your thoughts on this asscher

[rockybusines]

Hello. I am a long time lurker and first time poster. I am arranging for an upgrade of my current .081 Asscher centre stone


To this:


What are your thoughts on this new potential stone? My personal biggest concern is the J color... but other than that, based on my research in this forum, this new stone might be a winner.

Please let me know your thoughts and be gentle, this is all new to me.

THANKS IN ADVANCE!

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Can you provide a magnified image of the stone? How about an ASET image? You have to at least have a picture because we cannot tell from numbers.

 

[rockybusines]

the stone is being bought online so I don't have a magnified image of it. I'm not sure if BN (i'm not sure if I'm allowed to include the company name provides ASET images but will definitely ask.

 

[chrono]

I would not buy a step cut (or any fancy shaped stone) without seeing a picture of it first. I've seen too many with step cut diamond with nice basic numbers but look like duds in person. The depth and table are insufficient to gauge how good the cut is. BN does not provide ASET pictures.

 

[diamondloveaffair]

J is definitely a concern if you are looking for something that appears colorless.

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Let's just say that finding a great asscher blind is about like the odds of winning the lottery! I recommend Good Old Gold where I got my asscher because they called in a few for me with the specs I needed and then made me a video, took pictures, etc. so I could decide. Here's that video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7SBfNGxTFE&list=UUEV7slr-i-VduBBnfv9MxhA&index=2

None of these are bad at all, but I did have preferences. But these were hand picked and are better than many other asschers.