Use Your Smart Phone To Make a Smart Diamond Purchase

Mike Levine

DID YOU KNOW that your smart phone can make your diamond shopping experience easier? Professional Jewelers like American Gem Society Jewelers have a tool called the ASET (Angular Spectrum Evaluation Tool) which will reveal a well cut diamond, or a not so well cut diamond. What you want to see in a diamond with the ASET device are symmetrical patterns with lots of red which shows brilliance, some blue which is contrast and some green which is light being reflected at a different angle. You don’t want to see much white or black which means light is being lost in that area. How well a diamond is cut is what makes it sparkle!

A well-cut diamond , as displayed in the ASET tool
A well-cut diamond , as displayed in the ASET tool

Once you have found a diamond you like with your jeweler you can ask them to verify the cut (or beauty) with the ASET tool. Now comes the fun. A professional jeweler will have an ASET with a staging device so when you look at the diamond you can not only see the well cut proportions, but using your smart phone you can capture the image with a picture. Read the rest of David’s post on the American Gem Society’s blog here

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