Does size affect performance?

[Dazed and Confused]

Hi Everyone,

I was told by a jeweler that a well cut larger diamond in the 3 ct range will not perform as well as a well cut smaller diamond in the 1.5 ct range. The jeweler stated that diamonds in the 1.5 ct range have optimal performance (but that’s not to say that the larger diamond doesn’t perform well – just not as well when compared to the smaller stone). Is this true???

Thanks!
Truly Dazed and Confused.


Opps! I've been totally consumed with this diamond search and didn't even realized think about that title!

 

[kcwade33]

I didn''t know what to expect when I opened this thread....Size affect Performance???

 

[Patty]

Oh my, where is DancingFire? This one is just too easy. It''s a high and outside fastball waiting to be hit out of the park.

As for the question, I''d say no...a well cut stone is a well cut stone. A 3 carat well cut stone will look bigger than a 1.5 carat well cut stone but not better or worse just because of the size.

 

[Lord Summerisle]

well if any vender here would like to send me (FOC) a 0.5ct 1ct and a 3ct (of an maybe Garry would send over that 15ct for good measure) I''d happily give my opinions over the next 20 years

 

[ForteKitty]

Must.... resisit... from...typing.... something... bad........

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 3/8/2005 12:16

2 PM
Author: Patty
Oh my, where is DancingFire? This one is just too easy. It's a high and outside fastball waiting to be hit out of the park.

As for the question, I'd say no...a well cut stone is a well cut stone. A 3 carat well cut stone will look bigger than a 1.5 carat well cut stone but not better or worse just because of the size.

Patty
LOL...you're so funny .....i'm laughing so hard i just wet my pants

....where is ForteKitty?

she can handle a fastball better than i. the next loud sound you hear is FK knocking this one out of the park for a grand slam home run....POP !!!! and it's gone............

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 3/8/2005 2:14:40 PM
Author: ForteKitty
Must.... resisit... from...typing.... something... bad........

OH MY GOD!!!!....now i'm really ROTFLMAO

i like your style.

 

[websailor]

I typed the topic title into Google. Of the six millions hits I got, I''m not sure I can post ANY of them.....

 

[ForteKitty]

Date: 3/9/2005 2:39:53 AM
Author: Dancing Fire

Date: 3/8/2005 2:14:40 PM
Author: ForteKitty
Must.... resisit... from...typing.... something... bad........

OH MY GOD!!!!....now i''m really ROTFLMAO

i like your style.

 

[Dancing Fire]

FK
i think you''re a blond

(not chinese) because,blonds have more fun.

 

[valeria101]

Perhaps Leonid can change the tytle of this thread... before Pricescope gets an R rating

Back to the initial Q... yeah, big ones tip the scales (of cut grading devices) even if the cut is not all that optimized.

Look at this one ! (LINK).

 

[Richard Sherwood]

I''ve never had a problem.

 

[Lord Summerisle]

tho seeing the pic of that 15ct H&A - I''m tempted to say - yip size affects performance.

In a good way tho

 

[Paul-Antwerp]

Yes, size does have an effect on performance.

As you may know, AGS has issued ''cutting guidelines'' for rounds and princess cuts, with a diameter of 6mm. I understood from Peter Yantzer, who gave a presentation in Antwerp on Monday, that very soon, we will also receive cutting guidelines for 4 mm, 8 mm and possibly 10 mm.

Since these cutting guidelines are based on thorough research, it shows that size affects performance.

This does not mean that a bigger stone will perform better or worse, it means that, when cutting, size is one of the parameters.
In other words, it is not ''size'' as such, it is how you use ''size'' (as one of the parameters).

Live long,