Maybe it is just me but I could spot the Asha in that picture immediately without looking at the labels. It does look different than the diamond in my eyes. Almost like too many facets going every which way. This is what my Asha does. Maybe this is the way all diamonds are supposed to be cut when they are sold as true Princess cuts but I guess the majority of them aren't and that is not what most of us are used to seeing. My diamond looks exactly like the 4th one on the right. That is what i wanted to replicate as that is what I fell in love with in the first place. I think I could get used to the cut if the windowing wasn't so obvious but the combo of the two I can't get past.

I had a real Princess diamond, but I no longer have it (I was previous engaged to somebody else before getting together with my husband, and the princess diamond was what I had.) I now currently have a 2.5 carat Asha Princess. Now, let me state for the record that I am one of those people that like my jewelry 'perfect'. I don't like warm stones - I like totally colorless stones. I remember giggling to myself reading a concern that many people have - that the stone is too white. And here I am worried that the G colored stone would be not colorless enough! I only have one diamond that is very small, set in an antique ring - and it's not princess - so I cannot compare.

However, looking at my Asha I DO see the X! In fact, that was one of the main reasons that I went with the Asha, as opposed to the Moissy one... the cut with the Moissy I just didn't like. But, I personally love the way my Asha princess is cut! Again, I have no princess diamonds to compare it to up close. So, I can't really comment if it looks real or not, but I love mine.

I used to have a 1ct (6mm) Princess Asha and compared it to a PC diamond. We could not tell the difference with cut, only the color was different - the Asha was a lot whiter. There was also some windowing evident, but in that size it was not glaringly obvious.

Perhaps like most sims, the larger the carat size, the less "real" they look.

I just thought some of you dont really understand what I'm saying and what I've noticed from my comparison just because you dont have a princess cut diamond or you are just not a big fan of princess cut. I took some pictures yesterday. Please take a look at.

You can see "4 black marks" in asha. My diamond also shows some kind of "black-ish mark" (I thought this looked like "X") but it's in the middle of the stone. From my experience at the jewelry store, I noticed that almost all princess cut diamonds show this black-ish/shilver-ish mark in the MIDDLE of the stone while asha's middle area is white.



Close up



Do you think this is a part of "windowing"? I really dont know why ahsa has these black marks. Since asha is cut as same way as diamond, how come diamonds dont show these and ahsa does? What causes this? What makes this difference?

Another pic. You can tell that ahsa has a samll table and high crown. Diamond is only 0.85ct and asha is 2ct but asha's table is actually smaller. (Diamond has 68% table, asha has 60% table. Most diamond has 65-75% table) Also you can tell that diamond looks more flat on the top.




I fount this pic. This is another princess cut diamond. This one has a very small table. (Also it looks like this one is cut differently, little bit, I guess...) So this means asha could have a small table as "diamond". This makes me feel better.




If you still dont know about "table" please compare to this one. You can see a square line inside the stone, and that's the table. (This diamond has 72% table.)

One more pic. I captured asha's beauty. I want my asha to look like this all the time, from any angles...

I do have a question for you, Babyfinger.

On your diamonds certificate, what does it say about the cut? Is it Good, Very Good, Excellent, Ideal?

You have to keep in mind that Asha's are cut to exacting standards and compare to Ideal cut diamonds. Unless a diamond falls within the same parameters I think it's an unfair comparison.

No offense intended to you in any way. I'm just stating that some shapes are cut for size and are not always within ideal parameters. KWIM?!?!

I have a 0.75 ct asha princess

Thanks sparklee, I just wanted to let you know that I LOVE asha, just dont have confidence to be able to pass it off as a diamond because of the differences I just found out.

My diamond's cut is "very good" and not "excellent". But I have read that cut grade is for RB. So if your diamond is "fancy cut", you might wanna focus on something else such as "symmetry". My concern is "Diamonds dont have those marks, but Asha, and other sims DO have." It's like that is the sign of "fake".

Here is the pic. I added cz that is cut very well.



Close up.



I just dont know what to do. I love asha when it looks beautiful just like the last pic I posted last time. I love it and I wanna wear it all the time but I just need more confidence....

Thanks for the pics, nanny4life!

Does your asha act like mine? Do you see those 4 black marks at any angles? Yours looks beautiful!!!