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OMG. And it manages to score a "good" cut rating from GIA! Yikes....
 
That just mean it's a good deal for me! I'm so excited :appl: :love:
 
What a complete waste of a vvs1. :boohoo:
 
Why complete waste?

it's a super dooper nice cut!
 
Would make a good re-cut? :loopy:
 
I'm confused, why would it need re-cut? it scores 9 out of 10
 
9/10 is a bad thing. You want 2.0 or under on the HCA.
 
I really hope you are kidding. Do you see where the HCA said Light return: POOR, Fire: POOR, etc? Total Visual Performance: POOR??? This is a terrible diamond. :errrr:

Limit your search to GIA Excellent cut stones only. Even within that range, some are better than others. But I am willing to be more liberal with my judgement if you just stay in the Excellent cut range.
 
OMG.

That's a TERRIBLE stone.

The entire purpose of faceting a diamond is to reflect light.
How well or how poorly a diamond does this determines how beautiful it is.
How well a diamond performs is determined by the angles and cutting. This is why we say cut is king.
No other factor: not color, not clarity has as much of an impact on the appearance of a diamond as its cut. An ideal H will out white a poorly cut F. And GIA Ex is not enough. And you must stick to GIA and AGS only. EGL is a bad option: [URL='https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/egl-certification-are-any-of-them-ok.142863/']https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/egl-certification-are-any-of-them-ok.142863/[/URL]
So how to we ensure that we have the right angles and cutting to get the light performance we want?
https://www.pricescope.com/wiki/diamonds/diamond-cut
Well one method is to start with a GIA Ex, and then apply the HCA to it. YOU DO NOT USE HCA for AGS0 stones.
https://www.pricescope.com/wiki/diamonds/holloway-cut-advisor
The HCA is a rejection tool. Not a selection tool. It uses 4 data points to make a rudimentary call on how the diamond may perform.
If the diamond passes then you know that you are in the right zone in terms of angles for light performance. Under 2 is a pass. Under 2.5-2.1 is a maybe. 2.6 and over is a no. No score 2 and under is better than any other.
Is that enough? Not really.
So what you need is a way to check actual light performance of your actual stone.
That's what an idealscope image does. https://www.pricescope.com/wiki/diamonds/firescope-idealscope
It shows you how and wear your diamond is reflecting light, how well it is going at it, and where you are losing light return. That is why you won't see us recommending Blue Nile, as they do not provide idealscope images for their diamonds. BGD, James Allen, GOG, HPD, ERD and WF do.

The Idealscope is the 'selection tool'. Not the HCA.
So yes, with a GIA stone you need the idealscope images. Or you can buy an idealscope yourself and take it in to the jeweler you are working with to check the stones yourself. Or if you have a good return policy (full refund minimum 7 days) then you can buy the idealscope, buy the stone, and do it at home.


Now if you want to skip all that... stick to AGS0 stones and then all you have to do is pick color and clarity and you know you have a great performing diamond. Because AGS has already done the checking for you. That's why they trade at a premium.
 
OK, whose troll account are you? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
Oh wow! Really interesting (as someone who's learning) to see how the depth and the thick table significantly impact the spread! It faces up so small for its weight!!

And it says 'poor' over and over - hard to mistake as being a well performing stone - surely this is someone having a play? :)
 
:wall: :wall: :wall:
 
Aww... Play nice with the new kid. LOL
 
Troll Alert! LOL :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
No no no! you guys got it all wrong.

The "Poor" on the Holloway Cut Adviser stands for POORFORMANCE!

Light Return, Fire, and Scintillation are all in excellent poorformance, The Spread is Fair, that's the only bad thing about it from what I can see. Basically what it means it's bang for the bucks with the final grading to be excellent poorformance 9 out of 10.

I talked to several jewelry appraiser and even their jaw dropped from the amazing poorformance this diamond has. They were speechless, they have never seen such an amazing poorformance diamond such as this before.

I'm ordering it tonight once I get out of work. Hope no one beat me to the purchase, I'm so excited :appl: :appl: :appl:
 
So you are excited about buying a poor performing diamond? :confused:
 
FindingPerfectStone|1415208418|3778047 said:
Hope no one beat me to the purchase, I'm so excited :appl: :appl: :appl:

I doubt anyone has, don't worry about it.

This thread me laugh :lol:
 


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Well, this gets high marks as a piece of abstract art:

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As a high-performance diamond? Not so much. :knockout:
 
I'm sure that stone is rather *abstract* as diamonds go too...
 
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Should this thread be reported? Can't be real.
 
And let me guess, they are letting you pay in Dinar too? Def a great deal :appl:
 
Actually, sleeping inside that 1.50 ct H VVS1 steep deep is an ideal-cut 1.3 ct round with 0.2 ct of cellulite.
I say this because 1.3 ct ACAs have the same 7.00 mm diameter, and both crown and pavilion angles are greater than those of an ACA.

During liposuction Brian Gavin could remove that chip and that one natural on the girdle and may get an IF diamond.



Removing all that material may even bump it up from an I to an H if it was a borderline H ... since the light will be tinted less by traveling through a bit less colored material.

Even with recutting risk (apparently low with no feathers, knots or twinning wisps) an Internally Flawless 1.3 ct I or H ideal-cut round with no fluorescence for $9919, + maybe $750 for recutting, sounds like a bargain.
No?

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I like your thinking, Kenny... :sun:
 
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