Quick Q on the Holloway Cut Adviser

[mayo1209]

Can I evaluate RB diamonds that are hearts and arrows only? Or can diamonds with "excellent" or "very good" symmetry be analyzed as well

 

[stone-cold11]

That is an assumption. It is suppose to be use as a weeding out tool not selection tool.

 

[mayo1209]

That is what I am trying to do - eliminate the ones that don''t score well.

But I am not sure if a diamond is not H&A should I even run the numbers through the cut adviser or eliminate it?

The AGS report shows AGS 000 next to Light performance, Polish and symmetry

 

[Ellen]

Date: 7/21/2009 8:21:37 PM
Author: mayo1209
That is what I am trying to do - eliminate the ones that don''t score well.

But I am not sure if a diamond is not H&A should I even run the numbers through the cut adviser or eliminate it?

The AGS report shows AGS 000 next to Light performance, Polish and symmetry

Sure! A diamond does not have to be H&A to be well cut/pretty!

 

[stone-cold11]

That is why it is an assumption. You assume it to be ideal symm, then if it perform badly even with that assumption on the HCA, can it perform well in real life with less than ideal symm?

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 7/21/2009 8:21:37 PM
Author: mayo1209
That is what I am trying to do - eliminate the ones that don't score well.

But I am not sure if a diamond is not H&A should I even run the numbers through the cut adviser or eliminate it?

The AGS report shows AGS 000 next to Light performance, Polish and symmetry

Just in the first instance eliminate the ones which score above 2, then evaluate the ones which do with ASET/ Idealscope images, that is all the HCA is meant for. No way to tell if a diamond is h&a without images.