on a lot of light view 2 pics, you can see only half of the diamond lighting up intensely, does it mean that the other half doesnt light up at all, or will it light up just as much as the other half if you could tilt the diamond inside the machine?
Dear Dark.....Date: 9/11/2005 7:37:48 AM
Author:dark918
on a lot of light view 2 pics, you can see only half of the diamond lighting up intensely, does it mean that the other half doesnt light up at all, or will it light up just as much as the other half if you could tilt the diamond inside the machine?
Thanks for the question and posting the picture. That really helps.Date: 9/13/2005 1:29:22 PM
Author: dark918
Thanks guys,
I''ve attached a pic with this post. In it you can see not all of the diamond is intensely lit up. My question was whether the parts that are not as intensely lit up are poorer performing parts of the diamond? Or will they return light just as much if the viewing angle was changed?
Thanks dark.Date: 9/13/2005 4:15:38 PM
Author: dark918
Thanks Jonathan,
Yes the stone did very well just like you said. Here are the rest of the results attached as a pic. I would like to know what you make of this stone if you have the time.
Your judgement is very impressive! Yes it did get VH on all three. One heart had a bigger gap between it and the arrow as compared to the others, but this was a very tiny difference just as you predicted.Date: 9/13/2005 4:29:11 PM
Author: Rhino
Thanks dark.Date: 9/13/2005 4:15:38 PM
Author: dark918
Thanks Jonathan,
Yes the stone did very well just like you said. Here are the rest of the results attached as a pic. I would like to know what you make of this stone if you have the time.
I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt that if this stone did not get 3 very high''s it should have. If it didn''t it would be in the reading for scintillation and if it read anything less than VH would be a mistake (also covered in our tutorial).
Judging from the images it also appears one heart may be every so slightly skewed but not to a degree that it would impact the face up appearance nor would be detectable with the human eye. So far all signals are green on this one.
Date: 9/14/2005 12:32:01 AM
Author: Rhino
I''d call it the study of the optical signature.
When you look at and photograph images of diamonds day in and day out for years you get to know them quite intimately. The answer to your question would require a short volume which would best be answered over the phone since I do not want to type all of that out.If you''d really like to know drop me a buzz and I''ll be happy to explain with links and graphics as we speak. As long as I''m not at the counter or on the phone with someone else, my time is your time.
Peace,