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Hello to the cut nuts,
I am working my way through understanding cut and the differences in crown/pavillion angle vs. different table sizes and the affect it has on brilliance vs. fire.
As I understand it a stone with a larger table will have more brilliance, but less fire...
Question Number #1:
Does the stone have more fire with a smaller table because the crown facets are optimized and larger vs. a stone with a larger table and smaller crown facets. Is this one of the main factors that affects the way fire is observed by the viewer as seen through the crown facets being that the table is smaller so the crown facets are bigger?
Question #2:
In understanding brilliance in a stone with a larger table does the larger table minimize the fire observed because the crown facets are smaller?
Question #3:
Is brilliance increased because it is defined by the light being shot through the table of the diamond as reflected off the pavillion facets and since the table is bigger more of that light gets through?.
I know people prefer different looks, but was wondering if the crown and pavillion facets measured the same in 2 seperate diamonds with one having a small table and one having a large table is my reasoning correct in understanding why brilliance is increased in diamonds with larger tables and why fire is increased with diamonds with smaller tables.
I know there is much more that might affect these factors in the balance of light being returned to the viewers eye but was wondering if my conclusions to what I have read are right as far as how the larger and smaller tables play on fire and brilliance and why being the crown and pav angles were the same in both diamonds...??
-Josh Rioux
Sitka, Alaska
I am working my way through understanding cut and the differences in crown/pavillion angle vs. different table sizes and the affect it has on brilliance vs. fire.
As I understand it a stone with a larger table will have more brilliance, but less fire...
Question Number #1:
Does the stone have more fire with a smaller table because the crown facets are optimized and larger vs. a stone with a larger table and smaller crown facets. Is this one of the main factors that affects the way fire is observed by the viewer as seen through the crown facets being that the table is smaller so the crown facets are bigger?
Question #2:
In understanding brilliance in a stone with a larger table does the larger table minimize the fire observed because the crown facets are smaller?
Question #3:
Is brilliance increased because it is defined by the light being shot through the table of the diamond as reflected off the pavillion facets and since the table is bigger more of that light gets through?.
I know people prefer different looks, but was wondering if the crown and pavillion facets measured the same in 2 seperate diamonds with one having a small table and one having a large table is my reasoning correct in understanding why brilliance is increased in diamonds with larger tables and why fire is increased with diamonds with smaller tables.
I know there is much more that might affect these factors in the balance of light being returned to the viewers eye but was wondering if my conclusions to what I have read are right as far as how the larger and smaller tables play on fire and brilliance and why being the crown and pav angles were the same in both diamonds...??
-Josh Rioux
Sitka, Alaska