echelon6
Shiny_Rock
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- Jul 5, 2007
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Hi all
I''ve been looking at WF''s ACA collection and noticed that nearly ALL their stones (in the 1.5+ct range at least - that''s what I''ve been shopping around for) have LGF% < 76-77%.
But according to their own self-set criteria for ACAs, LGF% are bound between 76-80%. Out of around 10 ACAs they have in my carat range, only one has LGF at 78%, none above that, and probably 70% of their ACAs have LGF <= 75%
Is there a reason why it seems that WF intentionally stocks ACAs with low LGF%s? Or have all the high LGF tight stones been sold already? (I doubt that)
And more intriguingly, WF seems to be in breach of its self set criterial of 76-80% for stones to qualify as ACA, since many of their stones have LGF%s of 74-76%
For example:
http://www.whiteflash.com/hearts_arrows/A-Cut-Above-H-A-cut-diamond-231904.htm - 76
http://www.whiteflash.com/hearts_arrows/A-Cut-Above-H-A-cut-diamond-179725.htm - 75.5
http://www.whiteflash.com/hearts_arrows/A-Cut-Above-H-A-cut-diamond-179720.htm - 75.1
http://www.whiteflash.com/hearts_arrows/A-Cut-Above-H-A-cut-diamond-231904.htm - 76
http://www.whiteflash.com/hearts_arrows/A-Cut-Above-H-A-cut-diamond-312247.htm - 76
http://www.whiteflash.com/hearts_arrows/A-Cut-Above-H-A-cut-diamond-312245.htm - 75
And those were the first 6 that came up in the search...

I''ve been looking at WF''s ACA collection and noticed that nearly ALL their stones (in the 1.5+ct range at least - that''s what I''ve been shopping around for) have LGF% < 76-77%.
But according to their own self-set criteria for ACAs, LGF% are bound between 76-80%. Out of around 10 ACAs they have in my carat range, only one has LGF at 78%, none above that, and probably 70% of their ACAs have LGF <= 75%
Is there a reason why it seems that WF intentionally stocks ACAs with low LGF%s? Or have all the high LGF tight stones been sold already? (I doubt that)
And more intriguingly, WF seems to be in breach of its self set criterial of 76-80% for stones to qualify as ACA, since many of their stones have LGF%s of 74-76%
For example:
http://www.whiteflash.com/hearts_arrows/A-Cut-Above-H-A-cut-diamond-231904.htm - 76
http://www.whiteflash.com/hearts_arrows/A-Cut-Above-H-A-cut-diamond-179725.htm - 75.5
http://www.whiteflash.com/hearts_arrows/A-Cut-Above-H-A-cut-diamond-179720.htm - 75.1
http://www.whiteflash.com/hearts_arrows/A-Cut-Above-H-A-cut-diamond-231904.htm - 76
http://www.whiteflash.com/hearts_arrows/A-Cut-Above-H-A-cut-diamond-312247.htm - 76
http://www.whiteflash.com/hearts_arrows/A-Cut-Above-H-A-cut-diamond-312245.htm - 75
And those were the first 6 that came up in the search...
