Price vs Holloway Cut Advisor Rating

[h_dog2]

I had a general question regarding the cut of diamonds.

There are some beautiful diamonds out there, I have been looking off and on over the past couple of months at alot of diamonds on the internet, mainly on pricescope. I have been using the Holloway Cut Advisor to narrow down my searches.

More of a general question regarding buying a diamond, I know it may eventually come down to personal preference, are there any benefits from buying a diamond that gets a HCA quality of say 1.0 to say 1.6-1.8? There can be a cost difference of up to 25-30% at times and I am struggling on whether it is worthwile to spend that ''extra'' money for it.

I know how important cut is and I''m sure you can tell the difference but the rookie that I am, I struggle with this!

Please let me know what you think!

Thanks

 

[strmrdr]

Once the hca passes a diamond then its time to move on to other information.
Such as ideal-scope images, h&a images if its being sold as h&a and other information.

 

[Lorelei]

The HCA is used for rejection, not selection. It can't determine whether a diamond which scores 1 is better than a diamond that scores 1.6 for example. The aim when using the HCA is to find a diamond which scores 2 or below, then you evaluate it further with Idealscope, trusted vendor / appraiser input then lastly your own eyes. Bascially score 2 or below = "pass"and worth further evaluation. More info here - http://diamonds.pricescope.com/ideal.asp

Also in some instances diamonds which score over 2 which have top symmetry can still be worth consideration if you have other info available.

 

[h_dog2]

Thanks for the information.

I emailed a few vendors on the ones that rated under 2.0, unfortunately, it doesn''t appear that the IS image is normally available. I have asked if they can get it done, and at what cost. No one has responded back to me as of yet.

Thanks for the link, it was very helpful.