JamesAllen.com is proud to offer some of the world’s finest-cut diamonds, all guaranteed available and ready to be set into the setting of your choice. Our high standards in diamond quality and grading, combined with our ability to source the most beautiful diamond inventory has allowed us to introduce the perfect diamond collection: the Hearts & Arrows Diamond Collection.
Hearts & Arrows (often abbreviated as H&A) diamonds arrived in the United States in the mid 1990’s. H&A diamonds are cut so precisely that they display a special pattern through both the table and pavilion when viewed through a special magnifying device called a Hearts & Arrows (or H&A) viewer. Top-notch H&A ideal cut diamonds are highly coveted because of their optimal performance, which can be attributed to both their overall ideal proportions as well as the meticulous attention to detail during the cutting process. Although many diamonds are cut to ideal proportions (and have an incredible amount of fire and brilliance), very few diamonds will display a clean, perfect H&A pattern.A Hearts & Arrows diamond is often referred to as “the perfect diamond.”
Each and every James Allen Hearts & Arrows Diamond Collections diamond is individually inspected for overall beauty using both basic magnification and detailed review through a Hearts & Arrow viewer. During that review, the diamond’s internal pattern is checked for the following:
Our Standard For Grading Hearts: *Eight symmetrical Hearts that are separate from the arrows above *Each Heart must be of the same size and definition with equally sized lobes *Each Heart must be complete and cannot be separated by overly deep clefts
Our Standards For Grading Arrows: *Eight uniform and symmetrical Arrows that are the same length, shape and contrast *Each Arrow must be clearly visible with a shaft and head *Each Arrow point must meet equally at the girdle
Ideal cut diamonds that meet the above criteria, and those that have also been graded with the highest possible ratings for overall cut, polish and symmetry by either the G.I.A. or A.G.S. laboratories are selected for the James Allen Hearts & Arrows Collection. Only the most beautiful ideal cut diamonds are selected for review. Because we use conservative standards for grading of our H&A diamonds, less than 1% of the diamonds on the JamesAllen.com website have been identified as part of this perfect diamond collection.
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