Hi Folks,
I've just come home after visiting a local diamond jeweler and I'm a little confused..
He showed me two round diamonds and was very helpful in answering all my mundane questions.
He also showed me the GIA certs for both and let me write down the specs so I could put them into the HCA (I foolishly didn't write down the certificate numbers )
Where I'm confused is that they're essentially identical in specs except one is a VVS2 and the other an SI1 and I can't understand why I wouldn't pay the extra $100 for the VVS2.
My limited experience tells me that the SI1 must perform really well to the eye and the VVS2 performs poorly however they both looked great in the shop!
Would one of the more knowledgeable among you please tell me what I'm missing here? Has the jeweler made a mistake with the VVS2 price?
Diamond One:
Size: 0.91
Cut: Excellent
Clarity: SI1
Color: I
Fluor: None
Cert: GIA Ex/Ex/Ex
HCA Score: 1.0
Price: $4,900
Diamond Two:
Size: 0.91
Cut: Excellent
Clarity: VVS2
Color: I
Fluor: None
Cert: GIA Ex/Ex/Ex
HCA Score: 1.9
Price: $5,000
Thank you in advance!
I've just come home after visiting a local diamond jeweler and I'm a little confused..
He showed me two round diamonds and was very helpful in answering all my mundane questions.
He also showed me the GIA certs for both and let me write down the specs so I could put them into the HCA (I foolishly didn't write down the certificate numbers )
Where I'm confused is that they're essentially identical in specs except one is a VVS2 and the other an SI1 and I can't understand why I wouldn't pay the extra $100 for the VVS2.
My limited experience tells me that the SI1 must perform really well to the eye and the VVS2 performs poorly however they both looked great in the shop!
Would one of the more knowledgeable among you please tell me what I'm missing here? Has the jeweler made a mistake with the VVS2 price?
Diamond One:
Size: 0.91
Cut: Excellent
Clarity: SI1
Color: I
Fluor: None
Cert: GIA Ex/Ex/Ex
HCA Score: 1.0
Price: $4,900
Diamond Two:
Size: 0.91
Cut: Excellent
Clarity: VVS2
Color: I
Fluor: None
Cert: GIA Ex/Ex/Ex
HCA Score: 1.9
Price: $5,000
Thank you in advance!