Archive for 1.70 carats
Q: Ira,
Your site is excellent!! Plan on doing an online diamond purchase (Blue Nile or James Allen). Not huge $$$, but I am totally obsessed with finding some value out there! And its seems your the guy. So here’s an easy one:
Total budget 9k (USD) for the stone (keeps me around 10k all in)
Parameters: Round. Thats it.
After reading every article you’ve written, I’m cutting you loose. Find me a stone 
summon all your creative powers and make my future wife smile!
As per your writings, color can be low, clarity is hit or miss, carats don’t tell the whole tale. So I don’t want to curtail you. Take some chances, I implore you. Looking for a hidden gem that might escape a less discerning eye. I’m not a stickler for ”grades” and I don’t care what its assessed value is,and don’t mind a singular large flaw that makes an otherwise unaffordable diamond within reach. Just hoping to find a stone that has ”bang for the buck”
(and if you have anything offline available I’d pay the 10% gladly if you made it an offer I can’t refuse, though I understand my purchase price isn’t heavy enough to have you sorting through the whole of Israel)
Thanks for in advance for anything you can do,
Following yesterday’s selection of the best princess cut diamond for $10,000, today we present you with the best princess cut diamond for $9,000.
Here’s the Stats (Or Click Here for a Copy of the GIA Certificate):
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Carats: 1.74
Diamond Clarity: VS2
Measurements: 6.75*7.04*4.75
Length/Width Ratio: 1.04
Depth: 70.4%
Table: 71%
Diamond Polish: Very Good
Diamond Symmetry: Good
Diamond Price: $9,120
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Following yesterday’s selection of the best princess cut diamond for $11,000, today we present you with the best princess cut diamond for $10,000.
Here’s the Stats (Or Click Here for a Copy of the GIA Certificate):
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Carats: 1.82
Diamond Clarity: VS1
Measurements: 6.67*6.61*4.79
Length/Width Ratio: 1.01
Depth: 72.5%
Table: 71%
Diamond Polish: Excellent
Diamond Symmetry: Excellent
Diamond Price: $10,030
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Q&A: Looking for 1.20 to 1.50 Carat Princess Cut for Around $8000
Posted by: | CommentsQ: I have been monitoring your site for a while now and have found it very informative. I do not know the first thing when it comes to diamonds except what I have read on your site. I am looking for a center stone, princess cut diamond for around $8000. I would like it to be from a 1.25ct to a 1.50ct for that price. I have a band already picked out. below is the attached link http://www.hydeparkjewelers.com/bridal-engagement-rings/engagement-ring-collection/tacori-rings.aspx I know it is not a great picture but it is the best one I can find online. The jeweler that is selling this states that the diamonds in the channel are of G color and VS1 clarity. I have been looking into a center stone from jamesallen.com because they seem to have more resonable prices than the place I am going to buy the setting from. If at all possible I would like the diamond to be of G color and VS1 clarity. but, I am not sure if I should get the same color and clarity for the center stone. Let me know what you think. Thanks!!!
Looks like I’m going to have to do some skipping again. I didn’t find anything I could recommend for a $15,000 or $14,000 budget. So today, I present you with the best Hearts & Arrows Ideal Cut diamond for $13,000.
Here’s the Stats (Or Click Here for a Copy of the AGS Certificate):
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Carats: 1.70
Diamond Clarity: SI1
Diamond Cut: Ideal
Measurements: 7.59*7.63*4.77
Depth: 62.7%
Table: 55.4%
Crown Angle: 36.1°
Pavilion Angle: 40.8°
Diamond Polish: Ideal
Diamond Symmetry: Ideal
James Allen Engagement Ring
Diamond Price: $12,980
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Sometimes, you want something very unique. Of course, in regular engagement ring styles, you have varying degrees of uniqueness. There are various styles of engagement rings with side stones, some with out, some with filigree, etc. But if you really want to be different, sometimes you need to make a bold choice. And the boldest of choices is to add a splash of color to your engagement ring setting.
James Allen offers a number of settings with colored precious gemstones set as side stones. My personal favorite are blue sapphires. I feel that these highlight the whiteness of the diamond quite beautifully.
Of all of the selections James Allen offers for engagement ring settings with colored gemstone accent stones, I prefer their Platinum 3-Stone Pear Shape Blue Sapphire Engagement Ring over the rest..
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Following yesterday’s pick of the best Hearts & Arrows Ideal Cut Round Diamond for $30,000, today we present you with the best H&A Ideal Cut diamond for $25,000.
Here’s the Stats (Or Click Here for a Copy of the GIA Certificate):
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Carats: 1.72
Diamond Clarity: VS1
Diamond Cut: Ideal
Measurements: 7.66*7.72*4.76
Depth: 61.9%
Table: 56.4%
Crown Angle: 35.2°
Pavilion Angle: 40.8°
Diamond Polish: Ideal
Diamond Symmetry: Ideal
James Allen Engagement Ring
Diamond Price: $23,700
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Today’s diamond is of particularly high color and clarity. It befits us, then to find a setting to match today’s daily diamond’s prestige. I decided, then, to focus my search on James Allen’s Meno Collection by Danhov. This designer collection is a pave based collection that only uses the finest F-G VS1/VS2 ideal cut pave diamonds.
I thought a great match for today’s diamond would be James Allen’s Platinum Pave ME29Y by Danhov Designer Eternity Engagement Ring. This ring has a very fine and thin shank (only 1.7mm), so this would look best on a petite woman with thin fingers. The fine pave halo around the diamond will truly make it burst with fiery brilliance.
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Following yesterday’s selection of the best Cushion Cut Diamond for $9,000, today we present you with the best Cushion Cut Diamond for $8,000.
Here’s the Stats (Or Click Here for a Copy of the GIA Certificate):
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Carats: 1.70
Measurements: 7.68*6.74*4.30
Length/Width Ratio: 1.14
Depth: 63.8%
Table: 66%
Diamond Polish: Excellent
Diamond Symmetry: Very Good
James Allen Engagement Ring
Diamond Price: $8,340
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James Allen also has a large variety of engagement rings to choose from to pair with today’s daily diamond selection. Many people strive to find an engagement ring that’s different from the pack out there. So many people these days are going with very thin bands studded with pave diamonds, so why not go in the opposite direction and go with a wider band channel set with larger side diamonds. James Allen’s 18k White Gold Round Raised Pave Diamond Engagement Ring is a great option if you’re looking for a wider band but still want a real fiery statement piece.
As always with our Daily Diamond selections, today’s stone is completely clean to the naked eye. The small black inclusion that you see in the center of the stone will not be visible to the naked eye – it is too small.
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