Help interpreting an Ideal Scope

[bayou_rouge]

Good afternoon! I am hoping that someone could help me interpret this IS. I have no clue as to how to read it. It seems to have a lot of white. Which I think is bad?

 

[bayou_rouge]

Additional info:

1.80ct
Cut Grade: Excellent

PROPORTIONS

Depth: 61.0%
Table: 59%
Crown Angle: 33.0°
Crown Height: 13.5%
Pavilion Angle: 41.6°
Pavilion Depth: 44.0%
Star Length: 50%
Lower Half: 80%
Girdle: Medium to Slightly Thick (3.5%)
Culet: None
Polish: Excellent
Symmetry: Excellent
Fluorescence: Medium Blue

 

[ecf8503]

Pass. Plus it scores a 4.6 on the HCA - "good" - only if price is your main concern.

Is it a GIA stone? Their definition of "excellent" cut grade is wide enough to drive a truck through.

Keep looking.

 

[bayou_rouge]

Thanks for replying! Yes, it is a GIA excellent cut. Now I see that I cannot depend on that alone. So, I should always look at the HCA score and an Ideal Scope?

 

[SHOWBIZ]

Use the HCA tool to help weed out the diamonds that might not perform as well (anything with HCA scores higher than 2), then you can use the idealscope images to help make your final decision.

 

[Todd Gray]

A picture is worth a thousand words: Ideal Scope reference chart and can say more than I'm allowed to as a trade member

 

[WinkHPD]

A picture is worth a thousand words: Ideal Scope reference chart and can say more than I'm allowed to as a trade member

Au contraire Todd. I believe we in the trade are allowed to answer questions and since the diamond is not identified as to who the vendor is I believe that you could have told him in plain English that the stone reeks.

It is a great example of why we want to always see the diamond and hopefully an IS or ASET image. They make it very clear, very quick when a diamond is not up to snuff.

Wink

 

[teobdl]

BTW that looks like an arrows viewer image not an idealscope image.

Do you need help finding a nice diamond? what are your desired specs (if known)? and how much do you want to pay?

 

[John P]

BTW that looks like an arrows viewer image not an idealscope image.

Agreed. That's not an Ideal-Scope image.