Depends on you. If you are just concern about others seeing the inclusions or you have long-sightedness, 12 inch is good enough. If you do not want to see inclusions yourself when you view it up close and have short-sightedness, 6 inch might not be good enough.PuppyLove said:That helps. I am finding it nearly impossible to find an eye-clean SI1. I don't know how you find one that is an SI2. I think my personal interpretation is from all angles about 6" away. Is that a resonable interpretation?
PuppyLove|1311172590|2972929 said:That helps. I am finding it nearly impossible to find an eye-clean SI1. I don't know how you find one that is an SI2. I think my personal interpretation is from all angles about 6" away. Is that a resonable interpretation?
Dreamer_D|1311181609|2973070 said:PuppyLove|1311172590|2972929 said:That helps. I am finding it nearly impossible to find an eye-clean SI1. I don't know how you find one that is an SI2. I think my personal interpretation is from all angles about 6" away. Is that a resonable interpretation?
I don't like seeing inclusions under any circumstances. I like to look at my diamond very close. So for me the definition of eye clean is different than others, maybe close to yours. I think you need to stick to VS2, or keep looking for an SI1 that meets your needs. I have owned an SI1 that was eye clean to me. They exist.
PuppyLove|1311172590|2972929 said:That helps. I am finding it nearly impossible to find an eye-clean SI1. I don't know how you find one that is an SI2. I think my personal interpretation is from all angles about 6" away. Is that a resonable interpretation?
Ditto. I have really really good closeup vision (yay nearsightedness ) and I have an EGL-USA graded SI1 old cut that's totally eyeclean from all angles no matter how I stare. OK, well, every once in a blue moon the light catches one facet juuuuusst right and an inclusion is backlit if I'm looking close enough- but frankly, 99% of the time, it's invisible so I'd say it's quite eyeclean. Even from the side or upside down. So yeah, they do exist.Dreamer_D|1311181609|2973070 said:PuppyLove|1311172590|2972929 said:That helps. I am finding it nearly impossible to find an eye-clean SI1. I don't know how you find one that is an SI2. I think my personal interpretation is from all angles about 6" away. Is that a resonable interpretation?
I don't like seeing inclusions under any circumstances. I like to look at my diamond very close. So for me the definition of eye clean is different than others, maybe close to yours. I think you need to stick to VS2, or keep looking for an SI1 that meets your needs. I have owned an SI1 that was eye clean to me. They exist.
crbl999|1311182971|2973086 said:Dreamer_D|1311181609|2973070 said:PuppyLove|1311172590|2972929 said:That helps. I am finding it nearly impossible to find an eye-clean SI1. I don't know how you find one that is an SI2. I think my personal interpretation is from all angles about 6" away. Is that a resonable interpretation?
I don't like seeing inclusions under any circumstances. I like to look at my diamond very close. So for me the definition of eye clean is different than others, maybe close to yours. I think you need to stick to VS2, or keep looking for an SI1 that meets your needs. I have owned an SI1 that was eye clean to me. They exist.
I have a BGD Signature H&A 1 ct. G SI2 which is eye clean. I can't see the inclusion unless I am 3 inches away from the stone looking at the pavilion and slowly rotating the stone...even then I have a lot of difficulty finding it. The grade setting inclusion is a table center low relief clear crystal. Other inclusions are twinning wisps. When Brian reviewed the stone with me he even stated it had "fantastic clarity". Eye clean SI1 and SI2 stones do exist, but are not easy to find.