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The "Princess Cut" Diamond:
A "Princess Cut Diamond" is a square brilliant cut diamond with sharp, uncut corners. It is generally more square in shape than rectangular. The cut encompasses crown and pavilion facets which run vertical in direction as opposed to horizontally as with many other fancy shape diamonds. While recognized in the open market as a "Princess Cut" diamond the shape is commonly referred to as a "square modified brilliant" on most lab reports like those issued by the GIA, AGS or HRD which is a fact that can be a bit confusing to consumers shopping for the shape.
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By design, the princess cut diamond has approximately 76 facets which
add to the brilliance and fire and help it rival the visual performance
of a well cut round brilliant. Princess cut diamonds routinely
sell for less than a round brilliant cut diamond of comparable
characteristics because the cutting process yields finished stones which
weight sixty to sixty two percent of the diamond rough that the stone is
being cut from. Another factor which contributes to the lower
price of princess cut diamonds is the fact that the octahedron shaped
crystal (diamond rough) that is used for princess cut production can
often be sawn to yield two princess cut diamonds instead of a single
stone with the top of the rough sawn stone becoming the platform for
table facet for the finished diamond.
There are no established "ideal proportions" for a princess cut
diamond, however some princess cut diamonds are definitely cut better
than others. Consumers should avoid princess cut diamonds with
shallow crown heights of only a few percent - most of the princess cut
diamonds that we see in the open market look flat and lack in luster
because the table facets are too large and the crown height is too
shallow. Extra facets are common on princess cut diamonds,
especially in the tips where the cutters have to work extra hard to
produce a sharp corner free of extensive abrasions.
We have contracted with one of the cutters who we
rely on for the production of our ideal cut round brilliant cut diamonds
to produce a very special production of princess cut diamonds which are being cut for
beauty as opposed to weight... Unfortunately our idea of what
constitutes a properly cut princess cut diamond is a little different
than the GIA Gem Trade Laboratory and thus we're usually getting Very
Good polish and symmetry as opposed to Excellent polish and symmetry.
It's not that we're not capable of producing diamonds with Excellent
polish and symmetry - our inventory of other fancy shape diamonds is
proof of that. However, we would have to produce a shallower
princess cut diamond than we feel is necessary to deliver the light
return that the cut is actually capable of and we prefer to cut for
performance as opposed to a paper rating... Call it an artistic
difference.
Our current inventory of Princess Cut Diamonds can be found
in our Private Reserve of Fancy Shapes however
you should
Email us
if you don't see what you're looking for because we don't stock as many
Princess Cut Diamonds as we have access to... The reality is that
princess cut diamonds represent a very small percentage of our annual
sales so we invest most of our
working capital in round brilliant
ideal cut diamonds and pull what we need in the way of Princess Cut
Diamonds from the cutter as we need it... Essentially we stock just
enough to let you know that we sell them ☺
May we help you find the diamond of your dreams?
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