As well as the undersized price points it would be good to consider the actual dimensions of the diamond itself.
A caret is a unit of weight. However when you look at a diamond your normally looking at it from the top so you don''t really care how deep the diamond is. You absolutely want the diamond to be deep enough for proper optics (and thus the use of the hca tool), but a well cut 0.95 caret stone might actually be bigger than a 1.0 caret stone and still be cheaper.
Just fooling around on one of the vendor websites I was able to find these two comparisons:
1.10 ct G/SI1 $5801 6.58x6.55x4.14 HCA=1.7
1.03 ct G/SI1 $5502 6.58x6.56x3.98 HCA=0.7
Looking straight down on the 2 they are exactly the same size. The optics should theoretically be equivilant as well (anything less than 2.0 ''passes'' the HCA test), however in the heavier stone your paying for that extra weight that may not give you any benefit unless you wanted to mount the stone sideways or something silly like that.
A caret is a unit of weight. However when you look at a diamond your normally looking at it from the top so you don''t really care how deep the diamond is. You absolutely want the diamond to be deep enough for proper optics (and thus the use of the hca tool), but a well cut 0.95 caret stone might actually be bigger than a 1.0 caret stone and still be cheaper.
Just fooling around on one of the vendor websites I was able to find these two comparisons:
1.10 ct G/SI1 $5801 6.58x6.55x4.14 HCA=1.7
1.03 ct G/SI1 $5502 6.58x6.56x3.98 HCA=0.7
Looking straight down on the 2 they are exactly the same size. The optics should theoretically be equivilant as well (anything less than 2.0 ''passes'' the HCA test), however in the heavier stone your paying for that extra weight that may not give you any benefit unless you wanted to mount the stone sideways or something silly like that.
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