Getting Close to buying - Need Help - Are H&A really worth it?

[diamondseeker2006]

It sounds like you''d be safe in the 1.7 to 2.0 range, then. So really, you just have to decide which features are most important to you!

 

[stone-cold11]

Date: 12/29/2008 8:21:37 PM
Author: dcsearcher
Wow - great stuff guys thanks.

To your question, she will really be the first of her close friends to get engaged, and while she has a sister-in-law, I don''t think her stone is that large.

Our joint friends that are couples basically have very ''different'' tastes. Just their own things - she and I both like something a bit more traditional and classic... but they do have nice sized stones (not sure how large but I would guess in the 1.5 - 2.0 range... one of them has a fancy yellow center and I have no idea how to even judge it because it is so different looking.)

As for the Mervis Stone, it has a diamond quality document. And while it shows that the cut if AGS0, it does not have the far left right hand border notes also noting zeros for light performance, polish, etc. I thought that was what made for an AGS Triple 0... the blue Nile stone does have that triple 0.

The extra flap of information was only added recently so the old documents will not have them.

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 12/29/2008 11:31:05 AM
Author: vespergirl

Date: 12/29/2008 11:08:54 AM
Author: dcsearcher
Thanks Vespergirl.... was Mervis able to provide any idealscope, etc. images for you? just met them for the first time yesterday...

They also carry AGS, GIA or EGL certed diamonds. My diamond has an EGL cert, but I was able to compare it against ideal cut AGS and GIA stones, which made me confident that I got the cut, color and clarity that I wanted. My stone is an EGL H&A (under the comments section it is listed as 8 hearts & 8 arrows) and I was able to verify the H&A with my Idealscope.

i think you need a H&A scope to verify.

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 12/29/2008 7:11:58 PM
Author: diamondseeker2006
Let me ask you a question. Does your girlfriend have any friends or sisters who are engaged or married? If so, do you have any idea of the size of their diamonds? Because if they all have 2-3 carat stones, then she may be happier with a 2 ct. stone and sacrifice color and clarity. Or, she could have friends with mostly 1-1.5 ct. stones, and she''d be thrilled with a 1.5-1.75 in a better color and clarity.

must we keep up with the Jones?

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Date: 12/29/2008 11:24:52 PM
Author: Dancing Fire

Date: 12/29/2008 7:11:58 PM
Author: diamondseeker2006
Let me ask you a question. Does your girlfriend have any friends or sisters who are engaged or married? If so, do you have any idea of the size of their diamonds? Because if they all have 2-3 carat stones, then she may be happier with a 2 ct. stone and sacrifice color and clarity. Or, she could have friends with mostly 1-1.5 ct. stones, and she''d be thrilled with a 1.5-1.75 in a better color and clarity.

must we keep up with the Jones?

Not me, DFire! I''d rather have the smaller stone with the higher color and clarity! But most girls don''t want the smallest stones of all their friends, either!