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What is an ideal cut diamond? defintion,history,and education. Sun, June 3rd 2007, 03:48 EST | |
|  American Heritage Dictionary defines ideal as “a conception of something in its absolute perfection.” When talking about diamonds though, does ideal really equate to perfection? Chances are, it depends who you ask. Ideal Cut is a term used to mean a round diamond cut to proportions originally established in 1919 by diamond cutter Marcel Tolkowsky. The “Tolkowsky Ideal” was calculated by finding the best balance of light dispersion and brilliance. Today these standards have been expanded upon to include other criteria, including a larger table percentage and a total depth of 60 to 63 percent. In 1996, The American Gem Society coined the phrase “AGS Ideal.” AGS uses a 0-10 grading scale, 0 being the best. Therefore AGS 0 is another way of saying ideal cut. Polish and symmetry are also factored into giving a diamond a grade of zero. Sounds simple and mathematical enough, you say. But the truth is, a lot of people in the diamond industry couldn’t even begin to tell you the real definition of an ideal diamond. A lot of times the term has been thrown around to mean whatever a particular retailer wants it to mean. Some sellers use less strict guidelines than AGS, while some go as far as to base “ideal” on simple depth and table measurements. While this isn’t necessarily wrong, it is misleading. The best thing for diamond retailers to do is clearly state for consumers the fact that there are discrepancies between the two—if their “ideal” is not the same. This being said, just because someone tells you that a diamond is “ideal cut” does not mean that it really is…so be weary when looking if you absolutely must have ideal. One way to know that you have an ideal cut diamond is if it’s from the Hearts & Arrows collection. Buyers beware: this does not mean that every ideal is a Hearts & Arrows. This is a term used for a round brilliant diamond showing a “kaleidoscopic” pattern of hearts in the pavilion and arrows in the crown. This stunning display, due to the precise symmetry of the diamonds cut, can be viewed using a Hearts & Arrows viewer. Because the cut has to be so symmetrical and precise, sometimes these stones are called “superideals.” James Allen sales executive, Dave Taylor knows the value of a Hearts & Arrows diamond. That’s because James Allen handpicks their H&A diamonds so they know their collection is of the utmost top quality. “Hearts are valued as top of the line diamonds because of the perfect internal alignment of the facets within the diamond—what that gives you is increased light performance in the way of brilliance and sparkle.”Ideal cut and Hearts & Arrows diamonds are the cr?me de la cr?me of all diamond cuts. As long as the customer is educated on what these stone cuts really are, whichever choice she makes—should always be absolute perfection in her eyes. - written by Sarah Baltic -
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