A Powerful 30-Pointer WhiteFlash ACA Collection Series Diamond and Perhaps a Golden Period to Get Diamonds Online!

This 30-pointer certainly looks great. The IdealScope, ASET, and Hearts images look excellent. The calculated ideal weight shows is 0.304ct, meaning the actual diamond is cut to a high degree of precision and not cut for weight retention. I do have to highlight that relying on images to determine a stone’s performance is the more important factor, in comparison to the calculated ideal weight.

0.304ct WhiteFlash ACA Collection Series Actual Diamond Image

0.304ct WhiteFlash ACA Collection Series IdealScope Image

0.304ct WhiteFlash ACA Collection Series ASET Image

0.304ct WhiteFlash ACA Collection Series Hearts Image

Now, at F colour and VVS2 clarity, this diamond falls under WhiteFlash’s Collection Series, which is the top collection available in WhiteFlash's inventory. Now, the diamonds within this collection is simply part of the original WhiteFlash A CUT ABOVE diamonds. However, due to the rarity of the combination of “colourless” and “very very slightly included” diamonds, this warrants them to stand above the rest and to become a collection series in their own rights.

The above 15% crown height and the 34.7 degree crown angle gives ample space for the light to refract into beautiful rainbow colours and increases the fire of the diamond. The rule of thumb is that the steeper the crown angle, the better the fire and I find that the proportions for crown angle, which is between 34 degree to 35 degree provided by WhiteFlash is more or less sufficient enough to land you a diamond with excellent fire. Personally, I would try to make sure it is at least 34.3 degree as suggested by Todd Gray from Niceice. Why? My personal view is that this is to make sure that the diamond you may be getting online has a higher chance to be as excellent as possible. Another thing is that I will tend to look for diamonds with star facets above 50. This is to make sure that the diamond will have enough contrast. It is pretty evident on the AGS certificate from WhiteFlash. 

Speaking about certificates, please note that the certificates used by WhiteFlash is actually the top certificate available from AGS. It is the Platinum Diamond Quality Document. This certificate is definitely better than the Diamond Quality Document provided by some brick-and-mortar stores (if they ever carry any AGS stones) because it includes the light performance result. 

In fact, personally, I feel that AGS certificates give more accurate details as they do not round up crucial angles such as crown angle and pavilion angle. For instance, 33.8 degree angle and 34.2 degree angle is always rounded to 34 degree for GIA, but for AGS, the result will remain the same. Also, AGS provides a diamond’s carat weight up to 3 decimal places while GIA maintains 2 decimal places only. This means a 0.596ct diamond will be shown as a 0.596ct diamond on a AGS certificate while the same diamond will be shown as a 0.60ct diamond on a GIA certificate. To add on, the Platinum Diamond Quality Document will provide the inclusion plot diagram that depicts the location of each inclusion clearly. Last but not least, as mentioned before, you will also be able to see the light performance image of the diamond itself. 

Now, since WhiteFlash is using the Platinum Diamond Quality Document for most of its in-house diamonds (if not all), this means that even if your diamond is a 30-pointer diamond like the one I am recommending here, you will get a better overall view of the diamond compared to a 30-pointer GIA diamond, whereby it will only come with a GIA Diamond Dossier most of the time. This certificate does not contain any information regarding the location of the inclusions, which is only available for GIA Diamond Grading Report that mostly comes with a diamond that is at least one carat and above. And of course, light performance is not available for GIA reports. However, some major diamond cutting companies start to capture light performance images themselves even the stones are graded by GIA as they probably start to see the value by doing so.

Alright, I am drifting away, so let us get back to this diamond. Now, the lower girdle percentage of 76% is definitely great. This makes the arrows look fatter and thus make them to return bold sparks that are mesmerising. At VVS2, this diamond is definitely eye-clean so there is nothing to worry about. And F colour? Well, this just makes the diamond to be highly desirable as it is within the colourless range. Overall, this is one of the best 30-pointers money can buy!

Now, at USD 846, this diamond will cost us RM 3384.00 (assuming an exchange rate of 4). I would highly recommend you to use MoneyMatch to perform the wire transfer simply because they provide the best overall rate so far, thanks to the one-time RM 25 discount for new registration, provided that you mentioned my name “Yang Kin” when you are doing the e-KYC video call. Just tell them that “Yang Kin introduces you to MoneyMatch” to get the RM 25 discount code. In case the promotion is no longer available, then do use the discount code REF637 to get RM 15 off, which is still not bad!

With the removal of GST in June and the pending reintroduction of SST in September, I strongly believe this item will be tax-free within this period. Therefore, assuming I am right, we will be saving around RM 203.04 without the GST. So, let us move on to choose a very decent ring setting at RM 1500.00 from Memory Jewellery, we can get the whole engagement ring done at approximately RM 4884.00. And yes, again, the RM 1500.00 ring settings from Memory Jewellery are pretty decent. They look thick enough and classy enough. You can always message them and enquire more details from them! 

Alternatively, you can also look for iDo Jewellery at Bukit Jalil as she also offer ring customisation service. Although her price is higher, but she uses palladium in her 18k white gold alloy (according to iDo Jewellery's info) and this makes the ring to be hypoallergenic. This is definitely a good news for those who are sensitive to nickel, which is used in standard 18k white gold. Do note that the people that are sensitive to nickel are quite rare.

I hope you find this article useful, and I sincerely hope that you guys can really enjoy the very possible tax-free period between June til September. So if any of you that read this article buys a diamond from WhiteFlash, do let me know if it is really tax-free so that other potential buyers can know! Many thanks and good luck!