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Just because a diamond is cut to ideal proportions with an AGS0 does not mean that it will exhibit a crisp and true hearts and arrows pattern.
In addition to being ideal, the diamond has to have super symmetry - where all the angles and facets have to be perfect.
| Missing Hearts |
Arrow heads or V-marks |
Broken, split and different sized hearts, must be equal and uniform |
No gaps between hearts and V-marks or arrow heads |
Perfect Hearts |
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| Missing Arrows |
Poorly formed arrows no definition |
Crooked shafts misshapen arrow heads |
Missaligned arrow heads with shaft |
Perfect Arrows |
Stones that do not conform to these standards cannot be called TRUE Hearts and Arrows. There should be no variation in both the hearts and the arrow
patterns. Quality A, B, C or 1, 2, 3 do not exist. They are either TRUE Hearts and Arrows diamonds or they are NOT. These
standards need to be maintained just as they have in Japan where the standard was set and I believe all should maintain.
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