Hi -
I'm new to this and trying to learn as much as I can, and am looking for a round engagement ring stone with a budget of ~$3.5-4k. I want to stick with an excellent cut, but beyond that I'd like to find a good combination of color and clarity to let me stretch my budget as far I can.
I was looking at this diamond here:
http://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/K-SI1-Good-Cut-Round-Diamond-1466596.asp
Which is about as low as I'd want to go in color and clarity, but is a large stone for my budget, and is graded as an excellent cut (according to the GIA report, although it says good cut in the web link for some reason). This stone is 1.09 carats, and has a 62% table, 60.7% depth, 34.5 degree crown angle, and 41 degree pavilion angle.
Compared to other "excellent" or "ideal" cut diamonds I've looked at, this one has a much larger table, but still seems to fall within the GIA "excellent" cut grade (it gets a 3.2 on HCA, and perhaps this table would be outside the AGS ideal cut range). I was wondering if anyone could comment on how this larger table might affect the appearance of this diamond, compared to a diamond with a table between ~55%-57% (which seems to be much more typical of excellent or ideal cut diamonds).
Beyond this cut question, is a "K" color getting too low for a platinum setting? I've read that you can get away with lower colors a little better with a gold setting, but a slight color tint might be a little more noticeable in a platinum or white gold setting. Should the medium blue fluorescence in the diamond above help with this?
Thanks in advance for any advice,
I'm new to this and trying to learn as much as I can, and am looking for a round engagement ring stone with a budget of ~$3.5-4k. I want to stick with an excellent cut, but beyond that I'd like to find a good combination of color and clarity to let me stretch my budget as far I can.
I was looking at this diamond here:
http://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/K-SI1-Good-Cut-Round-Diamond-1466596.asp
Which is about as low as I'd want to go in color and clarity, but is a large stone for my budget, and is graded as an excellent cut (according to the GIA report, although it says good cut in the web link for some reason). This stone is 1.09 carats, and has a 62% table, 60.7% depth, 34.5 degree crown angle, and 41 degree pavilion angle.
Compared to other "excellent" or "ideal" cut diamonds I've looked at, this one has a much larger table, but still seems to fall within the GIA "excellent" cut grade (it gets a 3.2 on HCA, and perhaps this table would be outside the AGS ideal cut range). I was wondering if anyone could comment on how this larger table might affect the appearance of this diamond, compared to a diamond with a table between ~55%-57% (which seems to be much more typical of excellent or ideal cut diamonds).
Beyond this cut question, is a "K" color getting too low for a platinum setting? I've read that you can get away with lower colors a little better with a gold setting, but a slight color tint might be a little more noticeable in a platinum or white gold setting. Should the medium blue fluorescence in the diamond above help with this?
Thanks in advance for any advice,
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