Well, a very obvious bow-tie can form regardless of depth and spread. It does have something to do with the rectangular shape - it is more likely on those than on squares. It may not be impossible to find a rectangular cushion without a blatant bow-tie, but that would need to have been cut for that.Date: 2/14/2005 17:35 PM
Author: Ann
Check my thread 'opinions on the cushion' a little lower down. But, yes it is a newer stone cert dated 1-25-05.
I guess in my searches I did not find tables that small. I also want no culet.
Also, how would a stone that is spready look? I saw a modern brilliant that was 3.27, but had l w measurements that were larger than the 4.02. When I looked into the 3.27, it looked like there was a darker line or something running east-west in the center of the diamond. The jeweler told me it was the lights and to back up and get out from under them. I did, and well, I didn't think it made that much of a difference. I still saw something in there! Could it have been because it was a spready stone that it was creating a bowtie? Just found the cert. on the 3.27 - 59.3% Depth, 59% Table,
10.59 x 8.43 x 5.00 3.27 H VVS2, small culet, no fl.. The stone was set in a 3 stone cushion, so it was difficult to judge. But if anyone could tell me what a spready stone would look like, maybe in the future I'd know what I was looking at!
ewwww who would ever say that a bowtie is a good thing?? it is just not attractive to have a dead space in the middle of a diamond!Date: 2/14/2005 3:43:15 PM
Author: moremoremore
p.s. the more rectangular a stone gets, the more of a ''bowtie'' it is going to have. This is true for all fancies...no matter how well cut. That''s why I liked a square stone. I''ve been told the bowtie is a good thing...blah blah blah...I still don''t like the way it looks.
Also, in the older style stones, certain dark areas (a dark cross or other dark areas) are also part of the way the stone is cut.