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Should I select a depth larger than 61.0 if the HCA is good?

P: 10/29/2002 11:10:25 PM
rsilvers Cut Rock Total Posts: 251 Last Post: 11/24/2002 Member Since: 10/26/2002	I am selecting a stone and I printed out all of the stones with tables between 53 and 58 and depths from 59 to 61. I computed the HCA for each one, and sorted the list by dollars-per-width in mm (better than dollars-per-carat in my book!) The goal being to find the cheapest stone that has a good HCA within the color/clarity range that I want (D-F and VS1-VS2). Polish/sym are all vg to ex. But I noticed that some stones with low HCAs (like under 0.6) had depths of 61.2 or 61.3. So if a stone has an HCA of 0.4 but a depth of 61.2, should I want it even though some people have said that a depth more than 61.0 was like walking off a cliff? Or did those people mean 61.9 was the limit?
Posted: 10/29/2002 11:10:25 PM

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P: 10/29/2002 11:13:08 PM
Tarams Cut Rock Total Posts: 228 Last Post: 12/21/2008 Member Since: 11/26/2001	Sounds like a job for CutNut! Tara
Posted: 10/29/2002 11:13:08 PM

P: 10/29/2002 11:25:55 PM
rsilvers Cut Rock Total Posts: 251 Last Post: 11/24/2002 Member Since: 10/26/2002	But I do think I am smart to look for value in dollars-per-spread (width) rather than dollars-per-carat. In the 1.0 to 1.1 carat range I have found prices from $850 to $1500 per mm wide. And this was all within D-E VS1-VS2 limits. The value comes with the occasional AGS 000 with an HCA of 0.8 or lower that has occlusions on the side and a dollar-per-mm wide less than all of the lesser stones.
Posted: 10/29/2002 11:25:55 PM

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