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MMD with crystal/growth remnants inclusions opinion

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Hey everyone,

I'm looking to purchase a lab grown diamond from d.neadiamonds.com and one of the things that I could notice in all of the options provided were crystal inclusions.
This would be an online purchase and unfortunately I wouldn't have the chance to inspect it live myself and see how it looks.

Based on the certificates, the stones are pretty neat, except the inclusions for which I have a doubt.
Diamond #1: https://www.gcalusa.com/certificate-search.html?certificate_id=312531113
Diamond #2: https://www.gcalusa.com/certificate-search.html?certificate_id=LG312531079

In both cases, in the video provided in the certifications I could see at certain angles the crystals formed on the bottom part of the crown, as in the images bellow:
Diamond #1 (visible on the bottom right side):
Screenshot 2021-10-27 at 02.07.10.png

Diamond #2 (visible on the bottom left side):
Screenshot 2021-10-27 at 02.10.21.png

Is this something that I should be wary about, which can be spotted without magnification and which will cause the diamond to appear hazy/cloudy & have a bad light performance?

P.S. Please correct me if I'm wrong and these are not crystal or growth remnants, but rather other types of inclusion.
 
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I've seen that on a lot of GCAL photography/video, and I think it's dust in/on the enclosure that the diamond is placed in for the photo session being reflected.
Both are 8X graded and neither appear to have blue nuance, so either would be a great choice.
I like the 40.6/34.5/57 combo of the second diamond better, but that's merely me nitpicking.
 
It's awesome to be able to view stones at super high magnification but it does also detract from the fact that the stone you'll eventually put on your finger will be so much smaller and super dazzling.

Small clear/white inclusions will be very hard to see to the naked eye in real size. It also shouldn't reduce light performance. Your stones look good.
 
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