That starts with hearts and arrows.
Super ideal round cut diamond proportions.
There are 4 main things you need to bear in mind when shopping for a super ideal diamond.
The hearts pattern pictured to the left is the pattern which appears within this 1 604 carat g color vs 1 clarity brian gavin signature round diamond which is an excellent example of a super ideal cut diamond because it meets all of the criteria indicated above.
If a diamond is cut too shallow or too deep light is lost out the sides and doesn t reflect as well back to the eye.
If a diamond is only slightly outside of super ideal cut proportions it will not matter that much.
Ideal cut diamond proportions and brilliance.
This 1 26 carat round cut diamond is a stunning example of a diamond with ideal cut proportions.
Out of the small percentage of excellent ideal cut diamonds lies a subset of super ideal.
Super ideal cut diamond out of the 4cs cut quality is undoubtedly the most important because of the impact it has on the visual appearance of the diamond.
This article has two sections.
Round cut diamonds exhibit supreme light performance.
The proportions of a well cut round with its 57 facets allow for nearly 100 light return.
With ideal diamond proportions a diamond takes in and reflects light well causing brilliance and fire.
Yet it may come as a surprise that only a small percentage of the world s polished diamonds are cut to meet the gia excellent or ags ideal standards.
In the first section we will provide our best summarized insights on ideal proportions for round and non round fancy shape diamonds.
1 ideal proportions for a super ideal cut diamond.
The seller is asking for 8175 for a 1 33 round gia vs2 i color triple ex stone no fluorescence.
The diamond i am looking at meets most of your gia ideal cut diamond proportions for buying super ideal rounds but i wanted your opinion on whether i should keep looking or settle on this diamond.
You can see it quite easily if you compare the aset images of perfect round and princess cut.
Please note that gia does not assign a cut grade to fancy cut stones such as princess cut or cushion cut yet but still these proportions are critically important in analyzing the cut.
More importantly ideal round cut diamonds provide a maximum light return compared to other shapes.
So if you are in the market for a super ideal cut diamond you need to know how to separate the wheat from the chaff.
If you badly want a super ideal cut diamond that is also a hearts and arrows diamond i recommend you go and check out brian gavin and whiteflash.
But the more a diamond is within super ideal cut proportions the better the light performance will be.
For those readers looking to dig deeper let s explore the world of super ideal diamonds.
