Please Help Me Help BIL!! Seeking Opinions!!

[rainydaze]

hello everyone! i am so excited to be posting about a stone!!

my BIL (DH''s brother) has begun looking at diamonds for his GF. i have directed him to PS of course. today he emailed me asking about this stone and gave me the ok to post it for some feedback:

http://www.whiteflash.com/hearts_arrows/A-Cut-Above-H-A-cut-diamond-1445177.htm#

i am not nearly as well-versed as many of you here, but it looked good to me and scored well on the HCA (http://www.pricescope.com/cutadviser.asp). are there any concerns that jump out at you? (aside from its being listed as sold.... hopefully that is him!)

he specifically asked me about the inclusion. he is concerned about the ''cloud'' - my advice was to call WF directly and ask them about it as i don''t feel comfortable commenting myself, but can anyone of you offer an opinion? maybe even what specifically to ask WF about it?

he is also interested in opinions regarding the size... his GF''s finger size is 5.5. he is surprising her (as far as i know) so he cannot ask for her opinion. she works with her hands (physical therapist) so comfort as well as appearance are his concerns.

thanks in advance for helping us out!!!!

 

[rainydaze]

oh woops, the HCA doesn't keep the specific info when linked.... having trouble copying.... please stand by.....technical difficulties.....

light return: excellent
fire: excellent
scintillation: excellent
spread: very good

Total Visual Performance: 1.1 - Excellent, within TIC range

 

[Ellen]

The stone is just fine. It's a lovely size too.

As for the inclusions, he's got to call and ask, there is just no way to know. Each stone and its inclusions are unique, and need to be judged on an individual basis, we would just be guessing. They will be quite honest with him, he just needs to be specific on how eyeclean he wants it to be.

 

[rainydaze]

thanks Ellen! you said that so much better than i did when responding to him!

 

[Ellen]

lol Welcome!

Let us know how it goes.

 

[shimmer]

Hi Rainydaze,

That diamond looks gorgeous. I also wanted to post because my finger size is 5.5 and I have a 0.83 carat ACA in the Legato Sleekline. Here''s a pic if you want to show him!

 

[shimmer]

Better pic, with band though. Hope this helps! Oh, and this setting is REALLY comfortable. I also had the 6 prong tiffany (not replica) and this one is a lot lower and more comfortable.

 

[rainydaze]

Awesome!! thank you shimmer! your ring is beautiful... so are your hands!!