What You Should Know About Diamond Cuts

Diamond’s cut is usually the faceting and the symmetry of make that gives the diamond its brilliance, sparkle, and fire which indeed are the three main attribute of the diamond. While a diamonds cut is one of the most critical characteristics, the way a diamond’s cut will achieve the biggest effect is how the stone catches and interacts with the light. If a diamond is shallowly cut some of the light will be lost at the base of the stone, and on the contrary if it is cut too deeply some of the light will be lost on the outer side of its base. So here are the things that you should know about a diamond’s cut.

Fraction

Also called the proportion will usually give you an ideal cut if specific set of rules that define it are followed. If well followed the proportion of the cut will indeed give you the highest level of fire and the required brilliance. The fraction of your cushion cut diamond will always ensure that the size of the stone’s flat surface is relative to the girdle. It will also take into account that all angle facets are relative to each other and above all that the bottom and the top part of the stone align.

Fluorescence

This is usually the blue or yellow light that your diamond will emit when it is exposed to ultraviolet light. The fluorescence is usually caused by other trace substances such as boron that may seep into the diamond when it’s being formed. However it is the ideal diamond cut that will efficiently expose the stone’s fluorescence like in the round brilliant cut diamond.

Symmetry

Diamond’s cut will also rate the overall symmetry of the diamond’s facets. It will determine how well the facet edges align with each other, whether it is on how they correspond from opposite directions or how the top (crown) facets relate to the pavilion(bottom) facets relate. Diamond cut will therefore give your stone the edge balance that will simply make it stand out like the princess cut diamond.