I must say, as a fairly typical guy, I never thought I could be this interested in diamonds or jewelry from that matter. Pricescope is such an amazing tool!!!! As a lay person, I couldn''t imagine trying to learn about diamonds without it. Having spent considerable time reading the educational materials and posts on PS and certain other sites, I can say with some degree of confidence that my knowledge base about diamonds (minimal as it may be compared some on this site), is certainly on par with the B&M jewelers that I have spoken to (at least the knowledge they care to impart, most of which is bunk).
In any case, I am curious about a few suble distinctions regarding BIC, TIC and FIC (Gary, are you out there??). "Ideal Cut" seems to be a rather amorphous term. The Brilliant Ideal Cut, Tolkowsky Ideal Cut and Fiery Ideal Cut are all "Ideal", they they display different characteristics and have varying table percentages and crown angles. I am assuming that the Fiery Ideal and cuts designed to generate the H&A effect are pretty much one and the same??? As per the BIC and TIC, they are also considered "ideal", yet they don''t have the H&A effect and don''t appear to have any special marketing associated with them. When searching Blue Nile and other comparable websites, the "Ideal" label is almost always reserved for that sites "signature ideal" lines, yet there are two other Ideals available. Obviously, it''s very easy to identify an H&A, but there does not seem to be a correspondingly identifiable geometric configuration for the optical symmetry of the BIC and TIC stones (is this true or am I way off base?).
Most of the diamond dealers and jewelers that I have spoken with don''t have sarin or ogi scans of their stones. I am sure those machines are expensive as all heck and I guess most consumers are satisfied with just a GIA cert and the jeweler''s blessing (and those are probably the more educated consumers). I guess the main question is, how can I (a diamond newbie), eyeball an ideal cut diamond compared to a well cut diamond??? Thanks in advance for your advice.
In any case, I am curious about a few suble distinctions regarding BIC, TIC and FIC (Gary, are you out there??). "Ideal Cut" seems to be a rather amorphous term. The Brilliant Ideal Cut, Tolkowsky Ideal Cut and Fiery Ideal Cut are all "Ideal", they they display different characteristics and have varying table percentages and crown angles. I am assuming that the Fiery Ideal and cuts designed to generate the H&A effect are pretty much one and the same??? As per the BIC and TIC, they are also considered "ideal", yet they don''t have the H&A effect and don''t appear to have any special marketing associated with them. When searching Blue Nile and other comparable websites, the "Ideal" label is almost always reserved for that sites "signature ideal" lines, yet there are two other Ideals available. Obviously, it''s very easy to identify an H&A, but there does not seem to be a correspondingly identifiable geometric configuration for the optical symmetry of the BIC and TIC stones (is this true or am I way off base?).
Most of the diamond dealers and jewelers that I have spoken with don''t have sarin or ogi scans of their stones. I am sure those machines are expensive as all heck and I guess most consumers are satisfied with just a GIA cert and the jeweler''s blessing (and those are probably the more educated consumers). I guess the main question is, how can I (a diamond newbie), eyeball an ideal cut diamond compared to a well cut diamond??? Thanks in advance for your advice.