I'm amazed at how great the asha and amora look next to the diamond. I am even more convinced that the people who say they can spot the 'fake' from a mile away are full of bologna!!

Thanks, Erica! Those are great comparison videos and pics. They all look great When it comes to brilliance and fire, do you think there is much difference between stones?

I LOVE the pictures and the videos, Erica !!!
Well done !!

I am almost sooo annoyed however,
because in the videos the Amora looks
to be the most realistic to my eyes.
I hate that, because I bought
both an Amora and an Asha 8mm OEC
and the Amora clearly had such a greenish tint !!!
I do love my Asha, but I feel it kind of has that
"hollow" look when it's tilted just right
or when you look at it head-on....

Maybe my mind is playing tricks on me
and I just prefer my diamonds because
they are "mind clean" (shocking blasphemy, I know)

Great shot. Is it terrible I like the Amora the best?

I like the Amora best too!

They're all so pretty! And wonderful examples of different faceting within the realm of antique cuts.
I think the Amora might be my favorite. I love the flowery facets and little bitty culet and warmth of the J/K color!

I knew that was your stone Kat! I am so happy you are finally getting your Gabbie!

Great comparisson, thanks Erica!!!

LOOOOVE thx erica

So here are some very technical terms I'll use.

The Amora was all soft and warm and glowy and pastel-ish.

The Asha was sharp and crisp and cool and deep.

Real antique diamonds can have any combination of these qualities - it's what makes them so appealing. No two stones look alike or behave the same. The unique combination of the facet pattern with the color and fluorescence make for unique performance attributes from stone to stone.

Some antique diamonds are really brilliant. Some are really firey. Some have tons of contrast and some have very little.

So I'd say that both stones are equally diamond-like in their appearance and performance. They just each have different things to offer.

The Asha was more similar to the specific qualities of the 3.56ct OEC - whiter, blue tint, crispness with stronger contrast zones. The Amora was more like a 3.62ct OEC we once owned - warm, soft and with that candlelight glow that only a lower color will give you.

Just like antique diamonds, no two people will agree on which qualities they love most. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so each stone will appeal to different people.

But, as I said, both are completely believable and look like diamonds!

With regards to color, I observed the Amora both on the overcast day when it arrived (when I initially thought it looked about M color) and in sunlight (J/K color) and never did I see any of that neon to khaki green I remember seeing with an older cushion cut moissanite I owned several years ago.

OooooShiney, is it possible that your Amora was somehow mixed up with an untreated stone? I am VERY color sensitive, and I confess I went into this with a bias assuming that the moissy would be greenish and not diamond-like, and I was just blown away by the look of these next generation moissys. There's definitely some yellow-toned warmth, but zero green in the stone I handled.