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The SymmetriScope™
Most people look at the outside of a diamond when they evaluate a diamond, we also look at the inside and not just from a perspective of clarity. We use the SymmetriScope™ pictured above to determine how precisely the diamonds we consider for our inventory have been cut. The SymmetriScope™ goes beyond simply evaluating the overall proportions rating of a diamond or looking for the presence of a Hearts & Arrows pattern, it provides us with optical feedback about the diamond's mirrors, the inside of the facets. For those of you who are familiar with the the 8* FireScope™ and who might be thinking that the SymmetriScope™ looks awfully familiar, it is... you're simply looking at the next generation.
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Based on everything you have read on this web site, you know that
Cut is the most important of the 4C's (Cut, Color,
Clarity and Carat weight). You have learned that the
Cut of a diamond controls 98% of the visual impact!
And you know that we use a Sarin DiaMension to
determine the proportions of the diamonds that we sell. While you can tell a lot about a diamond by crunching the numbers, there
is even more to learn by looking at the diamond from the reflections
within the diamond which is why we use the SymmetriScope™ pictured above as part of our
evaluation process.
While we don't consider any diamond to be cut 'perfect' because the use of
that term would violate a few of the guidelines set forth by the Federal
Trade Commission, it is clear that
some diamonds are cut better than others and the SymmetriScope™ enables
us to eliminate poorly cut diamonds from our ideal inventory. We are
aware that some of our competitors use similar devices and post pictures
from those devices on the internet for their clients to view but there is
a reason why we do not. A very good reason, the reason is
accuracy or more precisely inaccuracy as the case may be.
The reality is that the image we see of a diamond through the
SymmetriScope™ is actually a reflection of the diamond facets and not
actually the facets themselves. Thus the slightest variance in the
position of the viewer will result in a different image being seen by each
person who views a diamond through the device. Thus if we placed a
diamond in the SymmetriScope™ for you to see and instructed you to look at
"the white spot in the three o'clock position" you may or may not see it
when you look at the diamond depending on your alignment with the viewing
apparatus. The same holds true for a camera and thus whatever image
we capture of the reflection is truly not accurate. For this reason,
some of the dealers appear to be enhancing their pictures with the help of
software programs like Adobe Photoshop™ but it seems to us that such
practices are deceptive and misleading at best. No, the best use of
the SymmetriScope™ and similar devices is not as a marketing tool to be
used on the internet, but rather as a buying tool to be used at the
buying table.
May we help you find the diamond of your dreams?
Send us an email diamonds@niceice.com
and tell us what you are looking for.
Or give us a call at 206.319.8152 or Toll Free 877.844.5443
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