Archive for $14000 Budget
Best Princess Cut for $14000: 2.63ct I Color SI1 Clarity GIA Certified
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On the heels of yesterday’s Best Princess Cut for $15000, we move on to the best Princess Cut for $14000. Today’s diamond is actually larger than yesterday’s more expensive diamond. It happened to be that in the $15,000 price range, the largest nice stone available was the 2.26 ct, since only VS clarity diamonds were available. At today’s $14,000 price range, we’re lucky enough to find a beautiful eye-clean SI1 that really brings down the price a lot.
Here’s the stats (or Click Here for a Copy of the GIA Certificate):
Diamond Magnified at 20x - Click to Enlarge Picture
Carats: 2.63
Depth: 74.5%
Table: 74%
Measurements: 7.60*7.49*5.58
L/W Ratio: 1.01
Diamond Polish: Very Good
Diamond Symmetry: Good
Diamond Price: $13,560
As always, today’s Daily Diamond is completely clean to the naked eye.
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A Monster for $14,000: 2.80 ct I Color I1 Clarity GIA Eye-Clean Round Brilliant
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Unfortunately, there was nothing available for a $13,000 budget that truly outperformed our Daily Diamond pick for a $12,000 diamond budget. So moving right along to a $14,000 budget, we bring you a real killer find. There were plenty of SI2s in this price range, but they were all stuck at the 2.20 carat range. Nothing really stood out as significantly better or larger than our previous pick, the 2.09 carat J SI2 for $11,070. Nothing, that is, except for today’s diamond recommendation. Today’s diamond weighs 2.80 carats making this almost certainly a cutter’s mistake. (See my article explaining diamond prices). Furthermore, because this diamond has a depth percentage that is in the lower end of the desirable range, it has an unusually large diameter. While only weighing 2.80 carats, it has a diameter larger than most full 3 carat diamonds on the market! And it still has tons of fire and life!
Diamond at 20x Magnification - Click Here to Enlarge Picture
Here’s the stats (or Click Here for a Copy of the GIA Certificate):
Carats: 2.80
Measurements: 9.21*9.24*5.44
Diamond Cut: Very Good
Diamond Polish: Excellent
Diamond Symmetry: Excellent
Depth: 59.0%
Closer to Actual Diamond Size - See any blemishes?
Table: 59%
Price: $14,050
As always, all of my daily diamond picks are completely clean to the naked eye. Today’s diamond, despite what you see in the photograph above, is no different. Take a look at the smaller picture beneath the larger one. This size is still significantly larger than the actual diamond, yet it looks clean to the naked eye.
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