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[JJSS]

DH and I were looking at diamond rings this weekend. I originally had my heart set on a princess cut three stone ring. I was shown a HOF three stone ring & I fell in love! Problem? Price! Ouch!

So, I'm trying to find out if it's possible to purchase a diamond online with the same fire & brilliance as the HOF but at a better price. Are the hearts and arrows cuts from James Allen & the Whiteflash ACA supposed to be similar? I need to know what to look for!

Also, do the round brillant cut diamonds tend to perform better than princess cuts? The HOF I saw was thier round cut, but the dream cut was just as beautiful.

[davidelevi]

H&A is a fairly generic name for a symmetrically-cut diamond, and as far as I know James Allen does not select particular cut parameters. WF ACA's are selected based on a "secret recipe", and will probably perform better (whatever that means) than a generic H&A picked at random. Whether they match (or better) another brand like Hearts on Fire is - frankly - a subjective issue.

Round vs. princess is a slightly different issue. A round diamond a. will look bigger for a given weight and cut proportions, and b. generally returns more light than a square cut. Also, there are many more suppliers of branded, high cut-quality rounds than there are of princesses, which results in more choice and greater pressure on prices for precision-cut rounds (although a round will still cost more per carat than a princess, all else being equal)

[JJSS]

Thank you for taking the time to reply. I should have done a search prior to posting...I found the search & found many threads about HOF. I do appreciate your response.

[davidelevi]

No worries. Let us know if you have questions, and above all, we don't have nearly enough pictures of diamonds on hands around here...