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Let’s focus on diamonds for a bit. Every girl knows about the four C’s of Diamond buying, but it can be hard to remember what all the cuts look like. The cut of a diamond directly effects the amount of sparkle a diamond has. Cut can also affect how big your diamond looks. Carat is actuality the weight of the diamond, so depending on the cut a diamond can look bigger or smaller than a diamond with the same carat weight. A well cut diamond will look bigger than many diamonds of a heavier carat weight.


“What makes a good cut,” you may ask. The quality of a diamonds cut is affected by many factors.


Okay, so we’ve established what makes a good cut, but what do the cuts look like.


  • Baguettes: Are long thin oblong asscher cuts.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     


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  • Single Cut Diamonds: A single cut diamond consist of 18 facets. Single cut diamonds are normally very small stones, like the stones you would see in a channel setting.

     

     


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