Oval diamond help

[rgh333]

Hi there,
My girlfriend is really interested in 2 carat oval shapes as well as longer cushion diamonds with ratios of 1.14+, so the search begins! She prefers as great a spread on her finger as possible, so she is leaning more towards the ovals.Only problem with my search at this point is that I have read a few conflicting things on the ''net about the bowtie effect. According to the diamondreview.com site''s tutorial section:

An excellent oval= Depth of 56-72%
Length/Width ratio of 1.55:1 to 1.45:1
This means there is an absence of a bowtie.

However, I have read that an oval depth of 63-67% has a more minimal bowtie effect and that the shallower the cut, the worse it is...so I''m quite confused! (this was on the www.drostes.com/oval-depth.html site)

I personally like the cushion cuts more (even though I think ALL diamonds are beautiful) but they seem much smaller for the same carat weight and I want her as happy as can be with the stone...I don''t want to spend more than 9,000 on a loose stone and I''m comfortable with going down to an I color and SI-2 clarity, but no less.

I have found 1 stone on the pricescope search that sounds nice (?) and I might have one of the online vendors call it in (either whiteflash, angara, abazias...all are selling this)
2.2 carat
I color SI2 oval
59.6% depth and 53% table
Good symmetry VG polish m-vtk girdle
No culet
Medium blue fluorescence
10.32x7.13x4.25
-Ryan

 

[coatimundi_org]

In my experience, shallower ovals have less of a bowtie. Ovals can be a bit tricky--can have great numbers but not always look the way you want. If the vendor can make a video for you that would be great, or if you could see it in person, even better.

Your eyes are going to be the best judge when it comes to a fancy shape--I think this is especially true with ovals.

Hope this helps! Hopefully some other oval peeps and experts will chime in.

Good luck to you!

 

[Asscherhalo_lover]

get pictures....it''s the only thing that will tell you if there''s a problem.

 

[Lorelei]

Welcome

You can't tell much about ovals by the numbers, so you would need a trusted vendor to call it in for you. Also it is best to have photographs - magnified and non mag and an ASET image if available. Also it is a large diamond, you need to check very carefully that it matches your expectations for ' eyecleanliness.'

 

[rgh333]

Thanks for the heads up! I asked Abazias to send me the GIA cert and once I look that over I am going to ask them to call in the stone and run those pictures on it that you suggested. As for the clarity, I hope it''s eyeclean, too, as that would be a dealbreaker. She does like a somewhat intricate setting style of double halo where one row is elevated, with a split shank. LOL, I like to call her style "extremely ornate"!