I've been reading the forums here for the past week and need some of your expertise help in choosing the perfect diamond for my ring.
I was originally looking for an ideal cut stone of D-F color with clarity of VS1 or better, approx 0.7 - 0.75ct. However, I have found three ideal cut stones that look really good but they are of clarity SI1 which is what I'm not sure of. Could someone please take a look at the specs and help me pick the best stone... I also ran the specs on the HCA tool and got the following scores. I'm not sure what HCA score would be good either. Please help
Stone 1
Price: $3354
Shape: Round H&A
Carat: 0.715
Color: F
Clarity: SI1
Depth: 60.9
Table: 56
Crown Angle: 34.9
Crown %: 15.3
Pavilion Angle: 40.9
Pavilion %: 43
Girdle: Thin to Medium
Polish: Ideal
Symmetry: Ideal
Culet: Pointed
Fluorescence: Negligible
Measurements: 5.80-5.82X3.54
HCA Score: 1.7
Stone 2
Price: $3402
Shape: Round H&A
Carat: 0.720
Color: F
Clarity: SI1
Depth: 61.2
Table: 57
Crown Angle: 34.4
Crown %: 14.4
Pavilion Angle: 40.9
Pavilion %: 43
Girdle: Faceted 1.0% to 1.7%
Polish: Ideal
Symmetry: Ideal
Culet: Pointed
Fluorescence: Negligible
Measurements: 5.75-5.80X3.53
HCA Score: 1.5
Stone 3
Price: 2965
Shape: Round Ideal Cut
Carat: 0.710
Color: E
Clarity: SI1
Depth: 60.8
Table: 56
Crown Angle: 34.9
Crown %: 15.3
Pavilion Angle: 41.1
Pavilion %: 43.2
Girdle: Thin to Medium
Polish: Excellent
Symmetry: Excellent
Culet: Pointed
Fluorescence: Negligible
Measurements: 5.80-5.82X3.53
HCA Score: 2.7
I have attached the Ideal Scope for the first stone IS_1.jpeg
I was originally looking for an ideal cut stone of D-F color with clarity of VS1 or better, approx 0.7 - 0.75ct. However, I have found three ideal cut stones that look really good but they are of clarity SI1 which is what I'm not sure of. Could someone please take a look at the specs and help me pick the best stone... I also ran the specs on the HCA tool and got the following scores. I'm not sure what HCA score would be good either. Please help
Stone 1
Price: $3354
Shape: Round H&A
Carat: 0.715
Color: F
Clarity: SI1
Depth: 60.9
Table: 56
Crown Angle: 34.9
Crown %: 15.3
Pavilion Angle: 40.9
Pavilion %: 43
Girdle: Thin to Medium
Polish: Ideal
Symmetry: Ideal
Culet: Pointed
Fluorescence: Negligible
Measurements: 5.80-5.82X3.54
HCA Score: 1.7
Stone 2
Price: $3402
Shape: Round H&A
Carat: 0.720
Color: F
Clarity: SI1
Depth: 61.2
Table: 57
Crown Angle: 34.4
Crown %: 14.4
Pavilion Angle: 40.9
Pavilion %: 43
Girdle: Faceted 1.0% to 1.7%
Polish: Ideal
Symmetry: Ideal
Culet: Pointed
Fluorescence: Negligible
Measurements: 5.75-5.80X3.53
HCA Score: 1.5
Stone 3
Price: 2965
Shape: Round Ideal Cut
Carat: 0.710
Color: E
Clarity: SI1
Depth: 60.8
Table: 56
Crown Angle: 34.9
Crown %: 15.3
Pavilion Angle: 41.1
Pavilion %: 43.2
Girdle: Thin to Medium
Polish: Excellent
Symmetry: Excellent
Culet: Pointed
Fluorescence: Negligible
Measurements: 5.80-5.82X3.53
HCA Score: 2.7
I have attached the Ideal Scope for the first stone IS_1.jpeg