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Here's an interesting question. As a cutter, we are always faced with compromises when cutting a stone. One is often weight. So the question is, if you had a choice of a stone to be cut and yield 10 cts for $100 per ct or $1000 total, or the same stone cut, but the weight would be 8 cts and the price $125 per ct for a total of $1000. Which would you take. Now the face up size would be exactly the same, but the 10 ct stone would have excess weight in the belly and maybe a keel pavilion, where the 8 ct stone wouldn't, and would have a nicer cut and performance.