http://betterthandiamond.com/answers en-us http://betterthandiamond.com/answers ActiveKB NX support@betterthandiamond.helpserve.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:53:27 PST 20 http://betterthandiamond.com/answers/questions/33/ http://betterthandiamond.com/answers/questions/33/ Version 6 Asha in production...Update (7/2/2008) - Asha's version 6 production process is now patent pending:U.S. Patent Application No. 12/139,931 -- Method for Producing a Highly Refractive C ... Less Wright Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:44:56 GMT http://betterthandiamond.com/answers/questions/31/ http://betterthandiamond.com/answers/questions/31/ Diamond Nexus Labs "lab-grown diamond" has been tested by multiple labs and in all cases, the product has repeatedly been shown to be to be ordinary CZ. These test findings are in stark contras ... Less Wright Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:52:12 GMT http://betterthandiamond.com/answers/questions/23/ http://betterthandiamond.com/answers/questions/23/ Mainly due to its proprietary 'Amorphous Diamond Treatment' (ADT) that coats and infuses into its underlying CZ core, no other simulant approaches Asha in diamond-like appearance. (Asha being pr ... Less Wright Sat, 09 Sep 2006 03:10:29 GMT http://betterthandiamond.com/answers/questions/25/ http://betterthandiamond.com/answers/questions/25/ Asha's are graded on the same color scale as natural diamonds, and thus no color is more realistic than another, because natural diamonds are available in the same exact colors. Thus, an F color ... Less Wright Sat, 09 Sep 2006 22:47:57 GMT http://betterthandiamond.com/answers/questions/7/ http://betterthandiamond.com/answers/questions/7/ No, it will not. For a product that is real diamond, but lab grown, please see our Takara cultured diamonds here. Even though the exterior of an Asha contains a multitude of tiny diamond crystals ... Less Wright Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:48:34 GMT http://betterthandiamond.com/answers/questions/13/ http://betterthandiamond.com/answers/questions/13/ No, our testing showed that this is not a concern. Because the type of diamond employed is Amorphous Diamond instead of crystalline diamond, it has a much more flexible molecular structure, whi ... Less Wright Sat, 09 Sep 2006 00:11:56 GMT http://betterthandiamond.com/answers/questions/6/ http://betterthandiamond.com/answers/questions/6/ Most any competent setter or jeweler can set your Asha diamond simulant for you - if they can set a CZ, they can set an Asha which is more durable than regular CZ. There are just a few tips nee ... Less Wright Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:10:19 GMT http://betterthandiamond.com/answers/questions/12/ http://betterthandiamond.com/answers/questions/12/ Our Asha® diamond simulants are created using an infusion of exceptionally pure "Amorphous Diamond". This amorphous diamond is created using a patent pending nanotechnology process, is man- ... Less Wright Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:11:51 GMT http://betterthandiamond.com/answers/questions/37/ http://betterthandiamond.com/answers/questions/37/ Sona Diamond Simulant has made a number of claims about their product, including statements that it is a non-CZ simulant created by high-pressure melding of natural diamond and sapphire, and that ... Less Wright Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:06:06 GMT http://betterthandiamond.com/answers/questions/3/ http://betterthandiamond.com/answers/questions/3/ All Asha® stones are color graded by an independent GIA certified gemologist after they are created (the average grade is F color). The stones are then listed on our website using the grading ... Less Wright Sat, 09 Sep 2006 22:48:44 GMT