Which one?

[Michel]

Ok its judgement day people. I am not telling you the specs, but I will tell you they are the same price. What shall I pick?

 

[Ellen]

Hard to say with just a pic, because knowing some of the specs might change my mind for overall performance. Having said that, going just on this, I pick the one on the left. (my left)

 

[Michel]

I love you Ellen, always the first to respond to my posts!

Out of interest, why the left one?

 

[gwendolyn]

Just from the pic, I''d go for the one on the left because I can see 2 arrows, and can''t see any in the one on the right.

 

[supersash]

The one on the right looks a smidge bigger...and I''m a size girl, so I''d go for that one, without knowing anything else!

 

[Ellen]

Date: 2/14/2008 11:54:32 AM
Author: Michel
I love you Ellen, always the first to respond to my posts!

Out of interest, why the left one?

Well thank you!

I picked it because it looks maybe a hair brighter (light performance wise), and definitely whiter, the table looked smaller, and as Gwen said, those arrows are right there going, yoohooo, look at me.

 

[chrono]

Both look great and I can see the arrows on BOTH. It''s hard to judge sparkle from a static picture and absolutely no stats. If that''s the case, then give us the IS or ASET pictures too.

 

[Ellen]

Chrono, I never said the right one didn''t have arrows, but they''re definitely not pronounced like the left. imo

 

[Cleo]

Arrrrrgh!!! We NEEEEd stats!!! Must. Have. Numbers.

In the absence of lovely numbers, and with the big note that it''s hard to choose with a single, static image... I choose the one on the left.

It looks brighter and those pretty blue arrows make me think it''s better cut than the larger stone on the right.

Please fill us in with the rest of the info!

x x x

 

[dragonfly411]

I prefer the one on the left. I like the display better, looks brighter, and I like that I can pick out the arrows more than I could on the right one.

 

[lyra]

The one on the right is bigger, but lower colour. If not lower colour, then not as well cut as the one on the left. IMO.

 

[chrono]

Date: 2/14/2008 12:15:40 PM
Author: Ellen
Chrono, I never said the right one didn''t have arrows, but they''re definitely not pronounced like the left. imo

Exactly, and the reason is because it is a static picture. One little tilt, and maybe the one on the right could be the one with the pronounced arrow.

 

[oldminer]

Lyra may be correct. I see some blue in the left hand image and some yellow in the right hand image. Maybe some colored object is in the oighting path. Like a blue shirt and a yellow necktie, or some such distraction. The diamonds could be the same color, but the light has been tinted possibly by something close by.

The left side diamond does have a smaller table reflection around the culet. The right diamond may be spreadier and weigh the same as the left hand diamond, or the right hand stone may just weigh more. The right hand diamond does appear a smidge larger in diameter

 

[chrono]

Dave,
My first thought was that both diamonds might be picking up colour from their surroundings, hence the blue sparkle for the left stone, and yellow sparkle for the right stone.

 

[Michel]

This is turning into a interesting little test!

Keep your views coming and I promise to let you know the detail soon....

 

[Ellen]

Date: 2/14/2008 12:24:42 PM
Author: Chrono

Date: 2/14/2008 12:15:40 PM
Author: Ellen
Chrono, I never said the right one didn't have arrows, but they're definitely not pronounced like the left. imo

Exactly, and the reason is because it is a static picture. One little tilt, and maybe the one on the right could be the one with the pronounced arrow.

True. But, I would guess that Jon would line them up to be representitive of what they are. (H&A, with arrows showing) And anytime I've seen several of his stones lined up like this, all the arrows show, or rather, all show arrows. But, who knows.

And I noticed the one on the right looked larger, but that wouldn't sway me personally from picking what I thought was the best one. And it's not much of a difference.

 

[lisa1.01fvs1]

Left one! Brighter and cleaner lines.

 

[Cleo]

I figured some of the blue/yellow might be from surroundings, so I tried to disregard that.

I still think that the diamond on the left is a whiter stone and better cut.

