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A gemstone can only be improved so much. If the material is inexpensive to begin with, the cost analysis will show that it makes NO sense to recut the stone. You add up the material loss, cost of recut, shipping and usually loss of saturation and tone, and sometimes change in hue, and your final result will show either a negative value compared to the original or at most, the same value. If the colour is NOT there in the first place, no amount of fancy cutting is going to improve its worth. A recut on inexpensive and common material will also not improve its worth.
Also, with regards to why the stone looks better in the vendor's pictures? Look at the background colour. Dark background and background colour where it is similar to the stone's colour gives the impression of better saturation.
Also, with regards to why the stone looks better in the vendor's pictures? Look at the background colour. Dark background and background colour where it is similar to the stone's colour gives the impression of better saturation.