Advise pls on the Idealscope and Aset image for an Ascher...

[lulualulu0811]

Just received the idealscope and aset images back for the Ascher, what do you all think?

Thanks!!

 

[Karl_K]

see next post

 

[Karl_K]

Green center - may be bright enough to match the rest of the stone in real world lighting.
leakage - these areas can go either way, flash quickly which is good or not which is bad.

 

[lulualulu0811]

Is it a lively stone?

 

[BlingDreams]

Is it a lively stone?

To my eyes, no. There doesn't appear to be a lot of "fire"... mostly just blinking white off and on and not many broad, pastel colors. Looking at the video again seems to confirm that.

What's your order of criteria? I would guess size trumps all based on your choice, but want to confirm. I'm asking because if you decide this isn't the stone for you, if you tell us your order of preference (carat/color/clarity/cut) as well as your budget we might be able to help find a better stone.

And if you're okay with a less than ideal performance to get the larger stone this might be a good find for you, but if you're wanting a spitfire diamond, this isn't it.

 

[Karl_K]

To my eyes, no. There doesn't appear to be a lot of "fire"... mostly just blinking white off and on and not many broad, pastel colors. Looking at the video again seems to confirm that.

What's your order of criteria? I would guess size trumps all based on your choice, but want to confirm. I'm asking because if you decide this isn't the stone for you, if you tell us your order of preference (carat/color/clarity/cut) as well as your budget we might be able to help find a better stone.

And if you're okay with a less than ideal performance to get the larger stone this might be a good find for you, but if you're wanting a spitfire diamond, this isn't it.

lighting in the video isn't conductive to fire.
Moving white light under that lighting is expected.
There isn't any evidence of what kind of fire it has.

 

[BlingDreams]

lighting in the video isn't conductive to fire.
Moving white light under that lighting is expected.
There isn't any evidence of what kind of fire it has.

Help me understand why the lighting isn't conductive to fire? I've seen other videos similar to this one that show pastel flashes in the diamond (for example - https://v360.in/DiamondView.aspx?d=436023&cid=VM).

Thanks Karl

 

[lulualulu0811]

I decided to purchase the stone to take a look in person. I will post pictures and videos

 

[Karl_K]

Help me understand why the lighting isn't conductive to fire? I've seen other videos similar to this one that show pastel flashes in the diamond (for example - https://v360.in/DiamondView.aspx?d=436023&cid=VM).

Thanks Karl

I really should have said highly conductive to fire.
Sometimes the angles and the placement of facets and lighting and viewer/lens will align to show fire in lighting conditions where it is not expected.
If I was comparing fire between 2 diamonds that would not be one of the various lighting conditions I would choose.
Some of the machines have undifused leds that can be turned on and off that will produce fire but I am not able to tell is different settings were used in the videos.
I would expect more fire and small flashes if they were on.