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Asscher Diamond

Asscher Diamond

- While many people aren’t familiar with Asscher cut diamonds, it has become increasingly popular over the last few years primarily due to the fact that it has been featured as fine jewelry in top rated television shows and has been the choice diamond cut for many of Hollywood’s elite. If you are interested in purchasing a relatively unknown, yet beautiful cut, here are some tips.

The Asscher cut diamond can usually be characterized as a square emerald cut. Because the cut is extremely fancy and unique, it doesn’t really have a strict definition, but many experts in the diamond industry consider the Asscher cut diamond to be the forerunner to the emerald cut.

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Asscher Cut

Asscher cut diamonds was created around the early 1900’s. These Asscher diamonds were cut into a square with sharp, cut corners. It is important to note that there are no typical proportions for the Asscher cut diamond because they are not very common. In fact, original Asscher cut diamonds are very rare and not usually found in the retail market.

If you are a buyer interested in purchasing an original Asscher cut diamond, you should be advised that they are more commonly found at estate sales and antique stores. However, since the popularity of the Asscher cut diamond has grown these last few years, more and more diamond companies are creating the Asscher cut diamonds for their clients. Asscher cut diamonds do not usually come cheap, due to the fact that very large stones are usually the best stones for this specific shape. It is not uncommon to find an Asscher cut diamond upwards of 6 carats.