What do you think: F, 1.01; first e-ring~i need some help:)

[clipper37]

I had been reading lots on this site and many others in a (hopefully not vain) attempt at awareness, with the obvious aim to get the best diamond for my little lady (strict budget allowing ~$5500). After some searching I think I may have found ‘it’:

round/brilliant
(GIA)
F
VS2
1.01 carat
cut grade: excellent
Depth: 60.00 %
Table: 57.00 %
Polish: Very Good
Symmetry: Very Good
Girdle: Thin to Medium, Faceted
Culet: None
Fluorescence: Medium Blue
Fluorescence color: BL
Depth: 60.0 %
Crown Angle: 33°
Crown Height: 13.5 %
Pavilion Angle: 41.4°
Pavilion Depth: 44 %
Star length: 55 %
Lower Half: 85 %
Measurements: 6.55 x 6.59 x 3.94 mm
...asking price is $4975...

The medium fluorescence (FL) may have given me a nicer price, but after reading the GIA report on fluorescence it is a non-issue…. (regardless I think it’s an amazing price~help me here, am I missing something-I always hear ‘if it is too good to be true…..’)

I want my baby happy, I have no experiences w/diamonds, and this will be the largest purchase I have ever made…with trepidation I conclude this is for her, am I right?

…….any sentiment is welcomed…..

 

[JulieN]

well, it''s certainly nicely priced.

 

[clipper37]

I had mis-spoke, I meant to say:

'the med FL had given me THE nicer price.'(i'm not trying to be too greedy here)

But that's what's got me itching, I feel like there is something I'm missing in the specs that is marred....I ran through it all (with less than a month of diamond experience, my analysis prolly doesn't carry much weight)...i ran it through the Holloway Cut Adviser yesterday-it looked tight...(came out very good on it, high 3ish area if i can recall correctly)....

then again, i'm sure everyone must scratch their head a bit much before dropping some flow on something like this.....

 

[Regular Guy]

Love your avatar.

Also...if you like your vendor, have seen the stone, and like it too...consider at least comparing it to a more premium cut first before closing the deal.

Your point about flor is probably true.

The color & clarity is nice. And...the proportion set even fall just outside of AGS0 candidacy. But...it is outside...and near green in HCA territory...it's a 3. In the realm of OK, but making me nervous...unless you've done a visual comparison yourself.

Another option is one like this, at $5093 based on discounting they'll give you with wire pricing. You'll drop a color & clarity grade, and your vendor won't be local, but they're trusted here, and the cut is more conservative.

(edited to add)...I wrote when you did...but...given especially the not universally used HCA...since you generally don't pay a partular premium to get a score form 0 - 2...many accept only that. In later writing...Garry has parenthetically added that in revising it, he might take it up to 3...especially if the diamond was very symmetrical optically, perhaps.

Regards,

 

[clipper37]

Thanks man,

Yeah, i haven't seen it in person yet, getting in the mail a few days from hence, plan on going to two appraiser's (gotta research the articles now on how to get appraising~i'm just figuring on two opinions off the top of my head)...and I will DEF put it side by side w/the cut you suggested(though I question if i could come out ahead dropping 1 class in both clarity and color)...right now I am in the antsy waiting period (*fingers crossed*/*fists clenched*)
~just saw vid on this site of ppl walking through central park w/them picking out the diamond they liked the most an they couldn't tell them apart (ideal, excellent, very good)...so i wonder how much is in my head when comparing cut grades that are semi-close.

(i hope i don't step on any toes here but I have to say it) As with the Holloway cut advisor: lets say we were to see a visual of different color gradients for the background, as with much darker colors outside perfection, and the inverse being much lighter colors outside the same gradient>the results we'd perceive would thus be rather different and it seems to me like these degree differences may refract light concentrations too minute for one to see with the human (untrained eye) eye.

I understand everyone's sentiment is that cut is the most important aspect, yet when you get up to a very good- isn't it rather hard to tell by eye (same with a IF-VS1?); I don't have superman eyes, er-trained eyes-to be fair.
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