GIA Excellent cut but HCA 3.8. Please your opinion

[pm_an]

Hi,

I bought a diamond. I want to have your opinion on its cut. Its excellent cut by GIA but scores poorly on HCA. Please find the details below. I have not seen the stone but can return it. I saw some diamond with excellent cut from GIA that just look like dead. Im worried i made the wrong choice. Shall i wait to see it or return it straight away. Let me know your thoughts.

CUT Excellent
Polish Excellent
Symmetry Very good


PROPORTIONS

Depth 62.8 %
Table 58 %
Crown Angle 36.5°
Crown Height 16.0%
Pavilion Angle 40.8°
Pavilion Depth 43.5%
Star Length 50%
Lower Half 80%
Girdle Medium, Faceted, 3.5%
Culet None

Thank you

 

[phix90]

I'm in the same boat and was told to stick with the below figures from a user named Diamondseek. The guy has 40k+ posts so he must know what he's talking about


Table: 54-58

Depth: 60-62.3

Crown angle: 34-35

pavilion angle: 40.6-41.0

Goodluck