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Re: Why are the ‘Best’ Cuts on the Edge of the Table-Bezel Z
Serg,
If you take a mirror the size of a 1ct diamond mount it and put it on someones finger it would have brilliance and scintillation and in some light conditions and angles fire.
A large mirror on the wall has light return but I would say it did not have brilliance or scintillation in the same way we would talk of a diamond having them unless it was viewed from a long distance on a huge wall.
A lot of how diamonds look to the eye is because of the relatively small size in relation to the environment and the large amount of contrast the environment provides. (Which is another huge flaw in the gia observation study. Unrealistic environmental contrast)
Contrast brilliance is not just inside the boundaries of the diamond but against the environment around it.
Serg,
If you take a mirror the size of a 1ct diamond mount it and put it on someones finger it would have brilliance and scintillation and in some light conditions and angles fire.
A large mirror on the wall has light return but I would say it did not have brilliance or scintillation in the same way we would talk of a diamond having them unless it was viewed from a long distance on a huge wall.
A lot of how diamonds look to the eye is because of the relatively small size in relation to the environment and the large amount of contrast the environment provides. (Which is another huge flaw in the gia observation study. Unrealistic environmental contrast)
Contrast brilliance is not just inside the boundaries of the diamond but against the environment around it.