Your opinion on Princess cut 1.71 G VS1

[rppeeters]

I am about to decide to buy or not the following princess cut diamond. What is your opinion?

1.71 G VS 1 6.76*6.70*4.51 mm (sarin report says 1.73 carat)
excellent polish, very good symmetry, no fluorescense
67.2% depth, 73% table, very thin to thick girdle (sarin report .18 mm 2.7%)

Price is around $8825. What is your expert evaluation of this diamond and advice?

I will also add idealscope image.

Thanks... Ron

 

[rppeeters]

Here is the idealscope pic...

 

[rppeeters]

And another pic of the diamond....

Very much appreciate your advice...

 

[rppeeters]

And the actual sarin report on this diamond...

 

[rppeeters]

Any advice from the experts on the GIA specs, ideal scope pics, and sarin report?

 

[Giangi]

The stone looks nice from the pic, but the crown is WAAAAAAAAAAY too low... You may want to look for a smaller table too... About 61% +/- 5%...

 

[Rook]

I agree, the crown is extremely thin, and the pavillion is extremely thick, which should result is a very lifeless, non-brillant diamond. Also, the thin crown mabe be a cause of concern for chipping, but I will defer that to the experts.

Is this a Gabriel diamond? It appears to have more than the standard 58 facets? The Gabriel, and others have upto or over 100 facets which is supposed to create better light return. I checked on some Gabriels and I personally thought they just look busy and unattractive, but that is a personal preference.

Look under the fancies section of Pricescope. There they have listed the AGA (Dave Atlas' company) suggested sarin numbers for fancy shaped diamonds.