All thoughts and opinions welcome and appreciated here!! have narrowed down my engagement stone down to 3 choices. I'm nearly certain I've decided to go with a Brian Gavin after hours and hours of scouring the internet and research. My priority is sparkle. As far as the smaller BGB I am ok with the size, but it is 17% or so smaller. The photo below shows the size difference, to me if they're not side by side I don't think I'd be able to tell the difference. So if the black trade of is worth the size I am ok with that. Option 4 is intriguing as it scored well on HCA and stonealgo. Or do I scrap and go a different direction? Thanks in advance to all you with 1,000,000x more knowledge than I have!
1.
https://www.briangavindiamonds.com/...603-f-vvs2-signature-round-bkags-104118614018
It is a touch smaller than I want, but it is the black collection. I'm trying to decide if the extra attention it received in cutting is a trade off for the slightly smaller size. It gets a 1.4 on the HCA tool.
2&3.
These are very similar to me as a novice. https://www.briangavindiamonds.com/...oducts/0-79-d-si1-brian-gavin-signature-round this one gets a 1.1 on the HCA and 9.3 cut score on stonealgo. https://www.briangavindiamonds.com/products/0-778-d-si1-signature-round this one gets .8 HCA
My non Brian Gavin option:
4. https://dreamstone.com/loose-diamon...rity-DreamStone+Ideal-cut-1443786183_SRACP12D It gets a .8 HCA score and a 9.7 stonealgo cut score.
1.
https://www.briangavindiamonds.com/...603-f-vvs2-signature-round-bkags-104118614018
It is a touch smaller than I want, but it is the black collection. I'm trying to decide if the extra attention it received in cutting is a trade off for the slightly smaller size. It gets a 1.4 on the HCA tool.
2&3.
These are very similar to me as a novice. https://www.briangavindiamonds.com/...oducts/0-79-d-si1-brian-gavin-signature-round this one gets a 1.1 on the HCA and 9.3 cut score on stonealgo. https://www.briangavindiamonds.com/products/0-778-d-si1-signature-round this one gets .8 HCA
My non Brian Gavin option:
4. https://dreamstone.com/loose-diamon...rity-DreamStone+Ideal-cut-1443786183_SRACP12D It gets a .8 HCA score and a 9.7 stonealgo cut score.