Hi All-
Ive been a casual oberver on this forum for a while with the occasional post. Though i have learned alot, along the way, through my crash course in diamond education courtesy of pricescope...each new door opened seemed to always create a new question.
To my point of this post..I have been looking at the different cut characterisics of round well cut diamonds, and though many factors aside from depth/table influence a diamonds brilliance, i have noticed that stones with an approx 60/61 depth and 56 table and good crown/pavilion angles are considered in the upper echelon of well cut stones. As such i have focused my diamond research within these parameters.
As soon as i thought i had it figured, i have been told that stones that have similar depth/table percentages (ie 60%/60%) with good crown/pavilion angles exhibit very high if not equally high brilliance as well.
In general, i believe in the concept of you "pay for what you get" and the concept of getting a "steal" in the diamond trade as a consumer is not that common. As such, price can be used as a benchmark of the quality of stone you are getting, in some aspects. I have seen that the 60/56 depth table combo''s rank as some of the higher priced stones...but the 60/60 stones seem to be priced equally.
Now i''m back to square one....if im focusing most of my research using the internet and as such comparing figures rather than physically seeing the stone, and my goal is to find a cut that ranks at the top of its class, where should i focus my attention???? Are these two combinations neck and neck in terms of brilliance or is it a matter of which way you look at "ideal" cut through American "eyes" or International "eyes"??? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!
Ive been a casual oberver on this forum for a while with the occasional post. Though i have learned alot, along the way, through my crash course in diamond education courtesy of pricescope...each new door opened seemed to always create a new question.
To my point of this post..I have been looking at the different cut characterisics of round well cut diamonds, and though many factors aside from depth/table influence a diamonds brilliance, i have noticed that stones with an approx 60/61 depth and 56 table and good crown/pavilion angles are considered in the upper echelon of well cut stones. As such i have focused my diamond research within these parameters.
As soon as i thought i had it figured, i have been told that stones that have similar depth/table percentages (ie 60%/60%) with good crown/pavilion angles exhibit very high if not equally high brilliance as well.
In general, i believe in the concept of you "pay for what you get" and the concept of getting a "steal" in the diamond trade as a consumer is not that common. As such, price can be used as a benchmark of the quality of stone you are getting, in some aspects. I have seen that the 60/56 depth table combo''s rank as some of the higher priced stones...but the 60/60 stones seem to be priced equally.
Now i''m back to square one....if im focusing most of my research using the internet and as such comparing figures rather than physically seeing the stone, and my goal is to find a cut that ranks at the top of its class, where should i focus my attention???? Are these two combinations neck and neck in terms of brilliance or is it a matter of which way you look at "ideal" cut through American "eyes" or International "eyes"??? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!