I would first like to thank you all for the loads of great information here, and I have to admit I have been lurking for some time now. Now for the first post....
The time has finally come and I am starting my search for the "perfect" stone. I have a good budget ($10-13k) and have done my homework, but would still like to have the opinion of the "experts". Who am I kidding, I have only seen about 5 diamonds in my life up close (and honestly, they all look about the same to me).
I have been looking at stones over 1.5ct and was thinking about stretching to something just a little larger (1.7+), but still south of 2cts. My girlfriend has a size 2.5-3 finger, so we decided anything over 2ct was just not practical for her tiny fingers.
I have settled in on the G-H color range and SI-1 clarity (eye-clean). From the stones I have seen in the B&Ms this clarity grade seems to bring a nice value as I can barely see anything, especially not with the naked eye. And the G-H seems to be the value play here as well, near colorless. Of course, I would want to go with an ideal cut, H&A, AGS0, etc.
My question is this, would I be better suited going with a nice 1.5ct in a premier cut grade and maybe a VS2 or stretching to the larger maybe 1.7-1.8ct but stay in the SI1 and maybe not get the highest cut grade. I would like to hear any feedback form anyone with experience with these size stones on such small hands, or just in general. I am going all in on the stone, so all of the money can go there and I am going to let her design the final setting later. Then she can have exactly what she wants to be wearing.
Any help will be much appreciated, THANK YOU!!!
JB
The time has finally come and I am starting my search for the "perfect" stone. I have a good budget ($10-13k) and have done my homework, but would still like to have the opinion of the "experts". Who am I kidding, I have only seen about 5 diamonds in my life up close (and honestly, they all look about the same to me).
I have been looking at stones over 1.5ct and was thinking about stretching to something just a little larger (1.7+), but still south of 2cts. My girlfriend has a size 2.5-3 finger, so we decided anything over 2ct was just not practical for her tiny fingers.
I have settled in on the G-H color range and SI-1 clarity (eye-clean). From the stones I have seen in the B&Ms this clarity grade seems to bring a nice value as I can barely see anything, especially not with the naked eye. And the G-H seems to be the value play here as well, near colorless. Of course, I would want to go with an ideal cut, H&A, AGS0, etc.
My question is this, would I be better suited going with a nice 1.5ct in a premier cut grade and maybe a VS2 or stretching to the larger maybe 1.7-1.8ct but stay in the SI1 and maybe not get the highest cut grade. I would like to hear any feedback form anyone with experience with these size stones on such small hands, or just in general. I am going all in on the stone, so all of the money can go there and I am going to let her design the final setting later. Then she can have exactly what she wants to be wearing.
Any help will be much appreciated, THANK YOU!!!
JB
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