Hi Joe,
I need your help in deciding between the following diamonds for my 10 year wedding anniversary.
I also wanted to let you know how much I’ve loved this tool and the effort you put on guiding folks through this daunting process.
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Here are the diamonds, I am looking at. My wife would prefer the biggest diamond (preferrably >0.5 ct), but my budget can only stretch to ~$1,400. What do you think about these?
I have a feeling my wife might not like the 0.43s, but I really like the shine on them and the 8 arrows seem to visually show (difficult to tell).
Diamond List – Generated by https://www.diamondscreener.com/diamond-prices/
Shape,Carat,Color,Clarity,Cut,Price (USD),Link
Round,0.45,G,VS2,Excellent,1053,https://www.diamondscreener.com/bn/LD11388412
Round,0.43,G,VS2,Excellent,887,https://www.diamondscreener.com/bn/LD11452665
Round,0.45,G,VS1,Excellent,1052,https://www.diamondscreener.com/bn/LD11273270
Round,0.46,G,VS1,Excellent,1147,https://www.diamondscreener.com/bn/LD11525565
Round,0.45,H,VS1,Excellent,1019,https://www.diamondscreener.com/bn/LD11712406
Round,0.45,H,VS2,Excellent,1039,https://www.diamondscreener.com/bn/LD11625354
Round,0.46,H,VS2,Excellent,1033,https://www.diamondscreener.com/bn/LD09981599
Round,0.43,H,VS2,Excellent,990,https://www.diamondscreener.com/bn/LD10775702
Hi Nash,
Congratulations on the 10 year anniversary! I’m with you, I like the 0.43 G VS2 the most of these diamonds. I don’t think it’s worth paying 20% more for a 0.1mm bigger diameter.
I would advise against the latter two diamonds, both of which have very strong fluorescence. Very strong fluorescence results in overgrading of color by at least 2 grades – I’d guess these are closer to non-fluorescent J’s. They’re much more yellow.
Best,
Joe
Also is very strong or strong fluorescence a bad thing?
I found a couple of diamonds which seemed to be well priced but had a strong fluorescence, what are your thoughts on these ?
https://www.bluenile.com/diamond-details/LD11539057
G – VS2 – 0.48
$1,151
https://www.bluenile.com/diamond-details/LD11583749
H – VS2 – 0.46
$1,036