Heart Shaped Diamonds?? Cut Q??

[pqcollectibles]

Just curious about Heart Shape cut diamonds. I saw a sales clerk sporting Heart shape cut diamond ring the other day. It caught my eye because of the shape. At first I thought it was a trillion cut or an out of whack pear. Then she gave me a close up look and it was a Heart shape cut diamond.

How does the cutter decide to produce a Heart shape? The sales clerk said the center cutout forming the lobes of the heart is where an imperfection had been. "They just cut out the imperfection and make a heart shaped diamond," she said. Not familiar with the cut shape so was curious if she is correct.

 

[dimonbob]

Hi PQ,

Believe it or not the sales clerk was correct. Heart shapes are not very popular so a diamond cutter does not usually make them when he can make a pear or better yet a round.

 

[pqcollectibles]

Thanks, Diamond Bob, for the info!

I've seen a few Heart shape diamonds but not many. Most of the time, they are used as side stones. This ring had a .75 ct center Heart shape cut diamond. The cutter didn't waste a thing cutting this Heart shape. It was cloudy/milky (like lots of microscopic white inclusions) and there was no sparkle at all. I've seen others that do flash and spark but this one was a dead fish.

 

[aljdewey]

PQ.....HOLY SMOKE....where've ya been?!?!?!?!? It's good to see you. Mara and I were just getting reading to send out the mounties to find you!