Hello all,
Just wanted to start by saying thank you all for the great information that has been written on both this forum and site. Keep it up.
I am a bit confused by the Halloway Cut Advisor scores. Do they correlate with the pictoral/ graphical representation of Brillant TIC and Fiery Ideal diamonds. I assume that stones with larger Table % are going to be more brillant while stones with smaller table % are going to be more fiery. How is a diamond that scores 1 different from a .5?
Another area that I could use some clarification on is cut angles. If you select a range of depth and table %'s can you match that with a range of Crown and Pavillion angles in order to arrive at a Halloway score. (For example, if you wanted a stone that scored 1.5 or less on the Halloway and you wanted a stone with a 59 - 61 % Table and 58- 61 % depth could you select a range of Crown and Pavillion angles that would allow this?)
Lastly does anyone out there know of a quality jeweler in the Albany, NY area? I like the idea of buying a stone online, but would really prefer to find a jeweler where I could take my to be fiance to see and select a setting.
Thanks in advance for your input.
Just wanted to start by saying thank you all for the great information that has been written on both this forum and site. Keep it up.
I am a bit confused by the Halloway Cut Advisor scores. Do they correlate with the pictoral/ graphical representation of Brillant TIC and Fiery Ideal diamonds. I assume that stones with larger Table % are going to be more brillant while stones with smaller table % are going to be more fiery. How is a diamond that scores 1 different from a .5?
Another area that I could use some clarification on is cut angles. If you select a range of depth and table %'s can you match that with a range of Crown and Pavillion angles in order to arrive at a Halloway score. (For example, if you wanted a stone that scored 1.5 or less on the Halloway and you wanted a stone with a 59 - 61 % Table and 58- 61 % depth could you select a range of Crown and Pavillion angles that would allow this?)
Lastly does anyone out there know of a quality jeweler in the Albany, NY area? I like the idea of buying a stone online, but would really prefer to find a jeweler where I could take my to be fiance to see and select a setting.
Thanks in advance for your input.