Hi,
Well, I''ve been lurking here for months researching and agonizing over which diamond to purchase. Flip flopped about 10,000 times trying to figure out exactly what I wanted. The information and opinions posted here were incredibly helpful, so a big thanks goes out to everyone who has asked or answered a question here over the last few months. One of the main considerations I had was size. I had tried several sized stones in a ring I bought locally and found that a diameter of between 6.0 and 6.4mm looked best. That put me in about the 0.8 to 0.95 ct range, which is a kind of tough size to find. I decided on Whiteflash for various reasons but just couldn''t figure out which stone to get. I contacted Rockdoc who was gracious enough to look at the specs of nine stones on Whiteflash''s website and ranked them in order of his preference. I finally decided on two stones which I had Whiteflsh send to Rockdoc (Whitflash was incredibly easy to work with by the way). One was a ACA 0.811 ct H, VVS2 and the other was an Expert Selection 0.91 ct, F, SI1. I was on a short deadline at this point (literally days when you figure in the weekend). Rockdoc basically dropped what he was doing and did a preliminary review of both diamonds and although both we very close he thought the 0.811 ACA was the better of the two. Considering the ACA was also about $1k less the choice was easy. Rockdoc then did all of his analyses/photos ect and reported back to me. His review of the diamond was incredibly thorough. His conclusion is that it was one hell of a diamond. He did all of this including a number of emails and phone call in basically one day so that he could send out my stone ASAP. The stone arrived last Thursday with plenty of time to spare. I had it mounted and proposed to her last night (she said yes by the way). All in all a tremendous experience with both Whiteflash and Rockdoc. Both are highly recomended!! Below are the specs and some pics (I''ve learned from lurking here that you all like lot''s of data and pics!!). Enjoy, Mark
Report: AGS
Shape: A Cut Above H&A
Carat: 0.811
Color: H
Clarity: VVS2
Depth: 60.7
Table: 54.7
Crown Angle: 34.7
Crown %: 15.7
Pavilion Angle: 40.7
Pavilion %: 42.8
Girdle: Thin to Medium Faceted
Polish: Ideal
Symmetry: Ideal
Culet: Pointed
Fluorescence: Negligible
Measurements: 6.06-6.07 X3.68
Well, I''ve been lurking here for months researching and agonizing over which diamond to purchase. Flip flopped about 10,000 times trying to figure out exactly what I wanted. The information and opinions posted here were incredibly helpful, so a big thanks goes out to everyone who has asked or answered a question here over the last few months. One of the main considerations I had was size. I had tried several sized stones in a ring I bought locally and found that a diameter of between 6.0 and 6.4mm looked best. That put me in about the 0.8 to 0.95 ct range, which is a kind of tough size to find. I decided on Whiteflash for various reasons but just couldn''t figure out which stone to get. I contacted Rockdoc who was gracious enough to look at the specs of nine stones on Whiteflash''s website and ranked them in order of his preference. I finally decided on two stones which I had Whiteflsh send to Rockdoc (Whitflash was incredibly easy to work with by the way). One was a ACA 0.811 ct H, VVS2 and the other was an Expert Selection 0.91 ct, F, SI1. I was on a short deadline at this point (literally days when you figure in the weekend). Rockdoc basically dropped what he was doing and did a preliminary review of both diamonds and although both we very close he thought the 0.811 ACA was the better of the two. Considering the ACA was also about $1k less the choice was easy. Rockdoc then did all of his analyses/photos ect and reported back to me. His review of the diamond was incredibly thorough. His conclusion is that it was one hell of a diamond. He did all of this including a number of emails and phone call in basically one day so that he could send out my stone ASAP. The stone arrived last Thursday with plenty of time to spare. I had it mounted and proposed to her last night (she said yes by the way). All in all a tremendous experience with both Whiteflash and Rockdoc. Both are highly recomended!! Below are the specs and some pics (I''ve learned from lurking here that you all like lot''s of data and pics!!). Enjoy, Mark
Report: AGS
Shape: A Cut Above H&A
Carat: 0.811
Color: H
Clarity: VVS2
Depth: 60.7
Table: 54.7
Crown Angle: 34.7
Crown %: 15.7
Pavilion Angle: 40.7
Pavilion %: 42.8
Girdle: Thin to Medium Faceted
Polish: Ideal
Symmetry: Ideal
Culet: Pointed
Fluorescence: Negligible
Measurements: 6.06-6.07 X3.68
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