Ok, I got the engagement ring picked out, now I need the center stone. Unfortunately the ring was an expensive but beautiful Tacori, so I have less money than I had planned for the main diamond.
To look good in the ring, I need a 5/8 carat to 3/4 carat round diamond.
I am very picky about seeing imperfections. I really dislike the diamonds that I see in rings with all the black carbon or cloudy look due to too much feathering, etc. But, if I can't see the flaw with my naked eye, I really don't care how flawed it is. So, I guess that is a VS2/SI1 range that I'm interested in.
It'll be a white gold ring, but my GF and I thought the color 'I' looked best. We couldn't see the difference between 'H' and 'I' in the setting. I may have to go for a 'J' to fit the budget though.
I put those parameters into the pricescope price search and there is just too much variance in the pricing ($1000-$3500). I assume that has mostly to do with the cut. Knowing my GF, the ring will likely rarely be cleaned, so it'll never really sparkle. We'd be willing to have a non-ideal cut. But of course, I don't want it looking dead either.
So, how do I proceed from here? I'd like to hit the $1500-$2000 range if possible. But, why are there so many under $1500 and so many over $2000 but almost none within that range? Would the sub $1500 ones be too ugly of a cut? Or are there really visible flaws that make the VS2/SI1 rating skeptical? Or what? What do all those abbreviations and dimensions mean in the pricescope search (or at least which ones should I be wary of)?
I guess, which diamond with these characteristics would you purchase?
Thanks
To look good in the ring, I need a 5/8 carat to 3/4 carat round diamond.
I am very picky about seeing imperfections. I really dislike the diamonds that I see in rings with all the black carbon or cloudy look due to too much feathering, etc. But, if I can't see the flaw with my naked eye, I really don't care how flawed it is. So, I guess that is a VS2/SI1 range that I'm interested in.
It'll be a white gold ring, but my GF and I thought the color 'I' looked best. We couldn't see the difference between 'H' and 'I' in the setting. I may have to go for a 'J' to fit the budget though.
I put those parameters into the pricescope price search and there is just too much variance in the pricing ($1000-$3500). I assume that has mostly to do with the cut. Knowing my GF, the ring will likely rarely be cleaned, so it'll never really sparkle. We'd be willing to have a non-ideal cut. But of course, I don't want it looking dead either.
So, how do I proceed from here? I'd like to hit the $1500-$2000 range if possible. But, why are there so many under $1500 and so many over $2000 but almost none within that range? Would the sub $1500 ones be too ugly of a cut? Or are there really visible flaws that make the VS2/SI1 rating skeptical? Or what? What do all those abbreviations and dimensions mean in the pricescope search (or at least which ones should I be wary of)?
I guess, which diamond with these characteristics would you purchase?
Thanks
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