HVVS
Brilliant_Rock
- Joined
- Sep 30, 2009
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1. The HCA is slightly biased toward shallower stones and that may ding some atypical diamonds on their "predicted performance" but the actual real-life performance is still pretty good.
2. Lots of older diamonds might be 58% to 60% deep and have big tables and don't look like today's 55% table 62% deep H&A superideals, but are still very pretty diamonds, especially for the right price. European cuts (European, not Old European) have big tables and low crown angles compared to today's H&As. They have a different look, but that's not necessarily bad.
3. There have been comments over the years on this board as you hit and exceed the 2ct mark, it gets tougher and much more expensive to find really well-cut large diamonds. It just may not be worth the premium prices to get that perfect superideal H&A 2ct when you can find something nice and big but not H&A for significantly less, by say, buying an older-cut diamond.
If what you want is a H&A modern RB, OP, then maybe you should bring up the subject. But if you got a nice-looking big diamond and it's pretty, it might be better to just enjoy it and don't worry about it's pedigree.
2. Lots of older diamonds might be 58% to 60% deep and have big tables and don't look like today's 55% table 62% deep H&A superideals, but are still very pretty diamonds, especially for the right price. European cuts (European, not Old European) have big tables and low crown angles compared to today's H&As. They have a different look, but that's not necessarily bad.
3. There have been comments over the years on this board as you hit and exceed the 2ct mark, it gets tougher and much more expensive to find really well-cut large diamonds. It just may not be worth the premium prices to get that perfect superideal H&A 2ct when you can find something nice and big but not H&A for significantly less, by say, buying an older-cut diamond.
If what you want is a H&A modern RB, OP, then maybe you should bring up the subject. But if you got a nice-looking big diamond and it's pretty, it might be better to just enjoy it and don't worry about it's pedigree.