Opinions please!!

[danpower]

Hi everyone!! In the process of buying an engagement ring and I honestly have no idea about diamonds. So I would greatly appreciate the input of the community to ensure I don’t get hoodwinked. I’ve seen what ostensibly is a nice diamond. Supposedly 1.61ct/G/SI2 and excellent prop/pol/symm. I managed to snap a few pics and had a few questions. Firstly are the black shapes in the middle of the stone inclusions? And if so are they consistent with SI2? I must admit I did not notice them in the shop but only noticed them when looking at the pictures now I’m home. Also is the green/red refracted light normal? I’ve read about the “fire” but I was under the impression these colours should not be visible within the diamond itself. Many thanks in advance- I am most grateful for any and all opinions

 

[SimoneDi]

We cannot tell you anything about that diamond form the pics alone. We need the GIA number and the current price tag to even begin to estimate if it is a good value or not. One of the dark spots appears to be a carbon table inclusion, which would make it an absolute no for me, but again, we cannot make any statements with certainty without the lab report.

Alternatively, you can provide us with your budget and overall requirements in terms of carat and color and we can show you great diamonds from trusted vendors.

 

[sledge]

Are you defining well cut by the fact you looked at a GIA XXX stone? Meaning excellent cut, excellent polish and excellent symmetry?

If so, that is NOT the definition of a well cut stone. Many stones meet GIA XXX certification but are piss poor performers. To make a true determination we need to know the price of the stone and some hard data like a GIA certificate number (so we can pull the data) or a picture of the cert.

Do you have any idea the cert number, or perhaps the table, depth, crown & pavilion angles?

It's just so hard to tell much from a photograph. Some of those black spots have me concerned and think it's a black crystal, but I'm just not sure. Also, I see what looks like white specks -- is that dust or surface graining? I fear you may have clarity issues going on, but just cannot determine without more data.

Edited to Add:
I just noticed @SimoneDi posted while I was typing. Sorry for some duplicate data.

 

[Dancing Fire]

How do you guys know that this stone was graded by GIA?