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I would like to make a ring purchase online and have spent quite some time looking through James Allen. Would like to get your recommendation for a diamond based on my budget of around $3500-$4000. Looking at having it to be round, G-I color grade with VS1/VS2 with an excellent cut.
Definitely would love to maximize carat weight and also get a fantastic stone that will look great on a solitaire white gold setting.
Here are my recommendations:
www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/0.85-carat-h-color-vvs1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-5996627?a_aid=dmnd1357
They all look superb. I was actually wondering if its possible to maximize the carat size even more (maybe pushing beyond 1 carat even) but have a lower clarity and color. What would be the lowest color that is recommended for a diamond to still look colorless in a white gold solitaire setting?
For white gold solitaire setting, you can choose a J+ colored diamond.
Here are some bigger eye-clean options:
www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/1.06-carat-j-color-si1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-7555465?a_aid=dmnd1357
Unfortunately they are unavailable now.
Could I trouble you to find other similar ones? Thank you.
No problem, here you go:
www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/1.01-carat-j-color-si2-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-7730315?a_aid=dmnd1357 (This stone is borderline of eye-cleanliness but 95% of twinning wisps are not visible to the naked eye)
www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/1.00-carat-j-color-si1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-7513826?a_aid=dmnd1357
These diamonds are great! I’m particularly drawn towards www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/1.00-carat-j-color-si1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-7713154?a_aid=dmnd1357.
For the sake of price comparison, is it possible for you to recommend something similar but maybe a smaller carat size that wouldn’t seem different to the naked eye? I read that the price difference can be quite substantial between say 1.0 and 0.99.
It’s quite hard to find a 0.96-0.99ct diamond that would be cheaper than 1ct. The diamond cutters usually try to cut the diamond to reach the 1ct mark. I found this stone (www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/0.90-carat-j-color-si2-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-7443043?a_aid=dmnd1357) that is very nice. If you compare the measurements, it’s not significantly smaller.
I really loved the stone you found unfortunately it’s not available anymore when i wanted to make the purchase! They’re selling like hotcakes.
Could I trouble you to find something similar?
How about this one: www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/0.90-carat-j-color-si1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-7497197?a_aid=dmnd1357?
This diamond is great. I have just made the purchase.
That’s wonderful news! It was my pleasure helping you!
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- High quality images of about half of their diamonds
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