Hi!
Firstly, thanks for all the great help on this site! Two weeks ago i didn''t know anything about diamonds. Now after a LOT of reading I think i''m getting somewhere.
Anyway, to get to the point, I was wondering if anyone could help me out, I''m maybe in a rather unusual buying situation, and like everyone else, trying to get the best stone.
The unusual part is this: I''m outside the US (in Sweden), so I can''t look at any of the stones in person. The local shops here don''t seem to have any good cuts (read:won''t even talk about cut!) and are overpriced, which is why I''m gonna buy online. Secondly, my gf is a little bit fussy about the setting. I have only seen it in one place (at www.jamesallen.com, it''s called an angle solitaire) She likes that it''s thin and a bit cathedral shaped (i.e. gets higher and thinner toward the stone).
So I''ve been looking at jamesallen for a 0.65-0.75 carrat stone. I was originally gonna go for si1 or above, not too fussy about the color, just focus on getting a good cut. Even though they''re more expensive, I though why not get a hearts&diamonds/AGA ideal 0.
Trouble is, jamesallen don''t have too many rings stones of that cut at that size. I think the locistics of buying a stone one place and having it set another would be too complex, so i''d like to get it all done at the same place.
I found one, it''s cut seems to be really great, the idealscope picture is really nice, but it''s si2. I looked at a few si2 stones and this one seems to only have feather inclusions and only toward the girdle, so I''m reckoning it''s gonna be ''eye clean''. My girlfriend hasn''t ever had a diamond ring before, so I don''t think she''ll spot an inclusion unless it''s pretty obvious, and I''m hoping the amount of sparkle the ring will give out will mean it''s even less noticible. The diamond is here, and it''s vital stats are:
0.74 D SI2, 0.9-EX ex-ex-ex-vg, AGS 0 H&A, depth:62.2%, tbl: 53.6%, crn:34.5°, pav:40.6°, gdl:thn-med, cul:no, pol:id, sym:id, flr:neg, measurements: 5.80*5.84*3.62.
This is a rather rambling post, but to sum up my question:
1. Is it fairly safe to assume the inclusion won''t be visible (eye clean) without seeing the stone, or is that a bit naive?
2. Has anyone seen anywhere else that has this setting? I have looked on whiteflash, vatche, good old gold, winfields, even blue nile, and come up with nothing. Obviously it has to be somewhere that will also have a good diamond on stock
Thanks in advance!
Rickard
Firstly, thanks for all the great help on this site! Two weeks ago i didn''t know anything about diamonds. Now after a LOT of reading I think i''m getting somewhere.
Anyway, to get to the point, I was wondering if anyone could help me out, I''m maybe in a rather unusual buying situation, and like everyone else, trying to get the best stone.
The unusual part is this: I''m outside the US (in Sweden), so I can''t look at any of the stones in person. The local shops here don''t seem to have any good cuts (read:won''t even talk about cut!) and are overpriced, which is why I''m gonna buy online. Secondly, my gf is a little bit fussy about the setting. I have only seen it in one place (at www.jamesallen.com, it''s called an angle solitaire) She likes that it''s thin and a bit cathedral shaped (i.e. gets higher and thinner toward the stone).
So I''ve been looking at jamesallen for a 0.65-0.75 carrat stone. I was originally gonna go for si1 or above, not too fussy about the color, just focus on getting a good cut. Even though they''re more expensive, I though why not get a hearts&diamonds/AGA ideal 0.
Trouble is, jamesallen don''t have too many rings stones of that cut at that size. I think the locistics of buying a stone one place and having it set another would be too complex, so i''d like to get it all done at the same place.
I found one, it''s cut seems to be really great, the idealscope picture is really nice, but it''s si2. I looked at a few si2 stones and this one seems to only have feather inclusions and only toward the girdle, so I''m reckoning it''s gonna be ''eye clean''. My girlfriend hasn''t ever had a diamond ring before, so I don''t think she''ll spot an inclusion unless it''s pretty obvious, and I''m hoping the amount of sparkle the ring will give out will mean it''s even less noticible. The diamond is here, and it''s vital stats are:
0.74 D SI2, 0.9-EX ex-ex-ex-vg, AGS 0 H&A, depth:62.2%, tbl: 53.6%, crn:34.5°, pav:40.6°, gdl:thn-med, cul:no, pol:id, sym:id, flr:neg, measurements: 5.80*5.84*3.62.
This is a rather rambling post, but to sum up my question:
1. Is it fairly safe to assume the inclusion won''t be visible (eye clean) without seeing the stone, or is that a bit naive?
2. Has anyone seen anywhere else that has this setting? I have looked on whiteflash, vatche, good old gold, winfields, even blue nile, and come up with nothing. Obviously it has to be somewhere that will also have a good diamond on stock
Thanks in advance!
Rickard
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