Clairitek
Ideal_Rock
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I am using a family stone as one half of a pair of studs for myself. I''ve posted about this before (well over a year ago) and I''m revisiting the topic because I''ve narrowed down the selection of stones to a handful. I''m going to buy one and then have them set my a jeweler from Etsy who has done work for me before (and has shown great examples of fine jewelry on top of their more casual silver work).
I am basically going for matching diameter to my existing stone- 4.7mm and nothing too white as my stone is in the G-I color family. I don''t mind something slightly more warm if the cut is great.
Option 1
$456
0.39 carat J VS1 GIA Ideal
4.75 x 4.71 x 2.91
Depth 61.5
Table 55
Crown Angle 34
Pav Angle 40.8
HCA 1
Option
$456
0.38 carat K VS1 AGS000
4.65 x 4.68 x 2.88
Depth 61.8
Table 55.5
Crown Angle 34
Pav Angle 40.9
HCA 1.2
Option 3
$451
0.40 carat G SI2 GIA Very Good (would need to see some pictures and learn more about clarity)
Depth 61.2
Table 57
Crown Angle 35
Pav Angle 61.2
HCA 1.6
I know the best thing to do would be to give it a jeweler and have them match it. Here are my issues with that- the vendors I am considering for the stone are very large vendors and I just don''t feel excited about sending off my irreplaceable stone to possibly get lost either at the vendor or in the mail (Freke''s Big Blue experience really soured my view of mail security). The jewelers in my area that I would want to do the work just can''t compete with the pricing I can get from this Etsy vendor (on mounting) or the online vendors (for the stone). So I''m left with the knowledge I''ve acquired from reading this section of the forum.
I don''t have ASET, IdealScope or anything for these stones yet. I wanted to hear what you have to say about the numbers first. Thanks!
I am basically going for matching diameter to my existing stone- 4.7mm and nothing too white as my stone is in the G-I color family. I don''t mind something slightly more warm if the cut is great.
Option 1
$456
0.39 carat J VS1 GIA Ideal
4.75 x 4.71 x 2.91
Depth 61.5
Table 55
Crown Angle 34
Pav Angle 40.8
HCA 1
Option
$456
0.38 carat K VS1 AGS000
4.65 x 4.68 x 2.88
Depth 61.8
Table 55.5
Crown Angle 34
Pav Angle 40.9
HCA 1.2
Option 3
$451
0.40 carat G SI2 GIA Very Good (would need to see some pictures and learn more about clarity)
Depth 61.2
Table 57
Crown Angle 35
Pav Angle 61.2
HCA 1.6
I know the best thing to do would be to give it a jeweler and have them match it. Here are my issues with that- the vendors I am considering for the stone are very large vendors and I just don''t feel excited about sending off my irreplaceable stone to possibly get lost either at the vendor or in the mail (Freke''s Big Blue experience really soured my view of mail security). The jewelers in my area that I would want to do the work just can''t compete with the pricing I can get from this Etsy vendor (on mounting) or the online vendors (for the stone). So I''m left with the knowledge I''ve acquired from reading this section of the forum.
I don''t have ASET, IdealScope or anything for these stones yet. I wanted to hear what you have to say about the numbers first. Thanks!