aljdewey
Ideal_Rock
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Hate to be the corrector, but this is incorrect.Date: 6/8/2007 11:39:06 AM
Author: hikerchick
Date: 6/8/2007 1:53:19 AM
Author: ChicagoJohn13
As you'll notice, they're listed ascending by price. The first one came up in the search, but even my amateur eye can tell that one is of inferior quality.
John
I might be wrong here so someone correct me if I am . . . but that first one you listed is NOT an Expert Selection diamond. Just because a diamond on WF has 4 stars doesn't automatically make it an ES. It has to say 'round_ideal_cut' ??
The stone he listed IS an expert selection stone......which is denoted on the ideal-scope image with the ES cherries symbol.
Hiker, WF's Expert Selection criteria is 'value for the money'. While it's true that most ES stones are ideal-cut stones (many of which just miss the ACA designation), it's not a requirement, and it's not the priority.
ES stones are stones that have been hand-picked as offering the most value for the money. Every now and then, a non-ideal stone fits those parameters....may not be the most exceptionally cut but offers very good value for the money.