What does culet: P mean?

[hunt7191]

Is it bad? Thanks

 

[robbe]

hunt, p means ponted. this is considered the most desirable condition. it means that the pavilion (lower part of the diamond) ends in a perfect point.
cheers, robbe

 

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The reason this is desireable, btw, is that if the culet is large and flat, it can become a window, and can be distracting since it is centered under the table.

From PS Advanced Tutorial, which I highly recommend reading:

A diamond behaves as a window if opposing facets are parallel, and this is exactly what happens if the culet is too big, because the culet is parallel to the table. The result is that you can see right out the ‘hole’ the culet appears to make in the center bottom of the diamond. If you have ever seen a large old cut diamond you probably know what we mean.

The culet size is listed on a cert and your diamond''s culet should be pointed (no culet), very small, small or medium because these are not visible to the naked eye.

Large to extremely large culets may be visible to the naked eye and can look like an inclusion.

 

[Lorelei]

Hunt welcome to PS

No worries at all with a pointed culet - quite the contrary. If you are just starting off, try reading the tutorials as this will help answer many of the questions you may have