Please help! Is this worth buying?

[jess75]

Hi all!
I've been looking on here for a bit, enjoying all the information that I've found. I'm currently looking for a small diamond for a pendant/ring for a present. I have found two:
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/0.40-carat-k-color-si1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-411888
and
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/0.36-carat-f-color-i1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-414838

so - I've never purchased a diamond before. My partner and I aren't engaged... yet
how yellow is yellow in a K. I'm not too fussed, mentally the inclusions/colour don't bother me. I thought the second one's inclusion could be set under a prong. Just wondering if they seem like good value for their proportions etc..

hope someone can help me out - it would be much appreciated (I am a little lost..).

Thank you!

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Welcome!

I would say that I'd go with something in between these two. I think with single stone you'd want something that will be brighter than K. I'd recommend H-I color, probably. Then we can try for SI1. I just wouldn't get an I1 with a huge feather (crack) like that one.

Let me see what I can find from $450-550. Be back soon.

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Okay, this is a little higher, but a pretty good pendant stone:

http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/0.36-carat-i-color-si1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-429538

Might have to go to J color to get the price down:

http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/0.32-carat-j-color-si1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-385703

And if by any chance you are going to set the stone in rose gold, this one would be great:

http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/0.31-carat-j-color-si1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-178460