Ideal Scope Diamond

What is aset and how does it work.

Ideal scope diamond.

When the diamond s girdle is aligned with the bottom of the tube light entering the crown from above and properly returning to the eye will appear red. Light escaping or leaking out of the diamond s pavilion appears white. A simpler version of the ags aset a precursor by several years the ideal scope is employed by trade buyers looking to match diamonds quickly as well as numerous internet shoppers and cut enthusiasts. The aset was developed by american gem society ags as a means to evaluate a diamond s interaction with light.

Light escaping or leaking out of the diamond s pavilion appears white. An ideal scope is a simple diamond brilliance leakage gauge. The blackness of the lens mimics an observer s head blocking out the light. It s simple efficient and relies on hard tangible data for analysis.

It creates a structured light environment that allows users to measure a diamond s brilliance by showing its light return and light leakage in relative to its contrast. Upgrade dc2 to dcpro for us 3 259 00 upgrade dc3 to dcpro for us 3 198 00 click on upgrade now to fill the request form. By using color coded images it enables the viewer to see how well or badly the diamond handles light rays. The ideal scope is a magnifying tube fitted with a red reflector.

The ideal scope is a simple pink colored reflector with a viewing hole and lens. White areas in a diamond show light transmitted from behind the diamond called leakage the enemy. Any light entering from above the crown that is properly returning to the eye will appear red. When the diamond s girdle is aligned with the bottom of the tube light entering the crown from above and properly returning to the eye will appear red.

The ideal scope garry holloway s ideal scope has been the world s most widespread performance reflector since the early 2000s. The instrument is simply a lens with a hot pink reflector in front of the diamond and a central viewing hole. The ideal scope creates a structured light environment. In 2001 we decided to mass produce and make them freely available.

The ideal scope creates a structured light environment. Taken from their a cut above diamonds the image shows a uniform patterning of white light around the perimeter of the diamond. I designed the ideal scope as a portable and affordable method to grade the cut quality of diamonds. Basically all you need to do is to scope your diamond through the idealscope and then compare it to the reference chart below.

To view the diamond the girdle is aligned with the base of the tube. This small amount of symmetrical white indicates unreturned light that is contributing to scintillation.