Diamond Shapes vs Cut
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When it is about diamond its cut and shape are two different things, though most of the consumers use the term diamond cut and diamond shape interchangeably, though the shape of the diamond means how it appears due to its out line like a heart shaped diamond, or a round diamond or any other fancy shape diamonds which just by looking we get to know that a round diamond is circular and heart shape diamond looks like a heart.
Most of the diamond rough or uncut diamonds coming out of diamond mines is cut and polished in India the Diamond miners like Al Rosa and De Beers in South Africa auction the rough diamond which is then here cut and polished and is sold and distributed by diamond manufacturers here to other dealers across the globe. Most of the sight holder companies are Indians.
We at Jewel Fields get you the best bargain deals in manufacturers diamond parcels cut and polished in good quality at cheap prices, fully authentic and guaranteed diamonds and gems. All the diamonds are checked if broken or chipped at girdle, crown or any where secondly cracked diamonds or any diamonds with pit holes visible by naked eyes are rejected out from any diamond parcel before being shipped to you so all the diamonds in the parcel you get are ready to be used in jewelry. same with our natural gemstones like emeralds and sapphires.
Now the cut comprises the arrangement of the facets of a stone, the manner in which it is cut the symmetry, place of facets on the rock, suppose a round cut diamond can be a rose cut diamond which are shallow in height or depth and is a totally different variety of diamond cut whereas round diamonds are generally cut as round brilliant cut which emits the maximum amount of brilliance, with the same cutting manner that is brilliant cut. Also other shapes can also be done in a pear modified brilliant cut diamond which deploy the same cutting style as a brilliant round cut diamond with a pavilion crown table identical to round brilliant, other cuts are step cut which is extensively used in emerald cut forming a hall of frame effect and the same step cut now again can be done in a round diamond.
also shape of any diamonds may remain as it is without even a single facet on the diamond and that can be just a plain polished diamond or gem as some plain briolettes are made that will even keep the shape intact.
So here we understood that cuts is the way or style in which facets in any shapes are arranged and shape is just the outline or boundary in which all the modifications will happen though it may be a princess cut diamond or a square emerald sugarloaf both are square so shape being common in the cuts are different.
About Quality of Cut
Any same brilliant cut can be categorized according to its quality like good cut, very good cut diamond, or excellent cut diamond and it is judged on the basis of the amount of brilliance it is giving and how ideal the proportions are, it should be not too deep or too shallow, the table surface area should be in a proper ratio with that of crown and so on. Fluorescence. polish and origin of the diamond also affects its shine and luster followed by types of inclusions like cloud etc.
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ROUND CUT - The most common of shapes is the round cut diamonds which are almost all cut as round brilliant cuts, it is the most selling diamonds of all the other shapes around 75% of the diamonds which sells are round cut diamonds as it has the potential to produce the highest brilliance of all the diamonds and though it has the advantage on all other shapes. almost all of the melee diamonds used in diamond melee jewelry are round shaped diamonds only.
PRINCESS CUT - The princess cut diamond is an another choice in diamonds as rounds and cushion. They were first created in 1980 it has 4 sides and are easy to handle and work with in jewelry and easy to manufacture compared to other more faceted shapes and cuts of diamonds. they give a more fresh and edge look.
OVAL CUT - The oval cut diamond is again a brilliant cut diamond and is cut like virtually the round brilliant diamonds are faceted so it has almost the same kind of brilliance as the round cut diamond have, but it may have this advantage that as it is little elongated version of the round diamond it creates an illusion of the size being bigger then of a round which is same in carat weight.
MARQUISE CUT - marquise cut diamond is also a modified cut diamond similar to the shape of a rugby football taper pointed on 2 sides. the marquis shape has the biggest surface area of any diamond and this also as oval cut diamond creates an illusion of being big carat to carat. The marquis cut again are a good example of brilliance and luster display.
PEAR CUT - pear shape diamond is a mix of round and marquis cut diamond tapered point on one side and round on another, they being brilliant cut show good firing in the stone. the pear shape diamond needs to be cut with proper symmetry. The point should be in the apex center of the round side. the wings and shoulders of this diamond should form symmetrical and uniform curves on both the sides otherwise it then no longer remains a per cut. The prices in the Rapaport chart of all fancy cut diamonds are usually decided with keeping the base as the pear shape RAP chart amongst the traders. Pear shaped diamonds are even more used or made with naturally colored uncut diamond rough.
CUSHION CUT - A cushion cut diamond is amongst the very old cuts and the diamonds have got cut in this manner from centuries, it is a kind of modified square cut with rounded ends, most of the old mine cut diamond were these ad the old mine cut diamonds which are cut today are more then 50% the cushion shape only, now with more refinement in the cuts and proportions the demand of this cut has increased.