Thoughts on Diamond

[chaser]

I've just been lurking and doing some research on the site educating myself about diamonds and I'm finally starting to look more seriously at rocks and one stone I'm considering has the below stats.

It seems to be ok, but seems to be a bit deeper so the spread suffers a little (as shown in the HCA). I also asked for an IS image from the shop, but what came looked different from all the ones I see on here (the lighting is blue instead of the red I'm used to seeing). Any thoughts from you more experienced folks would be super useful.

Thanks!

GIA DIAMOND GRADING REPORT
ROUND BRILLIANT
Measurements 7.67 - 7.71 x 4.76 mm
Carat Weight 1.72 carat
Color Grade H
Clarity Grade VS2
Cut Grade Excellent

PROPORTIONS
Depth 61.9 %
Table 56 %
Crown Angle 35.0°
Crown Height 15.5%
Pavilion Angle 40.8°
Pavilion Depth 43.0%
Star Length 55%
Lower Half 80%
Girdle Medium, Faceted, 3.5%
Culet None

FINISH
Polish Excellent
Symmetry Excellent
Fluorescence None

Clarity Characteristics Crystal

HCA Tool
Light Return Excellent
Fire Excellent
Scintillation Excellent
Spread Very Good
Total Visual Performance 1.6 - Excellent within TIC range

Image I got

 

[Roqsteady]

The HCA overpenalizes spread (I think it only shows excellent for diamonds with a 60.6% depth or lower or something ridiculous). A 61.9% is absolutely ok - most people's tolerances go up to 62.5. I personally like 62 or less.
The numbers look promising, however what he gave you was an "Arrows" image through a hearts and arrows viewer, not an idealscope image. So they may be unfamiliar with an IS image and may not be able to provide that to you. The good news is, the arrows image at least tells you the optical symmetry looks pretty good, but a hearts image would be able to tell you even better.

 

[chaser]

Thanks for the reply. The image makes a lot more sense to me now. I'll email back and see if I can get that fixed.