The Glorious brilliant Cutting Process

When a solitaire is first extracted from the earth it looks just as any other pebble or piece of rock you may have picked up on a beach and thrown into the sea. Many population never realize the fiery, fantastic stone they are wearing was formed at least 50 miles below the covering of the earth under the most intense pressure and extremes of climatic characteristic which compressed humble carbon atoms into a particularly strong atomic formation which gives diamonds their potential of drive and fiery beauty.

In order to bring this charm and brilliance to the fore, the rough solitaire must be cut and polished and how this process is performed will impact directly on how a solitaire will look; a wrong cut will destroy the value of a stone and diminish its charm while a good cut will improve and amplify one of the world's most beautiful gemstones and certainly, the most valuable.

Cutting a solitaire is a very skilled art form and requires a superb craftsman to achieve the process. For some, cutting a solitaire is a very stressful experience, even for those watching - one slip, one unnoticed flaw in the planes of the solitaire structure or a mistake made in the selection of cut to apply and the stone can come to be a worthless piece of rock; so important is the cutting process that over 40% of the value of the done stone is applied by the cutting process.

The Glorious brilliant Cutting Process

There are many dissimilar types of solitaire cut and which is applied to a rough solitaire will be thought about by the allembracing size, weight and shape of the rough solitaire as well as the intended use of the stone - many diamonds never come to be part of a jewelry collection and instead, end up being used in commercial processes using their hardness for forming the points of drill bits for instance.

Common solitaire cuts include:

· Princess
· Brilliant
· Marquise
· Emerald
· Baguette
· Pear

By far the most beloved cut is the round fantastic Cut, normally with the stone used as the centerpiece for a solitaire ring, very often the selection for an engagement ring. The fantastic Cut certainly comprises 57 facets and this creates a fiery brilliance which has never gone out of style. The Princess Cut provides a similar sparkling effect but uses a more contemporary quadrate style. The Emerald and Baguette cuts furnish an elongated rectangular shape which together with the Pear Cut look perfect on long fingers; the shape of the solitaire you pick will be influenced by a sense of style and also the size of your lady's hand and fingers. