Date: 1/31/2007 8:32:48 PM
Author: FacetFire
I was recently going to purchase a princess cut stone, but then I decided to spend the money on something else. I''ll share my research with you, since my budget was about $2000 for the stone. I wanted an ideal cut princess that faced up as big as possible. I was looking for anything between an H-J color, as long as it faced up white...which the ideal cut helps with, so I felt comfortable going down to a J in an AGS certed stone. This was the one I ended up selecting:
http://www.exceldiamonds.com/diamond/51603.html
I spoke with the folks at Excel about it...it faces up huge for a .86 carat princess (5.23x5.3), and they said it faced up very white, and they could only see a hint of color through the side...perfect, I thought! I was all ready to purchase it, but then I decided that I needed the money for other things. They ran a brilliancescope for me, and it scored H/VH,VH,VH. Honestly, it really seems like the best deal out there to me at this price. I really want someone else to get this beauty who can appreciate it! Anyway, I hope that helps! Good luck in your search!