Please help

[Sevenwires]

Hi Guys... my boyfriend is giving me a budget of $10,000 to work with and I needed help in selecting a diamond..

Can anyone please tell me which diamond will look better aside from the color? Also, diamond #1 had an HCA score of 0.7 --- and diamond #2 had an HCA score of 1.5 ---- I don''t quite understand it, is it better to have a higher score? or lower score?

thanks in advance... any comment is greatly appreciated!

Diamond #1
$9358
. Shape: Round Ideal Cut
. Carat: 1.54 F Si2
. Depth %: 60.6
. Table %: 56
. Crown Angle: 33
. Crown %: 14.5
. Star : 50
. Pavilion Angle: 40.6
. Pavilion %: 43
. Lower Girdle %: 75
. Girdle: Medium to Slightly Thick Faceted
. Measurements: 7.45-7.47X4.52
. Polish: Excellent
. Symmetry: Excellent
. Culet: Pointed
. Fluorescence: Negligible




Diamond #2
$10,599
. Shape: round H&A
. Carat: 1.537 I Si1
. Depth %: 61.8
. Table %: 56.5
. Crown Angle: 34.8
. Crown %: 15.1
. Star : 52.3
. Pavilion Angle: 40.8
. Pavilion %: 43.1
. Lower Girdle %: 75.5
. Girdle: Thin to Medium Faceted
. Measurements: 7.38-7.41X4.56
. Light Performance: 0
. Polish: Ideal
. Symmetry: Ideal
. Culet: Pointed
. Fluorescence: Negligible

 

[Ellen]

Hi sevens,

Nice budget!

The second one looks lovely, I don't see a thing wrong with it. It looks like it was graded by AGS (was it?). That would be my pick, very nice.

As for the first, it's a bit on the shallow side. That's not a horrible thing, but "head shadow" can sometimes be a problem with them. And they may not have quite the punch of a well cut stone.

On the HCA, anything under two can be a possible go ahead to get more information on a stone. Besides the number score, you want the x to ideally fall inside AGS territory, or close to it. A score under 1 usually indicates shallower numbers, as in your first.


But as I said, it looks like the second stone is an AGS0, and should be a stunner!

 

[Sevenwires]

Hi Ellen!! thanks so much for the reply......

 

[chrono]

My pick will be the I SI1 stone as well (for the same reasons as Ellen''s), even though the F SI2 stone looks like no slouch either. The I is still very white and do check that the inclusions are not visible to your naked eye from the table view.

 

[Lorelei]

Yep, 'nother vote for the second one Sevens!

Also regarding the HCA scores, once you get under 2, the lowest score doesn't mean that diamond is better than another necessarily - once you score below 2, you need to evaluate each diamond by other means such as Idealscope, other cut technologies and your own eyes finally.