After reviewing the great information on this site as well as trolling on the message board I've narrowed down my choices to two similar Round stones from different shops -
Stone #1 -
1.00 I SI2, AGS000, calculated HCA score of 1.8 using stats from cert and the stone is engraved with H&A. Stone is fairly clean in the middle, feather on outter part which I believe dropped it to SI2.
Stone #2 -
1.01 I SI1, AGS000, calculated an HCA score of 1.4 from cert, no etching on stone but dealer is calling it H&A. Roughly $50 more than Stone #1.
Leaning towards stone#2 - opinions ?
Does the fact that stone#1 is etched as an H&A add a premium ???
Stone #1 -
1.00 I SI2, AGS000, calculated HCA score of 1.8 using stats from cert and the stone is engraved with H&A. Stone is fairly clean in the middle, feather on outter part which I believe dropped it to SI2.
Stone #2 -
1.01 I SI1, AGS000, calculated an HCA score of 1.4 from cert, no etching on stone but dealer is calling it H&A. Roughly $50 more than Stone #1.
Leaning towards stone#2 - opinions ?
Does the fact that stone#1 is etched as an H&A add a premium ???