Unique cuts...any opinions?

[Nicrez]

Here''s a website with Unique cuts...?




http://www.memorialdiamond.net/9FEB2004/index.html

 

[valeria101]

Gee!
Thanks, Nicrez... a couple of those are very much of my liking.

Surely what those unusual shapes were cut from would not have yielded much of anything else

... if this matters. Crazy concept " 8 new cuts every week " !!! probably one for each shape of rough too

 

[Nicrez]

You know Ana, I have heard of so many new cuts from so many different people and cutters, the amount is truly staggering...I have seen some come to market, some still obsure, but what a bizarre thing to have so many cuts, and not enough fingers to carry each stone!!!

 

[valeria101]

Bizarre... no, I have to disagree.

The standardization of cut patterns for diamonds is bizarre - no other gem material is treated this way ! Virtually each valuable piece or parcel of colored rough gets a cut tailored for it, with even the outline of the cut subject of interpretation, leave alone the number, angles and proportions of the facets themselves.

Remember the claim to fame of the Eight Star company that all their stones look alike except for size ? This would not be at all a valid claim of quality if the merchandise would not be diamonds: cut standardization is NOT a general standard of gem quality - yet.

Optics ? - this may not be sufficient motivation for diamond standardization either: while the parameters for best light return in an RBC are solved, no one has yet attempted to actually design a cut (from scratch, with feasibility as only constraint) for best light return - even in diamonds. As far as I know, the RBC model was there way before the quest for light return produced the whole H&A and ideal cut story... Colored gem cuts are routinely re-designed to achieve certain optical effects, although the more expensive the rough, the more conservative the approach, as you may imagine.

Glad you brought this up, food for thought, as they say

 

[ClownFishFunk]

Very interesting! The "St. Tropez Cut" looks to me like there is a butterfly shape inside it - anyone else see that? I sort of enjoy it. Thanks for sharing.

 

[valeria101]

Hm "St Tropez"

sounds nice ! Or maybe not, but that kind of cut is usually called "lozenge" (as many other shapes are, unfortunately) - not unusual overall... The names they use are pure fantasy, no way to identify another stone by that name... but the shapes are not totally unique - one can find them occasionally.

 

[valeria101]

 

[winyan]

AnA...

That is a unique ring with a lovely stone. I think because it is a colored diamond, champagne, about a c5 I reckon?, the cut makes the whole look gorgeous.

win

 

[valeria101]

C5... that's really dark. No idea what this one was. The maker - Scavia - started by making one honker in this model (the center stone about 2cm long - no idea on weight) than more smaller ones in light chanpagne with yellow or orange undertones, sort of like this one.

 

[babblingal]

I remember a couple of years ago there was a diamond being sold on ebay that was cut to look like a penis. Talk about *unique*! I think it was depicted on a chain in a pendant.

 

[Matata]

Some of those cuts are available in real diamonds -- wish I could remember some of the sites I've explored -- I'll have to search again. However, having a loved ones cremated remains turned into a "diamond", which is what Memorialdiamonds does, holds no appeal for me.

 

[ClownFishFunk]

lol Babs that is too funny. Thats a piece sure to get some attention!