I am narrowing down my search for RB stones.
The first is a 0.90 H VS2 ACA:
RB #1
The second, at about $400- more is a 1.01 H VS2 from their Expert Selection:
RB #2
They both score a 1.4 on the HCA and look like they would be clean from a side view based on the plotting diagram in the AGS report (important because I will be mounting it in a more open u-prong setting).
Is the extra performance that is gained from the ACA over the ES stone significant enough to? I have already read some of the vendor posts on how a stone is picked as an ACA stone and not an ES stone, but I wanted to get some expert opinions as to which one of the two they would choose and why.
This is a difficult decision to make and having to decide between two stones with very similar stats makes it that much more difficult. Thank you in advance for your help and advice!
The first is a 0.90 H VS2 ACA:
RB #1
The second, at about $400- more is a 1.01 H VS2 from their Expert Selection:
RB #2
They both score a 1.4 on the HCA and look like they would be clean from a side view based on the plotting diagram in the AGS report (important because I will be mounting it in a more open u-prong setting).
Is the extra performance that is gained from the ACA over the ES stone significant enough to? I have already read some of the vendor posts on how a stone is picked as an ACA stone and not an ES stone, but I wanted to get some expert opinions as to which one of the two they would choose and why.
This is a difficult decision to make and having to decide between two stones with very similar stats makes it that much more difficult. Thank you in advance for your help and advice!