The Pink Diamond In September a subsidiary of Russian diamond mining company, Alrosa, announced that it had recovered a large pink rough diamond weighing 27.85 carats, making it by far the largest pink rough diamond ever discovered by the company. It is of gem quality and almost free of inclusions. Coloured diamonds weighing over ten […]
A fancy cut diamond is any diamond cut that is not round. Whilst the round cut makes up nearly 80 percent of the market, fancy cut diamonds are becoming increasingly popular. Some settings and metals are better for fancy cut diamonds Certain settings enhance fancy cut diamonds. An example is the three stone engagement ring. […]
If diamonds are forever, what better symbol of eternal love and affection is there than the heart-shaped diamond cut? One of the most challenging cuts to create, it takes a very skilled cutter to create a flawless heart-shaped diamond. It has 59 carefully sculpted facets and is a very popular way for a diamond cutter […]
The marquise diamond cut is also known as the football-shaped cut, the boat-shaped cut, the eye-shaped cut, or the navette, which means ‘little ship’ in French. It has an elliptical shape with pointed ends featuring 58 facets. It dates back to the 18th century when King Louis XV of France (1710-1774) commissioned a jeweller to […]
