Diamond opinion for engagement ring on yellow gold ring

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Hi i am looking for a diamond for a yellow gold engagement ring setting. After weeks of reading up on diamonds, watching videos, and going to a few physical jewelers, i think these are top candidates, but i really don't know as this is my first time buying a diamond. I also like the fact that the online diamond has the "true hearts" which at least improves the cut standard. The stores i visit just say GIA says excellent so that is all the information they have. I don't have an idealscope to examine each diamond (and most have very few physically in stock).

So these are my top choices so far:

1.02 Carat round diamond

This True Hearts TM diamond, 1.02 carat I color vs2 clarity has ideal proportions and a diamond grading report from GIA

www.jamesallen.com

-seems to have a good light performance on the "arrows" image
-I am worried about the clouds - it is graded VS2 clarity, but there are very few things drawn on the GIA report. It has the comment "clarity grade is based on clouds that are not shown". Since it is not drawn, it worry this means the diamond will be cloudy since there must be so much that they can't draw it, and enough to make it VS2. If there were no clouds, the few needles present i would guess would quality for a VVS rating.

1.01 Carat round diamond

This True Hearts TM diamond, 1.01 carat I color vs2 clarity has ideal proportions and a diamond grading report from GIA

www.jamesallen.com

-seems to have a good light performance on the "arrows" image
-this one main thing i am concerned with is the inclusion at the center which i can clearly see on the website magnified image.

1.02 Carat round diamond

This True Hearts TM diamond, 1.02 carat I color vs1 clarity has ideal proportions and a diamond grading report from GIA

www.jamesallen.com

-the light performance seems a bit less than the two above, ?leakage around the table?
-I am worried about the strong fluorescence and the potential it may look cloudy as a result (?esp in sunlight?)

Which one would people here recommend? Or some other one around this price range.

Thanks!

 

[lulu_ma]

Hmm-all the stones are in AGS 0 range. Usually, I am a fan of fluoro. However, in this case of the 3rd stone, strong blue fluoro could make the stone look milky in direct sunlight. Since there is no significant discount for the fluoro, I would just eliminate this one.

The first 1.02 ct looks promising to my eyes. I don't like the placement of the pinpoints on the 1.01 ct.

I hope others will chime in...

 

[tyty333]

3 pretty solid choices. Have you talked to JA to see if they have any additional info on the stones? I think that would
be my next step. Find out if the 1.01 is eye-clean up close.

 

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3 pretty solid choices. Have you talked to JA to see if they have any additional info on the stones? I think that would
be my next step. Find out if the 1.01 is eye-clean up close.

Thanks. Yes, I have asked them for a few stones including this one. They say it is eye clean, but then also say VS2 and above are going to be eye clean, which i'm sure isn't necessarily true. They inspect the 360 image rather than the actual stone i think. They didn't have any more information on these three stones when i asked them.