Portuguese Cut Diamond for Engagement Ring

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Hello all,

I am looking for a 1.5c Portuguese cut earth-mined diamond for an engagement ring, no diamond jeweler I have spoken to has even heard of this cut for diamonds.

I am aware this cut is used for gems, but I wanted to get the forum's thoughts on using this cut on a ring.

Any feedback or opinions are helpful.

Thanks!

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

It's going to sparkle around the edge like crazy and flash on and off in the middle. While round, it will perform differently from a round brilliant cut. JMO.

 

[88_star]

I found a couple rings through searching old forum posts. The other concern with this particular cut is that it is much deeper than traditional round brilliant cut diamonds so it may be difficult to find a setting (and would need a custom setting) and possibly sit quite high on the finger.

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[RunningwithScissors]

That's neat-looking!

Price Scope is great because I'm always learning something new here.

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

I haven't been able to find many mined examples, but I did find some lab diamond examples

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Diamondrensu is well known for cutting and polishing old and antique cuts in moissanite. We use the best moissanite to make custom moissanite jewelry.

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I think it would be a case of buying a diamond and having it recut being a possible avenue or asking a diamond dealer to source one. Definitely a special order stone in mined, I would think.

 

[Karl_K]

The cut makes no sense for the high ri of diamond.
It is designed to add life to low ri materials while countering tilt windowing to some extent.

 

[YadaYadaYada]

Have you considered a Crown of Light or Jubliee cut? IMO the Crown of Light would be closest visually but no idea how they compare numbers-wise.

Anyways, just throwing it out there as another option.