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teppy

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Hi,
First post here. I just got upgraded this past Christmas. I recieved a 1.5 carat pricess cut diamond. It is beautiful. It is in a setting with 1 carat of diamonds. The only thing that my husband got with it was an appraisal for the insurance company. It shows a GIA scale for clarity and color. The clarity shows VS1 and the color is marked between H and I, but more towards the H. The carat weight shows 1.5 center 1.00 side. measurements are 6.55 MM 6.25MM and 4.55 MM deep. the proportions are depth % 72.8, table 78%. Girdle thickness is thn.thk( I assume this means from thin to thick.) and cutlet is none. This is all of the information othe than the description and the appraisal amount. I would really love to know the the cut quality. I have a set of princess cut earrings totalling 3.25 carats. Each earring is about the same weight as the center stone of my ring. The earrings are H SI2''s. I immediately saw a difference is the way the new ring sparkled compared to the earrings when I first got it. I also noticed that the very top of the diamonds were cut differently. I guess this would be the table. On the earrings, the table has more of a square cut while the on the ring, I notice that is has a rounded cut table. I was hoping that someone could give me an idea of what quality of cut the diamond in my new ring is. I did a search on bluenile for the depth and table %''s and the diamonds with those proportions all came back as a very good cut.
 
Hi Teppy and welcome!

It isn't straightforward with Princess cut diamonds to be able to judge the cut by numbers unfortunately. Rounds can be judged to a degree by the numbers/ proportions, but Princess and other fancy cuts need to be seen. Numbers give you a baseline, but it is important to remember they are a guide only, and some really stunning diamonds don't always have the best looking numbers on paper! Furthermore, labels such as Premium Cut, Very Good cut, aren't always an indication of cut quality, sometimes these labels are used rather loosely, especially with fancy shapes.

Here is a chart for you to refer to, but please do remember the numbers don't tell the whole story, but are more of a guide for the consumer to go by to help round up suitable selections. http://diamonds.pricescope.com/fnc1.asp

It sounds like you have a lovely new diamond and we would love some pics of it!
 
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