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Opinions on this cushion please!

gshibs

Rough_Rock
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I feel like I may be losing my mind after looking at so many stones and reading a gajillion articles and threads, and would love some opinions and advice.

Specs:
2.05 ct cushion brilliant (8.7 x 7.25 x 4.6) with the 4 main plots
G
VS1
63.4% depth
63% table

I love the ratio and have been targeting an elongated cushion to go into a vintage pave style halo.

And the spread is amazing, but is it too shallow? But then I've heard that cushion brilliants generally face up larger than modified cushion brilliants, so perhaps this is acceptable.

There's definitely windowing happening, but is that to be expected with an elongated cushion?

Thanks in advance for any advice, opinions and words of wisdom!! Sorry for the crappy pics lol. The first 3 were taken in weird indoor lighting. As an example, in the 3rd pic, the stone is sitting on a white piece of paper.

Background if you care to read further :) ... This is a replacement ER (don't ask lol) and my original ring was a 3 stone RB. I had picked out the setting, but my husband picked out the center stone and I loved it. Now 10 years later, I decided I wanted something different and I landed on a rectangular cushion halo. And I've been doing all the legwork and decision making on this one, so I'm very anxious about making the wrong decision on such a big purchase.

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Can you get an aset image? It looks very nice in the first image but then the second 2 look like they are showing a lot of darkness under
the table. Do you usually see more darkness than lightness or do you not see the darkness all that much? I do not feel that 63.4 is shallow
(although some cushions are a lot deeper). I consider windowing where you can sort of see through the stone to your skin (or whatever is
under it). I'm not seeing that in these pictures(or maybe just a tiny bit). Love the shape.
 
Unfortunately I don't have an aset. Should I get a handheld scope?

Or I also considered paying to get an independent evaluation. Thoughts?

I'll post some images of the windowing in a bit.

Yeah I was worried about the darkness. Didn't know if that was normal considering the faceting. It depends on the lighting and angles. But I sent the dealer the last pic and they indicated that it should go away once set. So I don't know ...
 
Here are examples of the windowing ...

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