Which pair for a set of earings????

[ro]

Hello! I''m looking at two different pairs of diamonds for a set of earrings, the px diff is only $50, and both set look good to me, your thoughts are appreciated. Thanks!!

Pair 1:
Stone 1: 0.58c, H, SI1, VG, VG, VG, None; 5.39-5.41 x 3.24; HCA: 0.8
Stone 2: 0.58c, H, SI1, EX, VG, EX, None; 5.32-5.36 x 3.30; HCA: 1.0

Pair 2:
Stone 3: 0.52c, G, SI1, EX, EX, EX, None; 5.17-5.21 x 3.18; HCA: 1.5
Stone 4: 0.52c, G, SI1, EX, EX, EX, None; 5.13-5.18 x 3.19; HCA: 1.0

Pair 1 is the more expensive one, looking for a white gold setting. Thanks!!!

 

[ro]

whoops, forgot the important details:

Pair 1:
Stone 1: 0.58c, H, SI1, VG, VG, VG, None; 5.39-5.41 x 3.24, HCA: 0.8, t: 57, d: 60, c: 33.5, p: 40.4; med faceted girdle, none pointlet
Stone 2: 0.58c, H, SI1, EX, VG, EX, None; 5.32-5.36 x 3.30; HCA: 1.0, t: 55, d: 61.9, c: 34.0, p: 40.8; med-sl thick faceted girdle, none pointlet

Pair 2:
Stone 3: 0.52c, G, SI1, EX, EX, EX, None; 5.17-5.21 x 3.18; HCA: 1.5, t: 57, d: 61.9, c: 34.0, p: 41.0; med faceted girdle, none pointlet
Stone 4: 0.52c, G, SI1, EX, EX, EX, None; 5.13-5.18 x 3.19; HCA: 1.0, t: 55, d: 61.9, c: 34.0, p: 40.8; med-sl thick faceted girdle, none pointlet

thanks!!!

 

[jet2ks]

The second pair is better match by the numbers, but is not really perfectly matched.

It looks like both of these sets were matched by weight, color, & clarity. The best way to have a true matching pair of studs is to find similar diameters, table sizes, crown and pavillion angles and lower half measurements along with color. So what if the carat weight is .01 or .02 off or if the clarity is not the same, you want the overall appearance and personalities of the stones to be similar.

The second pair at least has similar angles, though the tables are slightly different. I don't like the angle discrepancies on the first pair, in addition to the table differences.

 

[ro]

appreciate the feedback. It''s hard for me to tell, but will you ultimately notice a difference at these sizes? Especially when someone is wearing them? Is an H color too low? I couldn''t notice a tint.

 

[jet2ks]

Date: 12/23/2009 4:04:34 PM
Author: ro
appreciate the feedback. It's hard for me to tell, but will you ultimately notice a difference at these sizes? Especially when someone is wearing them? Is an H color too low? I couldn't notice a tint.

Depends on who is looking. Studs have the advantage of a head in between them to prevent direct comparison, but someone really looking may notice the differences in the H color pair because the shallower angled one is likely to be more brilliant and the other to have more flash and fire. Pretty sure I, and many other PSers would notice the difference, but most casual viewers would not.

The G's are close enough the most people would not see the difference, unless they were sitting side by side.

Reliably graded H color is definitely not too low. Am I correct in assuming these have GIA reports?

 

[yssie]

Ditto - the second pair is better matched, but still not an ideal pair.


In the first pair, there's a size difference - doubt it would be noticeable, and there's a table diametre difference which may well be noticeable (PSers would see it!) The real issue for me is that the two diamonds will have very different personalities - you won't see this in photos, but that first diamond is a little shallow, which is great for earrings or a pendant - more spread for the same ct weight. However, that same cut and shallower depth creates a very bright stone with little fire. The second stone has cherry numbers, and is much more conservative in cut - the spread suffers a little, and it will exhibit more balance between fire and bright white light return. They will look similar in pictures but IRL, when on the ears, you might actually notice the different types of performance - I had a shallow stone, now I have a stone that leans more toward fire, and there is a definite, clear, visible difference. Having one of each type on each ear would bother me.


The second pair is a very good match performance-wise, but again, though you may not notice the difference in spread, you're likely to notice the difference in table sizes.

To get a matching pair for studs I'd consider two stones with up to one colour grade of each other - clarity really doesn't matter so long as they're both eyeclean, since then you can't see the inclusions either way (G/H SI1/2, say, in those sizes) and be much more stringent in matching my spread, table and c/p criteria.