What color options do I have for the Ashaź I'm interested in? i.e. Can I get a 2ct round in, say, D color?
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 t...
- What color of Asha is the most realistic? What color is best?
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 As...
- What is the difference between 'diamond cut' and 'sapphire cut' sapphires?
...f of the stone is cut with a much 'fatter' belly. The reason for this is to ensure and enhance the color of the sapphire (bigger bottom allows more color saturation). Diamond cut means the sapphir...
- What do the color grades for Asha mean (i.e. 'F' color or 'H' color)?
The color grades shown next to each Asha shape and size are their colors on the GIA Diamond color scale. We have the Ashas reviewed and color graded after the coating run, and they are graded the ...
- Sona Diamond Simulant - Information and Review (XPS analysis)
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 it h...
- What is a Takara Cultured Diamond?
...amonds to grow. Because they are real diamond, Takara's come with an independent EGL or GGL fancy color diamond grading report, the same report that is issued with mined diamonds, except a notation ...
- What is the difference between version 5 Ashaź and version 6 (v5 vs v6)?
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...
- Does palladium require rhodium plating?
...type of plating. Rhodium plating is normally done to white gold in order to make it a true white color, as white gold naturally has a yellow tint to it (white gold is primarily yellow gold mixed wi...
- What is Ashaź made of?
What is the Asha made of? The Asha® diamond simulant (or "fake diamond") is a US Patent pending product that is a composite gemstone consisting of three separate substances combined as foll...
- What is the type of diamond used in creating the Asha diamond simulant?
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-mad...
- What about Diamond Nexus Labs - what is their product? Lab grown diamond?
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 contrast...
- Is the Asha singly refractive like diamond, or doubly refractive like moissanite?
Asha is singly refractive, just like diamond. Moissanite is doubly refractive, which is why it will look blurry rather than crisp when viewed at close quarters. More details: A gem quality di...
- Palladium - Facts and info on our favorite precious metal for jewelry
...d with nickel and thus can cause allergic reactions, palladium has no allergy issues.
True white color - white gold has a yellowish tint in its natural state, since it is yellow gold mixed with nic...
- 2001: BetterThanDiamond.com Announces Another Scientific First for its Asha(TM) Diamond Simulant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BetterThanDiamond.com Announces Another Scientific First for its Asha(TM) Diamond Simulant KIRKLAND, WA - December 3, 2001 (INB) -- BetterThanDiamond.com, the creators of the A...
- How does Asha compare to other diamond simulants?
... which moves additional light from the non-visible spectrum into the visible spectrum and the first color the human eye can see is blue, and this is the reason many standard CZs have an awful bluish c...