Expert articles on lab-grown diamonds, wholesale sourcing strategies, and the latest trends shaping the jewelry industry.
An emerald cut is a rectangular step-cut diamond with cropped corners, a large open table, and long parallel facets instead of brilliant-cut wedges — producing broad, mirror-like flashes of light...
An Asscher cut is a square step-cut diamond with cropped corners and a deep pavilion — essentially a square emerald cut, faceted in concentric layers that produce a distinctive windmill-shaped...
A pear shape diamond is a teardrop-outline brilliant cut — one rounded end like a round brilliant, tapering to a single point like a marquise — faceted for fire rather than the broad flat planes...
An oval cut diamond is an elongated brilliant-cut diamond — essentially a round brilliant stretched along one axis — with no points or corners, full brilliant faceting for round-level fire, and a...
A heart shape diamond is a modified brilliant cut — two symmetrical lobes meeting at a defined cleft at the top, narrowing through the wings to a single point at the bottom — faceted for fire and...
A radiant cut diamond is a rectangular or square outline with trimmed corners and a full brilliant facet pattern — combining an emerald cut's clean silhouette with a round brilliant's fire. Guru...
"Cushion cut" isn't one cut — it's a family of related square-to-rectangular, rounded-corner shapes that differ in facet pattern and outline: cushion brilliant, cushion modified brilliant, antique...
"Antique cushion" and "Old Mine Cut" get used interchangeably in retail marketing, but they're not the same claim. Old Mine Cut is a specific historical faceting standard — high crown, large open...
A cushion brilliant uses a standard brilliant facet arrangement — around 58 facets — on the pillow-shaped cushion outline, producing large, bright flashes. A cushion modified brilliant adds extra...
