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New Poster - Looking at Asschers at GOG.. can I have some opinions?

P: 3/16/2008 9:41:05 AM
trevor9606 Rough Rock Total Posts: 38 Last Post: 4/15/2008 Member Since: 3/16/2008	Hi all, I have been lurking here for a while and it has helped a great deal. I am currently looking at asscher stones with Jon from GOG. He has made a video of 4 stones i looked at, I am leaning b/w 2 stones and i was just wondering what everyones opinion was. I know there are some people on here are good with asschers, i think stormdr or something like that is one person who i have seen comment on asschers, i know there are more but i can't recall the names. http://goodoldgold.com/diamond/4214/ Shape: Asscher Carat Weight: 1.23ct Color: E Clarity: VS2 Polish: Excellent Symmetry: Excellent Fluorescence: None Girdle: 1.93% Lab Report: GIA Lab Report #: 16305490 In House: Yes Width: 6.06mm Length: 6.21mm Depth: 4.00mm Table Percentage: 58.79% Depth Percentage: 65.95% Crown Depth: 16.60% Pavilion Depth: 47.17% Policy: Lifetime Guarantee http://www.goodoldgold.com/diamond/4129/ Shape: Asscher Carat Weight: 1.37ct Color: F Clarity: VS2 Polish: Excellent Symmetry: Very Good Fluorescence: None Girdle: 4.33% Lab Report: GIA Lab Report #: 16387598 In House: Yes Width: 6.09mm Length: 6.14mm Depth: 4.20mm Table Percentage: 62.35% Depth Percentage: 68.99% Crown Depth: 14.44% Pavilion Depth: 49.57% Policy: Lifetime Guarantee When I went to Jonathan at GOG (who was extremely nice and very knowledgeable) the first stone i listed (the 2nd in the video) was the clear winner, it appealed most to me. The 2nd stone I listed (last in the video) was also a nice stone, although i have to say I am considering it more because it is slightly larger than the other stone. They are both in my price range, i feel that the 1.23 is the better stone but i'm debating sacrificing a little bit in optics for a bigger stone. The 3rd stone in the video is very comparable to the 1.23 in size but i feel that the 1.23 had the better optics. Any opinions and advice would be helpful. The video is on this page: http://goodoldgold.com/diamond/4214/
Posted: 3/16/2008 9:41:05 AM

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P: 3/16/2008 9:41:57 AM
trevor9606 Rough Rock Total Posts: 38 Last Post: 4/15/2008 Member Since: 3/16/2008	Just a note, as far as computers go, I am a Mac guy, so jonathan put the video up in Quicktime (the first time he's used quicktime for one of his videos) so i can share it with my parents who use macs and aren't too computer savvy. I hope that everyone is able to see the video, let me know here, I know it will be helpful to jonathan to know if Windows users are able to see. I actually had problems when i used my Firefox web browser, the video wouldn't come up... but when i used Safari as my web browser the video was right there on the page. Once again thanks for all your help, i appreciate any input.
Posted: 3/16/2008 9:41:57 AM

P: 3/16/2008 9:59:41 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Great vid! Number 2 and 3 are clearly the winners, you couldn't go wrong with either. Overall though, I'd pick 3, I think it looked the best in all lighting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State John Swinton [1829-1901] Chief Editorial Writer of the New York Times (Considered "the Dean of his Profession" by his peers), when asked to toast an 'Independent Press' in a gathering at the National Press Club, circa 1880 "There is no such thing in America as an independent press unless it is in the country towns. You know it, and I know it. There is not one of you who dare express an honest opinion. If you express it you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid... for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for doing similar things.... The business of the New York journalist is to distort the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and sell his country and race for his daily bread, or for what is about the same thing, his salary. You know this, and I know it and what foolery to be toasting an 'independent press.' We are tools, and the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping-jacks. They pull the strings and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, all are the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes."
Posted: 3/16/2008 9:59:41 AM

P: 3/16/2008 10:50:51 AM
NewEnglandLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,157 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 7/27/2007	Just a note: though the 1.37 carat technically weighs more than the 1.23 carat, the 1.23 carat actually faces up larger than the 1.37 carat because the depth on the smaller stone is only 66% whereas the depth on the larger stone is 69%.
Posted: 3/16/2008 10:50:51 AM

P: 3/16/2008 1:15:28 PM
trevor9606 Rough Rock Total Posts: 38 Last Post: 4/15/2008 Member Since: 3/16/2008	that is a good point, i will take it into consideration...thanks for your help
Posted: 3/16/2008 1:15:28 PM

P: 3/16/2008 1:32:48 PM
strmrdr Ideal Rock Total Posts: 23,296 Last Post: 10/9/2009 Member Since: 11/1/2003	"When I went to Jonathan at GOG (who was extremely nice and very knowledgeable) the first stone i listed (the 2nd in the video) was the clear winner, it appealed most to me." Buy it. Simple as that. higher table, same spread and looked better too your eye, no contest! ........... Karl has joined the diamond trade and is now posting as Karl_K
Posted: 3/16/2008 1:32:48 PM

P: 3/16/2008 3:54:54 PM
trevor9606 Rough Rock Total Posts: 38 Last Post: 4/15/2008 Member Since: 3/16/2008	Yeah storm you are right, I said it myself, that was the one that looked the best to me and every time I look at the video I love it even more! Thank you all for your help, this forum has been a very valuable asset!
Posted: 3/16/2008 3:54:54 PM

P: 3/16/2008 8:44:27 PM
strmrdr Ideal Rock Total Posts: 23,296 Last Post: 10/9/2009 Member Since: 11/1/2003	your welcome! just don't forget the pictures once its set! :} ........... Karl has joined the diamond trade and is now posting as Karl_K
Posted: 3/16/2008 8:44:27 PM

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