HI Everyone!


Before we go any further- let me say I['m not exactly sold on these.
They do provide an excellent subject for a conversation about color and cut.

I'll need to get some better pictures, but the 2.06 has a tinge of brown, IMO.



ITEM #: R2903
Asscher Cut Diamond, Loose

  WEIGHT: 2.06ct
  SHAPE: Asscher Cut
  COLOR: Fancy Vivid Yellow
  CLARITY: SI2
  MEASUREMENTS: 6.95 x 6.81 x 4.74 mm
  TOTAL DEPTH: 69.6%
  TABLE SIZE: 68%
  POLISH: VG
  SYMMETRY: VG
  FLUORESCENCE: MEDIUM BLUE
  GIA REPORT #: 2101320919


The stone on the right....




ITEM #: R2904
Asscher Cut Diamond, Loose

  WEIGHT: 2.51ct
  SHAPE: Asscher Cut
  COLOR: Fancy Vivid Yellow
  CLARITY: SI1
  MEASUREMENTS: 6.96 x 6.73 x 5.79 mm
  TOTAL DEPTH: 86.0%
  TABLE SIZE: 59%
  POLISH: EX
  SYMMETRY: VG
  FLUORESCENCE: NONE
  GIA REPORT #: 14667878

it would be easy for someone to boast about the cut- after all, EX polish, and VG symmetry- pretty nice, huh?
That is until we notice the 86% depth!
This sucker is almost as tall as it is wide ( like me)

Here's a side view


If this were a colorless diamond, we'd never give it a second glance- but Fancy Vivid Yellow Square emerald Cuts ( Asschers) are so very rare.....


by the way- Clarity is not an issue with either of these guys.
It's easy to assume that all SI Emerald and Asscher cuts are not eye clean- especially if you read a lot of stuff on the web- but these two are both living proof that's not the case.
Neither has any carbon.
Of course the saturation of color is so intense ...I mean Vivid- that an imperfection would have to be quite distinct to be seen anyway....

   Am I dreaming?  Am I back in Vegas at that overpriced bauble store?   86% depth? 
They want you to pay for extra deep???    Still, gorgeous golden eye candy. 

 

Wow, that's spectacular!  Awesome color, and the steps.   

I love the color of all of those!!!   Those would be some high dollar earrings. 

Don't like that 2.51. Distorted windmills...

I'd also wonder to what extent items in the high tens (or low hundreds) are viable at the moment. If you are buying for long term stock, I'd consider them because of rarity, but be prepared to sit on them for a while...

The DOY EC seems to have a nice cut - based on the photos, it seems it was having a lucky day avoiding the "B" word. If I had $60k (plus trimmings), I'm still not sure I'd buy it...

Great points all!
There's no question these vivid yellows are like...."factory seconds"
For me, the color - while very attractive- does not really represent the purity I expect to see in a vivid yellow. I see a tinge of brown.

omc is also correct about the distorted windmills. Below I've highlighted what omc means by "distorted windmills"



These are caused by the massive depth- it creates too long a facet on the bottom- you can see how much longer that facet is in this shot.



Going back to "internet research"- this means the diamond is badly cut.
Again, if we were talking about an F color, there's not a whole lot of debate.
But what we can see as distorted windmills in close up photos does not actually look bad, in real life.
The color of the stone is so very deep that you can't make out these details naked eye.


I agree with omc too about the timing. We need to be very careful to buy the right stones, Especially now.
The cutter swears by the beauty of the diamonds. Dogs bark- that's what you expect them to do.
But it's up to us to be the discriminators.
We trust this cutter to the max- his stones are all natural, and the company is the straightest of shooters.
But they still won't protect us from buying the wrong diamonds.

We got these stones for a call.
I am not comfortable recommending either of the Asscher cuts.

The emerald cut...now that's a different ball of wax- I'm still not sure- but in real life the stone is "dramatic" in real life.
Let me see if I can get some better pics of that one.....

Thank you all so much!
It's great to have this type of conversation- I believe it's illuminating for all concerned.... ( especially me!)


Back to the 2.29ct...
tough call this one- yes T, the memory of R2683 is very fresh in my mind....here's a photo for those who had not seen her..

The GIA grade on R2683 was "Fancy Deep Brownish Greenish Yellow"

Although they look similar, I have to admit, the 2.29 is more...orange.


Does that warrant a price four times higher?
My jury is still out....

I'll tell you this- if we were aiming to buy this 2.29ct- the negotiations with the cutter wouldn't be pretty.

Just yesterday he told me how glad he was I wasn't doing the color grading for GIA......after hearing my opinions on these three stones.....heheh

No T...different cutters....

here's a few more of the 2.29ct.


I am so in love with this diamond ( except for it's price)

Wait till you see the video!!

BTW- I also did a video with the two asschers using a UV light to show the fluorescence!

Trink, I find these days that I very rarely have the opportunity to use my set of elephant's earmuffs. Would you like them? I'll take the glarkler in exchange, since the earmuffs are pretty rare...

 

Jen

Well, I love the orange one big time. I didn't even comment on the asschers. But that orange is fabulous. You should see that orange puppy on a mac screen. The color is so rich. But again, that's a pricey stone and a niche market. Orange diamond is not exactly a hot search phrase either. I'm not sure I'd stock it for that reason.

I don't care.  They're so deeply colored, so absolutely gorgeous  . . .  although I do like the one on the right better in these photos.  Which one is that - the less deep one?  It appears to be the one with fluorescence.  I could stare at it all day long.

Mikla