Ideal Diamond Cut
April 16th, 2009
Ideal Diamond Cut
ideal diamond cut
An ideal cut isn’t always the best cut for a diamond. New cutting and polishing techniques have been developed and as a result we see more “top” diamond cuts than ever.
A good cut is essential to a diamond’s beauty, because even a diamond with outstanding color and clarity will not display the sparkle that diamonds are famous for if its components don’t interact with light as they should.
Diamond measurements are calculated and applied to a cut grading scale that makes it easy to understand how well each reflect light:
- Blue Nile Signature Ideal cut: Represents roughly the top 1% of diamond quality based on cut. The highest grades of polish and symmetry allow it to reflect even more light than the standard ideal cut. Our most brilliant cut.
- Ideal cut: Represents roughly the top 3% of diamond quality based on cut. Reflects nearly all light that enters the diamond. An exquisite and rare cut.
- Very good cut: Represents roughly the top 15% of diamond quality based on cut. Reflects nearly as much light as the ideal cut, but for a lower price.
- Good cut: Represents roughly the top 25% of diamond quality based on cut. Reflects most light that enters. Much less expensive than a very good cut.
- Fair cut: Represents roughly the top 35% of diamond quality based on cut. Still a quality diamond, but a fair cut will not be as brilliant as a good cut.
- Poor cut: This includes all diamonds that do not meet the performance standards of a fair cut. These diamonds are generally deep and narrow or shallow and wide and tend to lose most of the light out the sides and bottom. Blue Nile does not carry diamonds with cut grades of poor.
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