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When looking for diamonds to purchase, the diamond color is an aspect of the buying process that should not be overlooked.

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Asscher Cut Diamond

Many consider the asscher cut diamond to be a square emerald diamond because of the many similarities between the two diamond shapes but they are quite different. The asscher diamond has a smaller table, larger step facets and a higher crown than emerald diamond does. These properties make the modified asscher diamond a more brilliant diamond than the emerald diamond is. But similarly, they are both step cut diamond and they both have a total of 57 facets. When the pavilion facets of the asscher diamond are well positioned, the diamond looks like it has concentric squares when you view it from the top of the table. Very much like the emerald diamond, the asscher diamond also has cropped edges and this makes the diamond appear like an octagon even though it is square shaped. If you want to see and appreciate the asscher diamond’s unique shape, it is more obvious in a square silhouette mounted on a four prong setting. The common shape of the asscher diamond is square but the...

Cushion Cut Diamond

This diamond cut became popular in the early part of the 20 th century after the publication of Marcel Tolkowsky’s work on diamond ideal cut. Tolkowsky’s work led to some reformation in the cushion cut diamond. Improvements were made to the culet and table and cut angles of the diamond and these improvements led to an increase in the diamond’s brilliance, making it more brilliant than the older cushion diamonds and more popular among diamond buyers. One of the reasons why cushion diamond is very appealing is because of the fire that it exhibits. This is its selling point because, even though it is a brilliant diamond, it is not as brilliant as many other diamonds like the round diamond. The facets of cushion diamonds have three different patterns. The pavilions of the diamonds with this third pattern have another row of facets in them and are classified as the modified cushion by the GIA. This modified cushion cut may have a needle-like facet pattern or an ice crushed fa...

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