Strmrdr & Asscher Experts - opinions on stones needed

[cupcakeheaven]

Just received photos back of the first diamond i''m looking at and would be really grateful for your opinions on it. I''m waiting to here back from goodoldgold.com as I know they seem to have some really well cut Asschers as well. Thank you in advance.

Stone 1:

Cut: Square Cut Emerald (4 pavillion steps)
Size:1.10
Colour: D
Clarity: VS1
Girdle: STK-TK
Fluoresence: N
Polish: VG
Symmetry: VG
Culet: N
Depth: 68.0
Table: 56
Dimensions: 5.73x5.65x3.84
Ratio 1.01:1

 

[Skippy123]

It looks pretty to me but hopefully the experts will chime in.

 

[Jelly]

No expert here...but that looks like a beauty! It looks like you can see forever in that stone! WOW!

 

[cupcakeheaven]

Idealscope

 

[cupcakeheaven]

Another pic

 

[cupcakeheaven]

More

 

[LaurenThePartier]

Wow, it looks gorgeous to me!

 

[strmrdr]

bad p4 angles so it is too dark in the center.
it is not a good one.
My article that explains this in detail will be up sometime latter this week.

 

[cupcakeheaven]

Sarin Report - I''m struggling to attach so will just type it out.

Shape: Asscher C3 P3
Weight: 1.100ct
Width: 5.64mm
Length: 5.74mm
LW ratio: 1.02
Total Depth: 3.84mm 68.1%
Pavillion Depth: 2.70mm 47.9%
Pavillion Angle: 57.9 degrees (56.6-59.2 degrees)
Crown Height: 0.92mm 16.3%
Crown Angle: 36.7 degrees (48.6-50.9 degrees)
Table Size: 3.22 mm (57.1%)
Girdle Thickness: 0.21 mm 3.8%
Culet Off Center: 1.2% (W:0.4%, L:1.1%)
Table Off Center: 0.04mm

Thank you for you opinions so far.
May hold off with this one then as i''m really after as perfect a stone as I can get and a strmrdr approved kicken asscher at that! But please keep your opinions coming.

 

[cupcakeheaven]

Strmrdr please can you explain about the dark center as to me from photo does not look dark.

Bob also rang me from WF to say it wasn''t after i''d emailed him to tell him.

If you think it I can do better though, I would rather wait to find something as near perfect as possible.

 

[NewEnglandLady]

I don''t know even a fraction of what Strmrdr does, but I think it looks great. In the normal photos, I don''t notice a dark center at all. I can see how it would seem a little dark in the Idealscope, but the windmills still look nice and bright, so it looks more like a brightdrop to me. I really love it!

 

[strmrdr]

Date: 8/6/2008 1:24:13 PM
Author: cupcakeheaven
Strmrdr please can you explain about the dark center as to me from photo does not look dark.


Bob also rang me from WF to say it wasn''t after i''d emailed him to tell him.


If you think it I can do better though, I would rather wait to find something as near perfect as possible.

first photo the back light is lighting it up.
IS is showing poor center brightness with just a little bit of return.
ASET is showing center leakage.
The other pic the angle is causing a few of the p4 facets to return light.
Overall its not a good one as the center will be dark in a setting.

 

[strmrdr]

from my article here are some samples of good ones in the ASET scope.
Compare the center ASET image below with the ASET from the stone in this thread and you will see the problem.
That is the problem with these stones is that they are deceptive in regular pictures.

 

[strmrdr]

Date: 8/5/2008 6:11:36 PM
Author: cupcakeheaven

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What it comes down to is this is a perfect example of an ASET image of a diamond with bad p4 angles.

 

[strmrdr]

I wanted to add that my article is 26 pages long, giving a full explaination in a thread is impossible so that will have to wait until my article is up.
It covers more in depth on why a bad p3 or p4 angle is a bad thing.