Please help with my first diamond ring!

[BTD]

Hi everyone,

I opened a topic in the 'Show me your bling' section, about <.5 carat diamonds, I also asked for some advice about the one I am planning to buy.. They said I should try here I am looking for a good quality diamond, about 0.30 - 0.40 (but of course bigger is better, but not a .5 with M color and lousy cut) the one I am looking at right now is this one:

Carat: 0.39
Cut: Ideal
Color: G
Clarity: SI1
Polish: Very good
Symmetry.: Excellent
Fluor: None

Table % 58%
Depth % 62.7%
Culet : None
Girdle: Medium to slightly thick
Measurements: 4.67mm X 4.65mm X 2.92mm

Found here: http://www.ritani.com/diamonds/round-diamond-0-39-Carat-G-color-GIA-certified/D-VRR1JW (the reservation is by me)

Opinions please? My budget is around 1000 dollars including the ring.

 

[samson01]

What colour would you be willing to go down to? If you're willing to go down a couple of points in carat weight too, you could probably get a stone that rates better with HCA and even has triple excellent/000.

How about something like this from JA
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/0.37-carat-h-color-vvs2-clarity-ideal-cut-sku-178784

Or you could always email IDJ too, with your budget and specs and see what they can do. They're great working within a budget and will always try and find the best stone they can.

 

[BTD]

What colour would you be willing to go down to? If you're willing to go down a couple of points in carat weight too, you could probably get a stone that rates better with HCA and even has triple excellent/000.

How about something like this from JA
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/0.37-carat-h-color-vvs2-clarity-ideal-cut-sku-178784

Or you could always email IDJ too, with your budget and specs and see what they can do. They're great working within a budget and will always try and find the best stone they can.

Not 100% sure about my 'minimum' color, but should be at least somewhere in the 'near colorless' range I think.

I really like the one you posted!! Any other opinions about this one or other suitable ones?

 

[BTD]

What about this one?

http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/0.39-carat-i-color-vs2-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-260054

Carat weight:0.39
Certificate:GIA
Color:I
Shape: Round
Clarity: VS2
Cut: True HeartsTM Ideal
Depth %:62.10
Girdle: Medium-Slightly Thick
Table %:54.00
Culet: None
Polish: Excellent
Symmetry: Excellent
Fluorescence: None
4.68*4.72*2.92

 

[JulieN]

Re the diamond you have on hold at Ritani, it is not proportioned very well, it has a deep pavilion that will likely leak light.

Are you getting a Ritani setting?

The JA diamond is nice.

 

[AprilBaby]

Two beautiful James Allen diamonds!

 

[BTD]

Re the diamond you have on hold at Ritani, it is not proportioned very well, it has a deep pavilion that will likely leak light.

Are you getting a Ritani setting?

The JA diamond is nice.

Thanks for your advice! Could you define deep pavilion? And I'll be getting a setting wherever I'm buying my diamond, since I'm guessing it's cheaper than getting it done here. And do you mean the first or the second JA one?

 

[JulieN]

A deep pavilion is any pavilion angle that allows too much light to escape the bottom of a diamond, usually as seen in an Ideal Scope picture as the arrows go from black to white and the area under the table going from pink/red to white. A certain amount of light escape not detectable by the the naked eye compared to a stone with solid black arrows and solid pink/red under the table would be considered insignificant leakage.

I meant the I, I don't think you will notice the color difference between H/I and it is a little bigger for a $10 less. JA will inspect 3 diamonds for you.

 

[BTD]

A deep pavilion is any pavilion angle that allows too much light to escape the bottom of a diamond, usually as seen in an Ideal Scope picture as the arrows go from black to white and the area under the table going from pink/red to white. A certain amount of light escape not detectable by the the naked eye compared to a stone with solid black arrows and solid pink/red under the table would be considered insignificant leakage.

I meant the I, I don't think you will notice the color difference between H/I and it is a little bigger for a $10 less. JA will inspect 3 diamonds for you.

What about the VS2 instead of VVS2, would you not notice the difference?

 

[JulieN]

I think they are both eye clean.

 

[BTD]

I think they are both eye clean.

Thanks a lot for your help!

 

[onyx8]

How about this one? 1.5 on the HCA, you can contact GoG and ask if it's eye clean.

http://www.goodoldgold.com/diamond/11411/

 

[BTD]

How about this one? 1.5 on the HCA, you can contact GoG and ask if it's eye clean.

http://www.goodoldgold.com/diamond/11411/

Thanks! But think it's not for me, because it's smaller and much more expensive.. Reconsidered my budget and rather spend around 900 since I pay an additional 20+% in import taxes.