Q&A: Starts with $10,000 Budget 1.50 Carat Emerald Cut, Ends with $15,000 Budget 2.00 Carat Round Brilliant.

Anyway – first of all, you should not feel guilty at all. Take a look at this and you’ll understand why:

https://www.diamonds.pro/truth-about/diamonds-pro/

Since we’re dealing with Emerald cuts, it’s very important that we be able to see what we’re dealing with as even a VS2 or even in extreme circumstances a VS1 can be visible to the naked eye. So since that’s the case, I only want to deal with James Allen. Unfortunately, their selection in Emerald cuts is pretty slim. They have a ton of goods listen under Emerald Cuts, but the vast majority of them are really Asscher cuts (square emerald cuts). A nice emerald cut should have a L/W ratio of between about 1.40 to 1.60. There were very few in your price range fitting that description. Here are two that I found:

https://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/E-SI1-Ideal-Cut-Emerald-Diamond-1288326.asp?a_aid=dmnd1357

https://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/F-SI1-Ideal-Cut-Emerald-Diamond-1244640.asp?a_aid=dmnd1357

Now, these definitely seem like good options, but I would have rather found you a G or H color stone that was larger. JA has a bunch of Hs, but they’re all squarish.

If you’d like, I’d be happy to take a look on the market here in Israel. I’m sure I could find something that’ll be a great value – better than what you’ll find online. The is particularly the case with Emeralds and other fancy shapes that are in less demand. Their prices are generally significantly better in Israel than they are in the States.

The bourse is open on Sundays here in Israel, so if you’re interested, try and let me know in the next 13 hours or so.

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I went ahead anyway and looked for some emerald cuts on the market here. I found one stone that I think is an incredible value. It’s a 1.83ct G VS2. The total final cost to you would be $10,000.

The polish and symmetry on the stone are both “Excellent.”

There are two “issues” with the stone. One – the L/W ratio is about 1.2. Thats a bit low for an emerald cut. It’s kind of in between an asscher cut and an emerald cut. But some people like this look better than the more elongated emeralds. So take a look at the picture attached and see for yourself if you like it or not.

The other issue is that the stone has strong blue fluorescence. Normally, I recommend against buying SB flr blindly because sometimes, it can cause milkiness/cloudiness in the stone. But quite often (especially in colors G and lower), SB flr has no visual effect whatsoever. But since there’s no way to tell online, I tell people just not to bother with it. But in this case, I saw the stone myself, and without putting it on the fluorescent lamp, you would never know it was fluorescent. There are no negative visual effects from the SB flr at all.

So those to issues combine to make this stone a very attractive deal. You won’t find a stone this large with a price like this anywhere.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Hi. I’m glad you found my messages withering away in the spam bin!

For a 10K budget for a round, you can get yourself a very nice 1.75ct stone. Here’s an example of a great stone you can get in your budget:

https://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/H-SI2-Ideal-Cut-Round-Diamond-1281691.asp?a_aid=dmnd1357 – it’s large. It’s totally eye clean. It has a GIA excellent cut. It will be big, white, and super fiery. Just as much sparkle as the Lucida.

Since this size and budget is super-popular and the market is very crowded with little supply, there’s no real way I could save you money trying to broker the stone for you. So I think the best way to go is through James Allen.

Have a look at that stone I suggested. Let me know your thoughts. It’s a great stone, but if you don’t like it for whatever reason, it’s a great starting point.

THat was a good guess. here’s a great 2ct option. Similar in quality:

https://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/I-SI2-Ideal-Cut-Round-Diamond-1235758.asp?a_aid=dmnd1357

Hi. Those inclusions would be 100% clean to the naked eye. In fact, such spready inclusions are preferable because you can only see them with magnification. If an SI2 were concentrated in one area and a darker color, it would not be eye clean. For example, see this:

https://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/I-SI2-Ideal-Cut-Round-Diamond-1259889.asp?a_aid=dmnd1357

But it looks like it’s all theoretical anyway because the original stone was sold!

Here’s another great option. Spready eye clean inclusions. Great cut. GIA triple excellent. HUGE spread.

https://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/I-SI2-Ideal-Cut-Round-Diamond-1277084.asp?a_aid=dmnd1357

I think you’re good to go!

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