Before you start diamond shopping, you want to have an understanding of what you’re buying. This guide simplifies the four C’s of diamonds: cut, color, clarity and carat weight, so you can select your diamond based on the same criteria jewelers use to grade them.

Cut
A diamonds cut is an essential component of its brilliance in terms of how it reflects natural light or its sparkle. All 4C’s, when close to perfection, make a diamond stand out in any arrangement. But even with color, clarity & carat close to perfect and a cut being fair or poor, a diamond will seem pale or dull to the eye.

The better a diamond is cut, the more brilliant it will be. The well-cut diamond is faceted with the angle placed to best allow the light to reflect within the diamond and then return to the eye of the beholder. Diamonds may be cut and polished in various shapes to enhance their beauty. Diamonds reflect light from one facet to another, and then disperses it through the top of the stone. If the cut of a diamond is too deep, some of the light escapes through the opposite side of the pavilion. If the cut is too shallow, light escapes through the pavilion before it can be reflected.

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