Diamond Cuts - Choosing a Dazzling Diamond
What makes some diamonds shine and sparkle more than others? Simply put, diamond cuts make all the difference when it comes to dazzling, brilliant diamonds.
Even the flawless diamond will look dull and less than brilliant with the wrong cut. Even the color and clarity of the diamond will be less admirable if the diamond cut is wrong. The cut will give the diamond its style and help minimize any obvious flaws in the diamond.
Types of Diamond Cuts
The three types of diamond cuts are shallow, deep and ideal. The shallow cut creates lack of light reflection off the top of the diamond, and consequently the diamond looks duller.
Even though a deep cut diamond will appear larger than it actually is, it will also be dark and dull because the light does not reflect off the top of the diamond, but instead is lost from the sides of the diamond.
As you might guess, the ideal cut is best. It is a cut that is not too deep and not too shallow, but just right for the light to reflect off the top of the diamond.
Balance and Brilliance
The ideal cut allows light to bounce off the top of the diamond at just the right angle to create a dazzling, brilliant effect. When the light bounces off the sides or the bottom of the diamond, the effect is a dull, lack-luster diamond that lacks color and clarity. The all-important diamond cut also determines the overall grade of the diamond.
Modern professional jewelers use advanced computer software to help them figure out diamond cuts that will create the most brilliant diamonds when cut. The quality of the diamond cut is dependent on the width and depth of the cut. The width and depth measurements need to be balanced for an ideal cut.