Shape Shape selection is the most personalized part of selecting a diamond. Other people won’t know the diamond’s exact grades for color, clarity, cut, or its certification or cost—unless you tell them—but most people recognize shapes. Over 75% of diamonds … Read More
The radiant cut, like the princess cut, uses facets to bring out the diamond’s sparkle and winds up with brilliance similar to a round cut diamond. The extra facets are planes set under and around the diamond. However, the overall shape is more … Read More
There are many ways to draw a triangle, and there are many ways to craft a triangle cut diamond. There are also many names the triangle shaped diamonds appear under in the marketplace: trillion, trilliant, and trillium – all of … Read More
The marquise diamond is shaped like a long, thin boat with a point at each end. Marquise cut diamonds require larger, or at least longer, rough diamonds than round cut diamonds of similar carat weight. However, the marquise cut can … Read More
Description of Round Cut Diamonds The round cut diamond is considered the standard for brilliance, even often called the brilliant-round cut diamond. It regularly contains a culet plus 57 facets (8 pavilion main, 16 lower girdle, 16 upper girdle, 8 star, 8 bezel, and the … Read More
The princess cut—also called a square or rectangular modified brilliant—provides facets to bring out the sparkle in a square or rectangular diamond. Depending on how the pavilion is designed, the diamond can have more facets than the standard round brilliant. Some have just … Read More
Ovals sparkle, similar to the round shape. A standard oval loose diamond has 56 facets, though more facets can be added to enhance sparkle. The oval cut brings attention to long, slender fingers. The oval can be pronouncedly elongated or shorter, … Read More
It takes a skilled cutter to execute the heart cut, which is essentially the pear shape with an added dimple, cleft, or notch in the top. In fact, some heart cut diamonds are mistaken for pear diamonds with an accidental dimple—and they … Read More
Diamond certificates, or certs, as they are known in the diamond industry, are often called the fifth C, in addition to the well-known 4Cs of diamond stones: carat weight, cut, color, and clarity. This article will answer several popular questions … Read More
Colored diamonds are found both in nature and in laboratory settings. According to the GIA, only one in 10,000 natural diamonds is a colored diamond outside the D-to-Z grading spectrum. Colored diamonds can be found in almost any shade of … Read More