Bad HCA/Good IS Image

[wbarnwell]

HCA is a 3.2 on one of my .37 side stones. Initially, for some reason I thought it scored a 2.5, but that is aside from the point.

It's measurements:
Depth: 62%
Table: 55%
Crown Angle: 34.5
Pavilion Angle: 41.2

However, this is its IS image:


I'm assuming that I have nothing to worry about, and that the stone is going to be beautiful.

 

[wbarnwell]

Close up:

 

[whatmeworry]

You have nothing to worry about. The stone is going to be beautiful.

 

[wbarnwell]

You have nothing to worry about. The stone is going to be beautiful.

That's what I was wanting to hear! I just wrote the check so I am getting butterflies!

 

[wbarnwell]

Besides, the other two look like this:




and

 

[yssie]

All look just fine

 

[bunnycat]

It looks fine. I think that is one of the things Yekutiel is known for, being able to find nice looking stones that may fall through the cracks using HCA. I'd say the IS image plus Yekutiels input trumps the numbers and all is well.

 

[wbarnwell]

It looks fine. I think that is one of the things Yekutiel is known for, being able to find nice looking stones that may fall through the cracks using HCA. I'd say the IS image plus Yekutiels input trumps the numbers and all is well.

Yeah, plus how much of a difference would it make on a stone that small, anyway?

 

[04diamond<3]

Looks great!

 

[Enerchi]

You have 3 great diamonds there!! Nice IS images! And the important part is how it looks to the eye and sounds like Yekutiel has given them his seal of approval. No worries!

 

[diamonds-are-friends]

ignore the hca score with idealscope or aset data in hand.

 

[Garry H (Cut Nut)]

When the symmetry is good 2.5 is not a problem.
its a very nice stone.

 

[TitanCi]

^When the creator of the IS says it's good, then it's no problem!

 

[madelise]

When the symmetry is good 2.5 is not a problem.
its a very nice stone.

This is why the HCA is used as a "rule out" tool, and not to be purely relied on. There are stones that can have bad HCA grades, but be great stones. It's a useful tool, definitely, but don't only rely on it. There are more than a couple of Pricescope vendors that do not go by HCA grades purely for this reason.

 

[Dreamer_D]

It looks fine. I think that is one of the things Yekutiel is known for, being able to find nice looking stones that may fall through the cracks using HCA. I'd say the IS image plus Yekutiels input trumps the numbers and all is well.

Yeah, plus how much of a difference would it make on a stone that small, anyway?

Not much! Even if there is a little leakage or something (which there does not appear to be) there is no way you can see it in a 4.5mm diamond. The table is like 2.25mm wide, could you spot some small areas fractions of millimeters that might not be perfect? I don't think so, not with a diamond this well cut.

 

[Laila619]

No worries!