phaskellhall
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Jun 11, 2019
- Messages
- 31
First time poster here but have been lurking for the last few months. Unlike some of the other diamond groups I've been learning from, PS has the reputation for being real detailed oriented on cut and maximizing brilliance which is prob what I'm most interested in to be honest.
Girlfriend wants at least a 1ct cushion cut diamond but I wound up finding a nice 4 pavilion 1.8 ct cushion cut diamond that sparked my own interest. My goal is to get a nice diamond that she will love that doesn't have to be the best diamond ever but I do want it to be a good deal. This particular diamond I price matched online and saved about $1,500 which makes me feel like a win already, and it does look really nice in person. But the ASET is making me wonder if this is a EX cut, Great cut, or just okay cut despite the GIA saying it's EX Polish and one seller having it a "100% cut" and the other saying "Very Good Cut".
I just got it today along with the ASET tool and had some fun in the studio trying to capture a good image of it. For some reason, my 4 images wind up falling into 2 different reflection patterns. One looks pretty white/blue in the middle while the other pattern looks pretty red/blue. Not sure if the diamond wasn't facing up perfectly but out of the 10 images I took, they all were a variation on these two patterns.
I've been trying to educate myself with ASET images but it's been pretty difficult without a bunch of diamonds and with a limited number of examples online of cushions. Any help reading this? Also, am I doing anything wrong in getting two different patterns or is that the nature of a diamond under the ASET viewer?
Girlfriend wants at least a 1ct cushion cut diamond but I wound up finding a nice 4 pavilion 1.8 ct cushion cut diamond that sparked my own interest. My goal is to get a nice diamond that she will love that doesn't have to be the best diamond ever but I do want it to be a good deal. This particular diamond I price matched online and saved about $1,500 which makes me feel like a win already, and it does look really nice in person. But the ASET is making me wonder if this is a EX cut, Great cut, or just okay cut despite the GIA saying it's EX Polish and one seller having it a "100% cut" and the other saying "Very Good Cut".
I just got it today along with the ASET tool and had some fun in the studio trying to capture a good image of it. For some reason, my 4 images wind up falling into 2 different reflection patterns. One looks pretty white/blue in the middle while the other pattern looks pretty red/blue. Not sure if the diamond wasn't facing up perfectly but out of the 10 images I took, they all were a variation on these two patterns.
I've been trying to educate myself with ASET images but it's been pretty difficult without a bunch of diamonds and with a limited number of examples online of cushions. Any help reading this? Also, am I doing anything wrong in getting two different patterns or is that the nature of a diamond under the ASET viewer?