Hi everyone,
another nOOb here.
I am finally starting to shop for a diamond, and will prolly take another month or 2 before i actually purchase one. (gotta do my research)
anyways a few questions.
I have been looking through a few sites, and the Ideal-Scope site. It seems that it is possible for an ideal cut (ie Hearts & Arrows?/Brilliant Rose?) to have lots of light leakage.
How is this possible? To qualify as a H&A or BR diamond, aren't the stones supposed to be cut to certain specifications? I dunno....maybe like the crown angle has to be a certain angle or something. If all these diamonds are cut according to specs, and given equal carat size, colour and clarity (but colour and clarity does not play a big part in brilliance anyways) won't two stones have similar brilliance? If the stones arn't properly cut, then why should it qualify as H&A / BR ??
Or are the light leaks from the nature of the stones itself.
BTW, are H&A diamonds equal to AGS000? Does AGS0 also mean AGS000? Can a diamond be H&A and not be AGS0/AGS000? and vice versa, can a diamond be AGS0/AGS000 and not be H&A? Where does BR fall in this category??
I just ordered my Ideal-Scope today, so hopefully, I can start getting more of an ideal on how diamonds work.
Sorry for the multitude of questions, and looking forward to your replies
another nOOb here.
I am finally starting to shop for a diamond, and will prolly take another month or 2 before i actually purchase one. (gotta do my research)
anyways a few questions.
I have been looking through a few sites, and the Ideal-Scope site. It seems that it is possible for an ideal cut (ie Hearts & Arrows?/Brilliant Rose?) to have lots of light leakage.
How is this possible? To qualify as a H&A or BR diamond, aren't the stones supposed to be cut to certain specifications? I dunno....maybe like the crown angle has to be a certain angle or something. If all these diamonds are cut according to specs, and given equal carat size, colour and clarity (but colour and clarity does not play a big part in brilliance anyways) won't two stones have similar brilliance? If the stones arn't properly cut, then why should it qualify as H&A / BR ??
Or are the light leaks from the nature of the stones itself.
BTW, are H&A diamonds equal to AGS000? Does AGS0 also mean AGS000? Can a diamond be H&A and not be AGS0/AGS000? and vice versa, can a diamond be AGS0/AGS000 and not be H&A? Where does BR fall in this category??
I just ordered my Ideal-Scope today, so hopefully, I can start getting more of an ideal on how diamonds work.
Sorry for the multitude of questions, and looking forward to your replies