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Consumers could really be put off or scared by some of the heated issues the experts make over which cut grading system is the best, and which, if any, agree or disagree with one another. The truth of all of this that it is technicalities at the upper, best end, that are being argued over. It is for the long term benefit of everyone that experts express their heartfelt opinions, but no one single system expresses all the facts and all the details. Somewhere in the midst of all this science is the visual and optical truth about what makes a most beautiful, durable, correct size and most well cut diamond. No one expert or organization has been recognized as having the perfect key to fit this difficult lock, but if you are shopping near the top of what is "best cut" you have little to fear from any of the competing systems or labs. One must always bear in mind that experts often have vested interests in making their argument and that individuals who have a superb command of the language seem to express themselves more eloquently or more knowledgeably, but they may not be as correct as someone else who has a problem with self expression. Lot''s of highly educated, computer-engineer types, are oriented more to techincal knowledge than to teaching it to others.
For people shopping at the lower regions of cut quality, there are apparently larger disagreements about what cuts grade at which level, but none are going to fool a good shoppers normal vision. Likely as not, to find a superb cut, you need shop no further than a few Internet vendors. To find a good looking compromise you may have to shop harder, visit many stores, or waste a lot of postage to find a diamond which, not so finely cut, still speaks to your heart and soul.
With round diamonds, the cut grading which exists gives results which match very well visually for the highest grades. Nuance differences exist, but your eyes won''t tell you a whole lot. Even at GIA VG, the visual results are not reliably similar on all stones.
For princess cuts, the cut grading works from AGS, but I find their AGS0 a particular type of princess cut. They tend to be excellent looking, but not the only princess cut types which are beautiful and might be even called "special".
All the other cuts are pretty much still up for grabs when it comes to defining their cut quality for the broad market. The AGA Cut Class grades do a decent job of screening potential cut quality, but much more will be done before reliance can be blindly given to purchase fancy shapes as you can do today for round brilliants.
I like a system where one could compare any shape to how top cut quality round diamonds perfom and also compares the stone to how the best range of that individual shape has performed. Using a broad database of previously examined diamonds is a good way to know where any individual stone fits into the world of its peers.
For people shopping at the lower regions of cut quality, there are apparently larger disagreements about what cuts grade at which level, but none are going to fool a good shoppers normal vision. Likely as not, to find a superb cut, you need shop no further than a few Internet vendors. To find a good looking compromise you may have to shop harder, visit many stores, or waste a lot of postage to find a diamond which, not so finely cut, still speaks to your heart and soul.
With round diamonds, the cut grading which exists gives results which match very well visually for the highest grades. Nuance differences exist, but your eyes won''t tell you a whole lot. Even at GIA VG, the visual results are not reliably similar on all stones.
For princess cuts, the cut grading works from AGS, but I find their AGS0 a particular type of princess cut. They tend to be excellent looking, but not the only princess cut types which are beautiful and might be even called "special".
All the other cuts are pretty much still up for grabs when it comes to defining their cut quality for the broad market. The AGA Cut Class grades do a decent job of screening potential cut quality, but much more will be done before reliance can be blindly given to purchase fancy shapes as you can do today for round brilliants.
I like a system where one could compare any shape to how top cut quality round diamonds perfom and also compares the stone to how the best range of that individual shape has performed. Using a broad database of previously examined diamonds is a good way to know where any individual stone fits into the world of its peers.
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