 4) so the diamond looked nice on her finger. Her main concern is light performance - she wants something that will sparkle all the time. After that trip I started reading here!
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find any comparable Canadian stones. Maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places, but getting a Canadian stone is more of a nice-to-have than a real requirement for me. A local Jeweler offered Canadian stones at an even higher price than Birk's, but never replied when I asked for an ASET image.
What I have found are these:
http://www.bluenile.com/ca/diamond-details/LD04616527
http://www.bluenile.com/ca/diamond-details/LD03804792
They fall very nicely into my price range, though I haven't figured out what to do for a setting yet.
I'm interested in your varied opinions on those two diamonds. What I haven't really got the hang of yet are the table and depth percentages. Which one will offer better light performance?
Lastly, how is blue nile generally for the quality of their settings? She wants something very simple and slim.
Thanks!
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