Become an educated expert in diamonds, jewelry, rings, precious metals like platinum and gold as well as gemstones and pearls. Make the best purchase possible with our comprehensive education pages.
Buying diamonds and jewelry can be an overwhelming experience, but that can always be changed. Understanding a piece’s quality and characteristics is straightforward and simple. You can learn here about diamond shapes, diamond cuts, diamond color, diamond calrity, and diamond carat weight.
Our education pages are designed to answer all your questions. It explains how those characteristics influence appearance, and which are more important than others. Once you're done, you'll know everything you need to find your perfect piece.
DIAMOND SHAPES
Our diamond education explains a diamond’s characteristics and how they’ll influence appearance, helping you find your perfect diamond.
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ROUND
If you’re looking for a traditional, classic stone, our Brilliant Round Cut diamond will meet and exceed your expectations. The most popular and sought after cut, this stone manifests the most exquisite refraction of light and inner luminosity. A versatile stone, a Round Cut diamond lends itself to myriad setting designs, working effortlessly with other Round Cut as well as the Oval & Radiant Cut. Should you decide to set your stone as a solitaire, the Brilliant Round Cut is powerful and resilient enough to stand alone.
PRINCESS
For one of the most important occasions of your life, the Princess Cut diamond is timeless choice for engagement rings. Traditionally square in shape, this cut is best mounted in solitaire to the dimensions of your choice. While the splendor of any diamond is due largely in part to its intrinsic quality, this cut is forgiving and affords the stone to sparkle with stellar radiance. The beauty of the Princess Cut diamond is in the bird’s eye view, whereby every surface inch of its clarity is most visible.
EMERALD
This cut truly accentuates the clarity of whatever class of diamond you purchase. Due largely in part to the rectangular facets of its pavilion, it bears an inwardly luminous and outwardly prismatic glamour. Should you desire a stone with a more square form as opposed to this traditionally rectangular one, we suggest the Asscher cut. Consult your length-to-width ratio guide to help determine how traditional or modern you would prefer your diamond to be.
ASSCHER
Asscher-cut diamonds are quite similar to Emerald-cuts, with the distinction of being deliberately square and modeled by rectangular faceting. Due to sharp and plentiful surface area, one should choose with refinement a higher clarity grade of diamond as this cut displays brilliance with the same vigor that it would display any color, especially around the edges.
MARQUISE
Nothing speaks of femininity, elegance and timeless sophistication like the Marquise-cut diamond. The gentle sloping of either side allows the stone to sit with polished romance on any setting. Accentuated perfectly by pear-shaped stones on either side, the Marquise is an exquisite display of depth and even with smaller carats is unabashedly a show-stopper.
OVAL
Fluidity can only be achieved by this excellent shape. The Oval-cut diamond is very modern and lends itself to being spectacular as a stand alone piece or integrated by other ovals or round stones. Pleasing to the eye, this cut in not gaudy, but bear subtlety and elongates the bearing finger delicately. Unique in its ability to refract light, the Oval-cut is the epitome of simplicity and grace.
RADIANT
Called Radiant for a reason! An essentially square-to-rectangular shaped diamond, this cut boasts facets best appreciated from bird’s eye view. With signature beveled edges, this cut is versatile and easily multifunctional for use within jewelry craft. Another clever result of its smoothed edges is that the stone marries well with either round-sided or baguette diamonds.
PEAR
While aesthetically a popular shape, as a diamond cut, the Pear is anything but commonplace. The Pear-cut is a breath of fresh air as far as cuts are concerned, making a definitive statement of unsurpassed originality. As with the oval, but further accentuated by the tapering, this cut of stone elongates and slims the bearer’s fingers, making it delicate and light. As far as luminosity, it is comparable to the most faceted of the lot, with unparalleled sparkle and falls into the brilliant cut category.
HEART
Deep, immortal, unfettered love. The pairing of this shape and the very constituencies of a diamond are effortless. The heart traditionally symbolizes the epitome of love and this diamond cut represents happiness and eternal embrace. A playful, yet mature formation, the Heart-cut diamond shines within bird’s eye view and while color may be visible within the edges, once the suitable diamond is selected, this shape will become your favorite, rendering you a proud owner of a very unique piece.
CUSHION
Another modern cut, the Cushion or Pillow-cut diamond, is deeply faceted producing remarkable brilliance and luminosity. Imagine the decadent clarity and stellar qualities of this stone gracing any jewelry setting of your choice. Regal and full of pomp and pageantry, the Cushion-cut is a solid formidable stone that lends itself to integration with other rounded-edge stones or even as a solitaire.
