Old round diamond in new Beaudry stilette mounitng

Shay:
 
Your ring is really beautiful and the cutter really minimized the weight loss in your stone and it looks truly stunning. With only a 9% loss from your original stone.

Most diamonds need the pavilion repolished (re-cut) to gain 80% of what ever can be achieved in maximizing a better cut quality. By Recutting the pavilion or bottom of the diamond will result in the least amount of weight loss. Most symmetry problems exist in the pavilion faceting and can be fixed there. By recutting the crown of the diamond it would result in a much bigger weight loss.

The aesthetic appeal in which a diamond will perform better visually is largely dependent on the crown & pavilion angle. Repolishing the pavilion would in effect change the crown/pavilion angle relationship in reflecting light entering the stone at the best critical angle in reflecting it back out the top.

Imagine that the pavilion facets act as mirrors reflecting the light entering the stone back out the top. When these "mirrors" are positioned wrong many different effects can occur which can either increase or decrease the stones overall performance. Facet angle, length, and placement are also critical.

I think given your situation the cutter seemed to do a good job outlining maximizing the visual impact of your diamond in regards to retaining as much weight, being there are certain carat weight increments which suffer a percentage in the overall value due to the loss of initial weight in re-cutting..

There are some people who like getting their stones cut to super ideal proportions and it is in their best interest to get an expert involved along with getting a full sarin report run on the stone and then a competent cutter can properly assess the correct way in cutting the stone to maximize the best results based on the current measurements with maximizing weight retention.

This may have been a little more info than you were looking for, but I hope you found some of this info useful especially since it relates to repolishing a diamond.
Your diamond and setting look marvelous…!

Josh Rioux
Haines, Alaska
*The Colored Gemstone Nut*

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Date: 3/3/2005 9:349 PM
Author: windowshopper
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