what do you guys think about this 0.7 carat diamond

[rocksolid123]

hi all,
after hanging out reading everything for some time, this is my first ever pricescope post.. i''ve recently purchased a diamond from bluenile:

0.708 carat/ G/ VVS1/ AGS Ideal cut
measurements: 5.76 x 5.79 x 3.51
crown angle: 34.5
pavillion angle: 40.8
depth: 60.6%
table: 56.1%

price: $3614

i know i could have maybe saved some money by getting a diamond with lower clarity, but this seemed like the best deal i could find. so to all of you who seem to know diamonds much more than me, do you think this is a good deal? i''m getting it appraised on monday and will decide then whether to keep it or send it back. thanks!

 

[Lorelei]

Welcome to Pricescope,

The proportions look great, seems like a winner! As for the clarity, it is up to you, certainly you could have gone lower and maybe got closer to the 1 ct mark, but if you like the idea of having very high clarity then that is fine! G VVS AGS0 is a very nice combo!

 

[cdndman]

sounds like a nice stone... personally I would have jumped down to a VS1 and bumped up to a E-D color.. but that''s just my personal taste. Sure you could have gotten a larger diamond but I would rather sacrifice size for color/cut/clarity. Good choice overall

 

[trillionaire]

To the OP, Your stone sounds lovely, congrats! I tried on my friend''s .75 princess and it was a LOVELY size!

Date: 8/6/2008 2:54:17 PM
Author: cdndman
sounds like a nice stone... personally I would have jumped down to a VS1 and bumped up to a E-D color.. but that''s just my personal taste. Sure you could have gotten a larger diamond but I would rather sacrifice size for color/cut/clarity. Good choice overall

It''s alway interesting to me to hear men say this. In my experience, unless you are with a woman who specifies that she wants the highest quality in all of the C''s, women will usually prefer a larger stone (of course maintaining th integrity of the cut!) There are many women on PS with I-J rings so that they could get the size that they want... and they are HAPPY LADIES!

Assuming a well cut stone:

If given a choice between two stones, 1.0 VVS1 or 1.25 SI1 that are eye clean, women will generally take the larger one.

If given the choice between between a 1.0 D/E and a 1.25 G/H which face up white, women will generally take the larger one.

I only say this to mean that guys should make sure that they are attune to what is most important to their GF/SO. If it is color or clarity, great. But most women seem to prefer size (This is PS, so we all know that cut is king!)

 

[vintagelover229]

Looks good but here r a few to compare it to!

Make sure it''s eye clean and it''s a H&A

http://www.goodoldgold.com/diamond/4694/



A liitle more color but should face up white!

http://www.goodoldgold.com/diamond/4721/



Again, pending it''s eyeclean! It''s bigger and less expensive!

http://www.goodoldgold.com/diamond/4719/


There r many options it just depends on what you want and if your lady is color sensitive! Good luck!