Please Advise...must make decision on this stone!!!

[dannyboy]

Here are the stats:

Round Brilliant
7.30 - 7.39 X 4.40mm
1.5 carats
depth: 59.9
table: 63
Girdle: thick to very thick
culet: none
polish: very good
symmerty: good
Clarity: VS2
Color: G
Flourescence: NONE


The jeweler is offering me a price of 10,600 for the entire thing, platinum band included.

The Table% and the Girdle though worry me...they aren''t in the "ideal" range.

What to do????

 

[Hest88]

Are you sure the table is 63%? Ugh. I'd pass on this one.

 

[Todd07]

Try using an idealscope to check out symmetry and girdle impact




Can you compare it side by side with an ideal cut?

 

[dannyboy]

Yes..I just double checked the CERT...63%

Is a large table that bad?

 

[quaeritur]

What are you looking for? Just size? Or is quality important too?

If you want a great looking, crazy sparkly, beautiful stone, I'd pass on this one. I really doubt it will look good with that kind of table. Maybe it's a rare oddity, but most likely it will not be that nice.

Personally, I'd drop color and clarity in a heartbeat to get a better cut. NO question!

 

[Todd07]

http://www.diamond-cut.com.au/16_table.htm




Try get the crown and pavillion angles so you can plug into the HCA tool. There is a light return penalty for large tables (so I read)

 

[quaeritur]

Click here for what I think is a fantastic contender!

 

[dannyboy]

Quality is important...VERY important. If this does in fact lessen the quality then I'm going to pass. The jeweler never even talked to me about the %'s...just the Cut and Clarity.

 

[Todd07]

Just saw this BN beauty $7502


Although it's a J, it has an HCA of 0.9 and is AGS0


Only Q I'd have is whether it's eye clean.

 

[quaeritur]

Quality is more than about color and clarity. I'd say cut is the most important determinant for how a stone will look. If you really want a spectacular diamond, I'd really recommend sticking to AGS ideal proportions, at the very least. Even better, get the crown and pavilion angles and run it through the cut advisor (under tools in the navigation at the top of Pricescope pages). Also, check with the DIY (do it yourself) cut grade tool on www.gemappraisers.com -1A or 1B cut grades are the best of the best out there. If you combine all of these tools, and find a stone that scores well with all of them, I pretty much guarantee it will blow the stone you listed right out of the water!

I only wish I had known what I now know about cut when I got engaged 12 years ago -I would have made sure to teach my now hubby all about it

. Lucky for you, you have the chance to get it right on the first try

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Oh, that link I posted earlier is just one of many stones listed around that size that have already been sorted as top quality cuts. You can run your own search at www.pricescope.com/sift.asp.

Good luck, and don't hesitate to keep asking questions

.

 

[fire&ice]

Nothing about this stone speaks to me. Sorry.

 

[hoorray]

I would walk from this stone. You can do much better. Cut will make the biggest impact on how the stone looks. You have a much wider range of color and clarity that will all look good.