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What am I missing about this cut? Please help. |
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| P: 10/8/2004 1:05:10 PM | |
poorcollegeguy Rough Rock Total Posts: 2 Last Post: 10/8/2004 Member Since: 9/17/2004 |
Hello, I would first like to thank everyone who responded to my earlier thread with beginners questions. You guys really came through and I appreciate it. Thanks to you all, I know consider myself a novice (which is a big improvement, trust me). Now, I have taken what I have learned and have found a diamond that I think is pretty good. However, something seems wrong with the way that AGS graded the cut. The certificate says that it is an "Excellent 1 cut". That’s less than Ideal right? But the specs seem almost spotless. Please take a look at the numbers and let me know what I am missing about the cut of this stone. Thanks in advance for any help. The stone: Round Cut Cut: Table Diameter: 55% Crown Angle: 34.8 degrees Crown Height %: 15.5 Pavilion Angle: 40.8 degrees Pavilion Depth: 42.9% Girdle Thickness: faceted 1%-1.1% Cutlet: pointed Depth: 60.7% Polish: Excellent Symmetry: Ideal Proportions: Ideal Color F Clarity VS2 What am I missing? And is what makes this an "excellent" instead of "ideal" really going to make that big of a difference on the brilliance or fire of the stone? Thanks a lot, Nathan Sometimes you break the ice, and sometimes the ice breaks you. (I really don't care about the money I just thought that was clever.) |
| Posted: 10/8/2004 1:05:10 PM | |
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| P: 10/8/2004 2:01:16 PM | |
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Brian Knox Cut Rock Total Posts: 337 Last Post: 2/5/2005 Member Since: 3/26/2004 |
Hi Nathan, Cutters tell me that when trying to obtain the AGS zero cut, which involves getting AGS's highest rating or "0" on the following: ideal polish ideal symmetry ideal proportions that getting the designation 'ideal' for polish is the most difficult for various reasons. Getting a higher score (lesser quality) than a zero on any of the three categories will disqualify a stone from getting the sought after zero cut designation. I have seen many spectacular diamonds graded as the diamond you are considering. It is highly unlikely that 'you' could tell the difference between a ideal polish and a one cut for polish.  If you have compared it against other ideal cut stones, I would not worry about it. Brian Knox |
| Posted: 10/8/2004 2:01:16 PM | |
| P: 10/8/2004 2:40:57 PM | |
aljdewey Ideal Rock Total Posts: 8,236 Last Post: 2/11/2008 Member Since: 11/25/2002 |
Ditto....this didn't get an AGS0 rating because the polish is excellent instead of ideal. It's NOTHING your eye would be able to discern, and it means you get a much better deal for the money. Nice pick! _____________________ |
| Posted: 10/8/2004 2:40:57 PM | |
| P: 10/8/2004 4:34:45 PM | |
JohnQuixote Ideal Rock Total Posts: 5,212 Last Post: 5/24/2008 Member Since: 9/9/2004 |
Those dimensions receive a 1.3 on HCA. Excellent choice (any score below 2 means you have eliminated known poor performers - an estimated 95% of all diamonds).
John |
| Posted: 10/8/2004 4:34:45 PM | |
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