How Do You Select The Best Looking Diamond?
As most people know, there are four “C”s of diamonds. These are Color, Clarity, Color, and Cut. While the first three are probably the most well understood, it is actually the fourth “C”, Cut, that is both the most misunderstood of the four “C”s and yet also the most important in determining a diamond’s beauty. Many people think that Diamond Cut refers to the diamond’s shape. This is a very common mistake. A diamond’s cut is the measured quality of the sum total of its measurements. For example, a round brilliant shaped diamond with a depth percentage (depth divided by width) that is too high (Above about 63%) will not reflect an optimal amount of light back through the face of the stone. Likewise, a diamond that is cut too shallow (below about 59%) will also lose a lot of reflected light because its proportions are not optimal. One might ask, well, if that’s the case, why don’t all diamond cutters make their diamonds with ideal proportions? The answer is simple – diamonds made to a hi
