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Popular Diamond Cuts and Diamond Shapes
Diamonds come in many diamond cuts and shapes. Though there's been extensive research made by numerous
diamond professionals in the quest of searching for an "Ideal cut" that's supposed to
display maximum beauty of a diamond, results often came to conclude that there is no one
cut that's truly ideal. Here we'll list the ones that are most widely available in
loose diamonds for sale and wholesale loose diamond along
with a bit of information to help you decide on which shape is best suited for your needs.
- Round - A round cut is the first cut for diamonds that truly showcased their brilliance.
The porportions and angles were first calculated by Tolkowsky in 1919, and was
regarded as the most ideal cut until new tools and techniques made other shapes available
at the same, or even more, billiance.
- Princess - The princess cut is one of the most popular shapes in diamond jewelry. It has
both the elegance of an emerald cut, and the brilliance of a round cut. Another advantage
of the princess cut is that it usually appear much larger than a round diamond of the exact
same carat weight.
- Emerald - The emerald cut is still regarded as the most sophisticated shape for all
gemstones alike. Because it doesn't showcase spark and fire, usually only diamonds of high
clarity are cut into this shape to display their purity. Emerald cut loose diamonds are most
mesmorizing in a three stone setting.
- Oval - A mutation of the round brilliant cut, oval diamonds are also popular especially
for bigger sizes. The ideal porportions of an oval cut is exactly twice as long as it is
wide. If it's too narrow, light will be lost and the center of the stone will appear too
dark. If it's not narrow enough, it will look like a deformed round cut.
- Marquise - The marquise cut is generally used to maximize the weight of a diamond rough.
Like the oval cut, it's ideal porportions are 2 to 1 for length and width. When in the market
for a marquise cut diamond, make sure it has good color since they showcase the color more
readily than flare.
- Pear - Another fancy cut that's used mainly to get the biggest diamond possible from
a rough. It is a traditional cut that's mostly popular for drop earrings and pendants. For
ring jewelry, pear shaped diamonds are rarely set as a solitaire. They make beautiful fancy
rings when placed among a cluster of other stones. Find estate antique jewelry,
jewelry armoire and boxes, online for your beautiful diamond ring.
- Heart - Heart shaped diamonds are more on the designer side. They are cut for one
purpose only - to symbolize love and romance. Due to their irregular shape, some light
may be lost. But a well cut heart still displays lots of fire and flare.
- Trilliant - This popular shape is mainly cut from a specific type of diamond rough
called the macle, a flat, triangular piece of crystal. This natural shape makes it
extremely efficient and ideal for the trilliant cut. This is a shape that's perfect for
artistic, creative designer jewelry.
- Baguette - The baguette is not really cut for brilliance. It's just a four sided
rectangular shape used mostly as accents to other center stones or the gold itself.
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