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Ideal_Rock
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I'm not in the market, but I'm curious about how big a diamond it's possible to get these days on a $1K budget--or, conversely, how much you'd have to spend for a clean, white, decently cut diamond big enough that it would have been considered jaw-droopingly huge a decade ago.
I chose a somewhat arbitrary price cutoff of $1k and looked at F-D, VVS2 and above. I found (rounding the carat sizes):
1. 4 carat E VVS2, HTTP, for a little bit more than $900
Here are its proportion--a touch steep/deep, putting it out of the PS preferences:
2. 4.3 carat F VVS2, CVD, for a tiny bit less than $900. I saw a bit of graining, but not bad:
Here are its proportions, very similar to the previous one:
Bumping the budget up to just over $1K, I found:
3. 5.2 carat E VVS2, CVD.
Here are its proportions, also not in the PS preferences--this time too shallow:
This one has too much graining--I wouldn't buy it myself.
Still, it's over 5 carats, technically ideal cut, for $1K.
I know none of these are in the PS recommended proportions, and the 5+ carater has graining issues. But how would they look to most people? Ugly, good, great?
And has anyone found better choices in the $1K range?
I chose a somewhat arbitrary price cutoff of $1k and looked at F-D, VVS2 and above. I found (rounding the carat sizes):
1. 4 carat E VVS2, HTTP, for a little bit more than $900
Here are its proportion--a touch steep/deep, putting it out of the PS preferences:
2. 4.3 carat F VVS2, CVD, for a tiny bit less than $900. I saw a bit of graining, but not bad:
Here are its proportions, very similar to the previous one:
Bumping the budget up to just over $1K, I found:
3. 5.2 carat E VVS2, CVD.
Here are its proportions, also not in the PS preferences--this time too shallow:
This one has too much graining--I wouldn't buy it myself.
Still, it's over 5 carats, technically ideal cut, for $1K.
I know none of these are in the PS recommended proportions, and the 5+ carater has graining issues. But how would they look to most people? Ugly, good, great?
And has anyone found better choices in the $1K range?
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