Is this the only photo?

x x x

 

[Michel]

The suspense is killing me, so I crumble. I have been suprised how far off the mark some of you have been.

On the left, we have a 0.8 E VS2, on the right, a 0.97 H SI2.

Quite a lot bigger and no one picked up on it, and quite a lot worse colour. I agree there is some reflection there, but I think overall there is clearly a colour difference...

At this point, I am getting the former, I think.

 

[Ellen]

Date: 2/14/2008 1:43:23 PM
Author: Michel
The suspense is killing me, so I crumble. I have been suprised how far off the mark some of you have been.

On the left, we have a 0.8 E VS2, on the right, a 0.97 H SI2.

Quite a lot bigger and no one picked up on it, and quite a lot worse colour. I agree there is some reflection there, but I think overall there is clearly a colour difference...

At this point, I am getting the former, I think.

Actually, a few of us did.

So, is the one on the right as well cut as the left, and just tilted?

 

[Michel]

Sorry, yes forget to say.

Yes, they''re both really good AGS 0''s....

 

[gwendolyn]

Size isn''t as important to me as the quality of cut, and just going on that one picture alone (which is what you wanted us to do), we all made our choices. But obviously, in the real world, we (on PS) wouldn''t be choosing a stone without knowing more (at least knowing the cut grades!), and you haven''t told us those yet. So please give us all the stats, not just the ones you were focusing on.

 

[lisa1.01fvs1]

Date: 2/14/2008 1:43:23 PM
Author: Michel
The suspense is killing me, so I crumble. I have been suprised how far off the mark some of you have been.

On the left, we have a 0.8 E VS2, on the right, a 0.97 H SI2.

Quite a lot bigger and no one picked up on it, and quite a lot worse colour. I agree there is some reflection there, but I think overall there is clearly a colour difference...

At this point, I am getting the former, I think.

I said the left one because of brightness/color

I thought it was obvious that the right one was larger.

 

[Cleo]

Date: 2/14/2008 1:43:23 PM
Author: Michel
The suspense is killing me, so I crumble. I have been suprised how far off the mark some of you have been.

On the left, we have a 0.8 E VS2, on the right, a 0.97 H SI2.

Quite a lot bigger and no one picked up on it, and quite a lot worse colour. I agree there is some reflection there, but I think overall there is clearly a colour difference...

At this point, I am getting the former, I think.

I don''t think anyone was far off the mark!

The only person that chose the stone on the right, chose it because it was bigger (and that person likes bigger diamonds).

The rest preferred the stone on the left because we felt the cut/colour was better and that was most important to us.

Not everyone mentioned size because it was soooo obvious that the stone on the right was bigger!

Given that we all knew the largest stone was on the right, it was fair to assume that the ''best'' stone was on the left as you told us they cost the same.

Out of interest, what are the angles & HCA scores for both the stones?

x x x

 

[Michel]

Specific info pending, just waiting on it. I have seen it before, but I just can''t remember it! Will post it when I know!

 

[Michel]

And sorry I wasn''t trying to be harsh when I said I was suprised at some of the comments, I just thought the one on the left was noticeably bigger and worse colour.

But I agree that the photo is a little decieving, its why I am trying to get a video!

 

[Cleo]

Date: 2/14/2008 6:13:32 PM
Author: Michel
And sorry I wasn''t trying to be harsh when I said I was suprised at some of the comments, I just thought the one on the left was noticeably bigger and worse colour.

But I agree that the photo is a little decieving, its why I am trying to get a video!

You mean the one on the right, of course.

x x x

 

[Michel]

Haha, whoops. I am an idiot - yes I meant the one on the right!

 

[strmrdr]

impossible too compare from that picture they are at different angles, the one on the right is at a much different angle than the one on the left.


Now im going too read beyond the first post....

 

[Michel]

Any other thoughts on principle?

I reckon I am going to go for the 0.8 carat...

Its just a higher quality stone.