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Q&A: Looking for Princess Cut for Very Tight Budget

By Mike Fried, Updated October 24, 2017

Hello!

I was hoping if you could recommend me a good princess cut diamond on jamesallen.com for or under $600 (the budget is tight when you’re a law school student). I have a setting already picked out , so the $600 would go toward the diamond which would be upgraded down the road when I am out of law school.

This is the setting:
https://www.jamesallen.com/engagement-rings/pave/18k-Yellow-Gold-Thin-French-Cut-Pave-Set-Diamond-Engagement-Ring.html

It is yellow gold.

I hope you can help me and thank you so much for this website!

I would recommend this diamond for that setting:

https://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/H-VVS1-Ideal-Cut-Princess-Diamond-1551827.asp

It’s bright, eye-clean and well cut.

However, when I click on the link you provided it just gives me the page with a bunch of loose diamonds. Am I missing something?

PS. I’m open to a round diamond if that helps your search.

JA just rolled out a new site. It’s awesome, but the old links don’t work. Here are a couple I suggest:

www.jamesallen.com/#!/loose-diamonds/Princess-cut/0.40-carat-G-color-VS1-clarity-sku-72806
www.jamesallen.com/#!/loose-diamonds/Princess-cut/0.34-carat-H-color-VS1-clarity-sku-159791

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