I am selecting a stone and I printed out all of the stones with tables between 53 and 58 and depths from 59 to 61. I computed the HCA for each one, and sorted the list by dollars-per-width in mm (better than dollars-per-carat in my book!) The goal being to find the cheapest stone that has a good HCA within the color/clarity range that I want (D-F and VS1-VS2). Polish/sym are all vg to ex.
But I noticed that some stones with low HCAs (like under 0.6) had depths of 61.2 or 61.3.
So if a stone has an HCA of 0.4 but a depth of 61.2, should I want it even though some people have said that a depth more than 61.0 was like walking off a cliff? Or did those people mean 61.9 was the limit?
But I noticed that some stones with low HCAs (like under 0.6) had depths of 61.2 or 61.3.
So if a stone has an HCA of 0.4 but a depth of 61.2, should I want it even though some people have said that a depth more than 61.0 was like walking off a cliff? Or did those people mean 61.9 was the limit?