Help choosing between 3 rounds

[sourbeer155]

Hi!

I recently discovered your forum here and reading through over the past few weeks has been very helpful. I am working with Ada Diamonds and was wondering if anyone could provide any insight on the cut differences among these 3 diamonds. Prices are all within $500. I have created an imgur album to view the GIA and IGI reports (along with HCA tool screenshots) so that you all don't need to click through the GIA captchas.

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Option 1: 1.03 E VS1
Option 2: 1.06 D VVS2
Option 3: 1.06 D VS1

Thanks in advance for anyone who has a moment to give some insight.

 

[Kim N]

Just based on the numbers I like the first and third ones. I would want to make sure there are no strain lines in the first one. Can you get ASET images?

 

[DejaWiz]

#1 of you want it to lean toward more fire, #3 if you favor more brilliance, #2 if you want a nice balance.
What kind of pricing are they quoting you, if you don't mind sharing that?
I only ask because Ada does quite a bit of in-house vetting for QA, but they do tend to tack on a bit of a price premium.
There are a lot of customer benefits and perks, though.
As Kim N mentioned, try to get ASET images so that you can accurately gauge optical precision and light return.

 

[sourbeer155]

Just based on the numbers I like the first and third ones. I would want to make sure there are no strain lines in the first one. Can you get ASET images?

Thanks for the input! I do not have ASET images, but I do have HD videos of the stones:

Option 1
Option 2
Option 3

 

[Kim N]

Thanks for the input! I do not have ASET images, but I do have HD videos of the stones:

Option 1
Option 2
Option 3

The videos look good. It would be nice to have ASET images to verify light return if you can get them. Option 1 might have a slight edge to my eye, just based on the videos.