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ooh thanks!

Price: 580
Shape: Round
Carat weight: 0.31
Cut: Ideal
Color: F
Clarity: VS2
Certificate: GIA

Depth: 61.6%
Table: 55.0%
Polish: Very Good
Symmetry: Excellent
Girdle: Slightly thick, faceted
Culet: None
Fluorescence: None
Measurements: 4.36*4.37*2.69

Price: 540
Shape: Round
Carat weight: 0.33
Cut: Ideal
Color: G
Clarity: VS2
Certificate: GIA

Depth: 62.3%
Table: 56.0%
Polish: Very Good
Symmetry: Very Good
Girdle: Thin to medium
Culet: None
Fluorescence: None
Measurements: 4.46*4.43*2.77

Price: 430
Shape: Round
Carat weight: 0.31
Cut: Premium
Color: H
Clarity: VS2
Certificate: GIA

Depth: 59.6%
Table: 61.0%
Polish: Excellent
Symmetry: Excellent
Girdle: Slightly thick
Culet: None
Fluorescence: Faint
Measurements: 4.39*4.43*2.63
 
hi lorelei and any others who want to suggest which one is the best! I got the idealscopes back. which diamond do you think is best? (i have to post this as three different posts cuz this wont let me attach 3 pics).

JA diamond #1255755

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JA diamond 1258680

1258680.JPG
 
JA diamond 1260778

The guy from James Allen also mentioned this:

"Here are a few key things you will want to look for when deciphering these images.

Diamond facets act like windows and mirrors, concentrating the brightness from light sources, and then returning it to your eyes.

The redder an Ideal-Scope image, the brighter the diamond.

All diamonds leak some light. Generally less leakage is better. Leakage appears as white areas in an Ideal-Scope.

Small areas of leakage around the girdle add contrast in the spaces between the star tips.

Fiery flashes are often from girdle leakage areas, especially in prong set diamonds.

Too much girdle leakage makes a diamond look small. A small amount of girdle leakage aids contrast"

Looking at these three, which do you think is best?

1260778.jpg
 
These are some of the most terrible IS taken by JA.

Only 1258680 is of useful quality. Looks good, although the stone is still tilted.

1255755 is very tilted, probably is good, but can't be sure.

1260778 is totally off, seem like the scope is too far away from the stone, totally no contrast.
 
Something someone once said about a shovel comes to mind
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Hi Jem

Diamond 2 is the best one.
 
thanks so much for the replies! i think i am going with diamond 2.

:)
 
Good luck. :)

Can you reflect to JA how badly taken these IS are? I think they are probably not used to photographing small stones so the set up is not calibrated correctly.
 
Date: 11/12/2009 5:33:48 AM
Author: jem
thanks so much for the replies! i think i am going with diamond 2.

:)
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It is by far the best, even allowing for the images to be off, the other diamonds don't look that hot anyway.
 
I just want to make sure that this diamond is the good one as it wasnt in the original ones that lorelei chose....

here are the specs for diamond number 2''s idealscope.

Item Number: 1258680
Shape: Round
Carat weight: 0.37
Cut: Ideal
Color: F
Clarity: SI1
Certificate: GIA

Depth: 62.4%
Table: 55.0%
Polish: Excellent
Symmetry: Excellent
Girdle: Thin to slightly thick
Culet: None
Fluorescence: None
Measurements: 4.66*4.64*2.90

any thoughts?
 
Date: 11/12/2009 8:56:03 AM
Author: jem
I just want to make sure that this diamond is the good one as it wasnt in the original ones that lorelei chose....

here are the specs for diamond number 2''s idealscope.

Item Number: 1258680
Shape: Round
Carat weight: 0.37
Cut: Ideal
Color: F
Clarity: SI1
Certificate: GIA

Depth: 62.4%
Table: 55.0%
Polish: Excellent
Symmetry: Excellent
Girdle: Thin to slightly thick
Culet: None
Fluorescence: None
Measurements: 4.66*4.64*2.90

any thoughts?
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What are the angles for this one please Jem?
 
i am going to find out right now. chatting with JA
 
Date: 11/12/2009 9:39:51 AM
Author: jem
i am going to find out right now. chatting with JA
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Ok!
 
The crown angle is 35 and the pavilion angle is 42%.

is this good?
 
That cannot be angle. Ask for the GIA report number.
 
is this wrong? they said that the angle is very steep but that this diamond doenst look that dark.
 
Date: 11/12/2009 10:13:27 AM
Author: jem
is this wrong? they said that the angle is very steep but that this diamond doenst look that dark.
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Doesn''t look right, I don''t think thats the angle, check with them or ask for the report number so we can look it up.
 
so I just mentioned to JA that the idealscopes may be off, but they said it was the diamond itself....
 
i got the report number. 2101986287 is the GIA report number. is this angle too steep or what?
 
here is the GIA report for 1258680 but the JA guy thinks that 1255775 is far more superior with color, quality and appearance...
Round Brilliant
Measurements: 4.64 - 4.66 x 2.90 mm

Carat Weight: 0.37 carat
Color Grade: F
Clarity Grade: SI1
Cut Grade: Very Good
Proportions:
Depth: 62.4%
Table: 55%
Crown Angle: 33.0°
Crown Height: 14.5%
Pavilion Angle: 42.0°
Pavilion Depth: 44.5%
Star length: 55%
Lower Half: 80%
Girdle: Thin to Slightly Thick, Faceted (3.0%)
Culet: None
Finish:
Polish: Excellent
Symmetry: Excellent
Fluorescence: None
Clarity Characteristics:
Crystal, Cloud
 
thanks stonecold11!

What do you think about this one?
http://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/G-SI1-Ideal-Cut-Round-Diamond-1255775.asp

GIA Report Number: 2101977281
Report Type: GIA Diamond Dossier®
Date of Issue: August 05, 2009
Laser Inscription Registry: GIA 2101977281
Round Brilliant
Measurements: 4.64 - 4.68 x 2.90 mm

Carat Weight: 0.38 carat
Color Grade: G
Clarity Grade: SI1
Cut Grade: Excellent
Proportions:
Depth: 62.2%
Table: 56%
Crown Angle: 34.0°
Crown Height: 14.5%
Pavilion Angle: 41.2°
Pavilion Depth: 43.5%
Star length: 55%
Lower Half: 80%
Girdle: Medium to Slightly Thick, Faceted (4.0%)
Culet: None
Finish:
Polish: Very Good
Symmetry: Very Good
Fluorescence: Faint
Clarity Characteristics:
Feather
 
Much better, very promising with the larger lower half but the IS image is totally useless.
 
Folks,

We just take the pictures - we don''t cut the stones. The idealscopes really are *that bad*.

We did goof, however, and Darin switched the numbers for 1258680 and 1260778. The correct angles and cert for 1260778 are here:

http://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/I-SI1-Ideal-Cut-Round-Diamond-1260778.asp
 
hey stonecold11 - guess what! JA mixed up the idealscopes and labelled them wrong! So the images for 1255775 and 1258680 were mixed up. does this mean that the 1255775 diamond is the best?
 
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