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#46
How exciting as you have so many choices. Considering the cut is the same for all the stones, I would pick 2.04 H VS2 $46,600.

Keep us posted. If you ever need a second opinion when you check out the rings in TO in person, let me know :)
 
#51
I know it is not what you want but I would go for the I color stone. You get the size and a great price. I think that makes up for the color. JMHO. I love to save money.
 
#52
Do u really see some color in the "i" diamond even not comparing it with any other diamonds color at all ? I thought all tiffany diamonds including "i" color will faces up white!
 
#54
You know... it's funny but I do see the difference between an I and a G! Not from the top, no. And certainly Tiffany I's are low-colour I's. The thing is though at this size and in this setting, when you look at it from the side it's held up to the light so much and there is so much diamond "glass" visible that you do get a REALLY good look at the colour from the side, and that's where you see it if you're particularly sensitive.

Plus I have to admit I have a slight mind clean thing about not going to the "lowest" Tiffany carries. I know it's super snobby and will cost me size... but for some reason while I don't need or lust after NEARLY their best (DEF), I don't have their "worst" either! It's a mind clean thing I guess. I've seen a lot of people here suggest I go up to VVS2 or VS1 if I can swing it and to me I don't mind so much being VS2 at ALL, so I think it's really personal in the end. I quite enjoy the game of finding your own personal sweet spot actually! :)

... before they carried SI1's I was happy with VS2's and still am, even though that's technically their "lowest" - but that's because I really can't see the flaws in my own VS2. I CAN see colour... I seem to be pretty sensitive. Like I said with the G I don't see it unless it's next to a D... but when I look at the I from the side with anything resembling a white background, I see the warmth and it bugs me. BELIEVE me it's tempting! It was a STUNNING stone ... but I know I'd regret it!

I think it's a "mind clean" thing. Certainly no, anyone who admired your ring at lunch when it's not perfectly clean and didn't have a white BG behind it wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a VVS1 and a VS2 or a G and an I. :) So it's definitely a better deal! I just see more colour than some I guess. Even the SA's at Tiffany's were impressed with my eye for colour, I can arrange them by colour pretty accurately when looking at a few together. :)
 
#55
hey surfergirljen, i was so happy to see that you've been posting again. and what an awesome dilemma. congrats on your pregnancy too!

i'm color sensitive like you so i would go with G as well. plus, you know it's your sweet spot. also, i would go over 2 cts if the diamond measurements are bigger than the 1.92. can't wait to see what you end up with!
 
#56
I think if you can afford what you want, you should get it! The larger the stone the more body color you will see, so if it's a lower I (those ranges get bigger as you go down the scale) it will show it from the side.
 
#57
surfergirljen said:
You know... it's funny but I do see the difference between an I and a G! Not from the top, no. And certainly Tiffany I's are low-colour I's. The thing is though at this size and in this setting, when you look at it from the side it's held up to the light so much and there is so much diamond "glass" visible that you do get a REALLY good look at the colour from the side, and that's where you see it if you're particularly sensitive.

Plus I have to admit I have a slight mind clean thing about not going to the "lowest" Tiffany carries. I know it's super snobby and will cost me size... but for some reason while I don't need or lust after NEARLY their best (DEF), I don't have their "worst" either! It's a mind clean thing I guess. I've seen a lot of people here suggest I go up to VVS2 or VS1 if I can swing it and to me I don't mind so much being VS2 at ALL, so I think it's really personal in the end. I quite enjoy the game of finding your own personal sweet spot actually! :)

... before they carried SI1's I was happy with VS2's and still am, even though that's technically their "lowest" - but that's because I really can't see the flaws in my own VS2. I CAN see colour... I seem to be pretty sensitive. Like I said with the G I don't see it unless it's next to a D... but when I look at the I from the side with anything resembling a white background, I see the warmth and it bugs me. BELIEVE me it's tempting! It was a STUNNING stone ... but I know I'd regret it!

I think it's a "mind clean" thing. Certainly no, anyone who admired your ring at lunch when it's not perfectly clean and didn't have a white BG behind it wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a VVS1 and a VS2 or a G and an I. :) So it's definitely a better deal! I just see more colour than some I guess. Even the SA's at Tiffany's were impressed with my eye for colour, I can arrange them by colour pretty accurately when looking at a few together. :)
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I saw a few 2+ carats (E, G & I) at Tiffany when I went ring shopping and I could also see a yellow tinge from the side of the I diamond. Especially under the lights of the store and I could also arrange them by color, but i think only because they were side by side. But when the SA brought all three under sunlight, they all sparkled brilliantly white, and I had a hard time telling which was which, lol. But I agree, if you have the funds and the color bothers you, definitely go with a G. Whatever makes you happy, and buy the ring of you dreams without regret!
 
#60
surfergirljen said:
Gah! New contender just thrown into the ring!

2.07 H VS2, $47,400

I wonder if I'd see colour in an H... hmmmm! Go up .03 and one colour grade for $8,500?
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I'd seriously consider the H. Just go look, just to see. It doesn't hurt to keep your options open!!

Bag*Snob - she's looking a the classic solitaire.
 
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