How is a Diamond Cut Different from a Diamond Shape?
Many of us are fond of diamond jewellery like engagement rings or earrings. We always desire to purchase jewellery with a specific shape. However, we often use diamond cut and shape interchangeably for natural or lab grown diamond jewellery . The fact is both the terms are entirely different. Let’s understand the terms one by one. What is a Diamond Cut? Diamond cut is a part of 4Cs that we use to determine the quality of diamonds. A diamond cut has four elements—brightness, fire, pattern, and scintillation. The perfect brightness of the diamond reflects all the light that gets into the diamond. When light enters the diamond and gives a prism-like effect, it means the diamond’s fire element is perfect. Further, scintillation showcases the flashes of the diamond, whereas the pattern is the contrasting areas of light and dark. Through these elements, diamond jewellery manufacturers give four grades to diamond cuts. Excellent, very good, good, and poor. Why exactly do you need to unders