I've been looking at various diamonds for an engagement ring. Found a 1.81 whiteflash ACA which I ordered. I went to the local jewelry store to compare it to a 2.0c J VS2 gia EX/EX/EX which looked just as good to me both in the store and in the sunlight. I'm a little nervous to purchase the stone b/c when I put the proportions into the HCA it comes up with a score of 3.4. I used a hearts and arrows viewer in the store and it looked pretty good to my untrained eye. Am I missing something? My fear is that when I look at it out of the store and in other lighting conditions, it won't shine as bright. My other idea was to get this stone from James Allen
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/2.11-carat-j-color-vs2-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-2145467
The HCA score is 1.8 so within the acceptable range and an idealscope image below
Please help
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/2.11-carat-j-color-vs2-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-2145467
The HCA score is 1.8 so within the acceptable range and an idealscope image below
Please help