HCA scale

[dbanner8732]

Hello everybody,

Just curious if anyone would by a diamond that was in the "very good" range on the HCA scale. I found a couple diamonds that are outside the 0-2 range, but they have very good table and depth percentages and pretty good pavilion and crown angles... Like 35 and 40.5

They just barely miss the excellent mark, and I think I might be able to get a steal here on price. Any risk takers out there? (I haven't seen them in person, but have on the site)

 

[stone-cold11]

Depends on the numbers and which lab grades it. Also if idealscope image is available.

 

[dbanner8732]

http://www.ritani.com/diamonds/round-diamond-1-12-H-color-GIA-certified/D-G1QSV5?search_key=D-G1QSV5


http://www.ritani.com/diamonds/round-diamond-1-22-I-color-GIA-certified/D-G1099X?search_key=D-G1099x


These 2 both score around 3.5 in the very good range. Also, they are both eye clean.

Opinions? (GIA graded both diamonds)

 

[tyty333]

Just from viewing the images, the first one looks better than the second one. The second one looks like it has more
leakage. Can you get an idealscope image?

 

[dbanner8732]

I haven't got an idealscope image yet on them, but I will. I think you are right though as far as which diamond will perform better. Do you think you can tell a size difference in .10 carats?

 

[chrono]

First one 6.72 x 6.69
Second one 6.87 x 6.81
mm difference = 0.15 x 0.12

Try drawing out what 0.15 mm looks like and you decide if that makes a difference to you. It's practically a dot.