Have decided that a square, radiant cut is what she wants:
What depth percentage / table percentage should I be looking for? Do these percentages need to be close to one another? Do I need to concern myself with crown height? Or, rather than address all of these issues, can I just be comfortable if the cut is graded "excellent" or "very good"?
For a 1.5 to 1.7 carat stone, G to H color, VS2 clarity (I was told VS1 is not worth the extra $$) -- I am trying to determine what I should pay. Can I get this for less than $10K? A jeweler showed me a Rapaport sheet, but I don''t trust that the #''s on it are accurate and I don''t know when you can reasonably expect to get a discount vs. when you cannot. Is it true that discounts aren''t likely for an "excellent" cut stone, but possible for "very good" and below? Also, is it true that stones between 1.7 and 2.0 carats are very rare. A jewler told me he would have some 1.5+ carat stones for me to look at in a few days, but he said I shouldn''t expect to see anything between 1.7 and 2.0.