I appreciate the info on your site and your willingness to help guys like me. I have chosen a setting on jamesallen.com and am now trying to choose the center stone. My budget is $4,000 and the setting is $1,675. I have narrowed it down to 3 stones, the links are pasted below, along with the link to the setting. I am trying to follow your advice on choosing the biggest stone with the lowest clarity that is naked eye clean, but am worried about it. A clear, bright stone is more important to me than size. The .70 SI2 stone below looks pretty good to my uneducated eye though. The others are smaller, but with improved clarity ratings. I’d apprcaite your advice or recommendation. Sincere thanks. https://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/H-SI2-Ideal-Cut-Round-Diamond-1345626.asp https://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/H-VS2-Ideal-Cut-Round-Diamond-1380309.asp https://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/H-VS1-Ideal-Cut-Round-Diamond-1370662.asp Thanks for writing and the kind words about the site! That H SI2 looks great to me! Although, the 0.62ct stone is a tiny bit cheaper, and the difference in size is only JUST BARELY noticeable, if at all. 0.20mm is just about the threshold where you start noticing a difference in size. So actually, I think the 0.62ct stone might be a better choice! Just wanted to say thanks again. I appreciate the rapid reply. I Just completed my order and am really excited about it. I found the info on your site to be very valuable and it helped me to be confident about an on-line purchase of something so important. I truly believe I will be getting a better value for my money than shopping local retail, while avoiding some of the unpleasantries of dealing with in-store shopping. My pleasure! Please stay in touch and let me know what you think when it arrives! The ring got here (right when they said it would) and it is beautiful! Thanks again for the pointers. I will surely recommend James Allen and your site for anybody looking to educate themselves on diamonds. You were a very big help to me and I truly appreciate it. Thanks so much for thinking of me and letting me know! I’m so happy it all worked out so nicely for you. Do you think you could do me a small favor? If you could leave me a short review on ivouch, I would be extremely grateful. Here’s a direct link if you have the time: xxxx Thanks and congratulations!
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