Should I gamble for size? Please help!

[Adambh]

Hi,

First time poster but have tried to absorb a lot of info from the site. I'm currently looking at two diamonds and having a tough time. Would love to hear any opinions from the experts.

1) 1.22 ct from whiteflash, seems like everything should be top notch: http://www.whiteflash.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut-loose-diamond-3428945.htm?source=pricescope

2) 1.44 ct from eternity by yoni, I asked for pictures which he just provided, but they are not ideal so I would appreciate someone's knowledge to evaluate them.

Gia certificate: http://www.gia.edu/cs/Satellite?reportno=2186613767&childpagename=GIA%2FPage%2FReportCheck&pagename=GIA%2FDispatcher&c=Page&cid=1355954554547

Pictures are attached

I would truly appreciate anyone taking a few minutes to glance through this, I'm in a little over my head!

 

[JDDN]

It looks like you have two great choices here. You can't go wrong with an ACA stone, however, I'm really loving the 1.44 ct choice. Images look good - you have an IS, and hearts and arrows there. Doesn't look like a true hearts and arrows, but if that doesn't matter to you then I'd go for stone #2 due to the larger size and the H color. I'm not sure what the price difference is however.

If you think it may be important some day down the road, check what the trade-up or buy back policy is with the eternity by yoni stone. WF has an excellent trade up and buy back policy with their ACA stones.

Good luck!

 

[16ocean]

It looks like you have two great choices here. You can't go wrong with an ACA stone, however, I'm really loving the 1.44 ct choice. Images look good - you have an IS, and hearts and arrows there. Doesn't look like a true hearts and arrows, but if that doesn't matter to you then I'd go for stone #2 due to the larger size and the H color. I'm not sure what the price difference is however.

If you think it may be important some day down the road, check what the trade-up or buy back policy is with the eternity by yoni stone. WF has an excellent trade up and buy back policy with their ACA stones.

Good luck!

+1

really good feedback

 

[tyty333]

It may not be an ACA but the 1.44 is a really nice stone. I would go with the bigger size. Like JDDN said, check on upgrade
policy if it might be important to you down the road.

 

[Adambh]

Thank you very much for the feedback! Last question, should I have any concerns about the star length being 45%? Seems somewhat low, and is there some kind of correlation between this and a "painted" girdle? I have to be honest, I have zero understanding of what this means so far thanks again!

 

[pfunk]

Girdle doesnt look painted and 45% stars are fine. Both stones look great! I would go for the higher size and color as it has nice complementing angles and images that show a great performer, but if the whiteflash policies appeal to you that might be a better route.

 

[solgen]

Second one is very nice. It's $1300 more so for $10k I'm not sure if you can find something as good on WF.