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Both diamonds weigh one carat each and are within a color and clarity grade.
In the top picture taken on grey card board - the slightly shallow Ideal Cut diamond on the right has a bigger diameter than the dog on the left. But if you knew nothing and all the diamonds in a store looked like this one you might never know the difference.
In the lower photo both diamonds have been pushed into bees wax to make them dirty (but only their pavilions - the tableshave been wiped and are as clean as I could make them.
Now the diamond on the right looks much bigger, and still has much of its sparkle, but the below average diamond on the left has lost its sparkle and you can see the bee’s wax through it.

In the top picture taken on grey card board - the slightly shallow Ideal Cut diamond on the right has a bigger diameter than the dog on the left. But if you knew nothing and all the diamonds in a store looked like this one you might never know the difference.
In the lower photo both diamonds have been pushed into bees wax to make them dirty (but only their pavilions - the tableshave been wiped and are as clean as I could make them.
Now the diamond on the right looks much bigger, and still has much of its sparkle, but the below average diamond on the left has lost its sparkle and you can see the bee’s wax through it.
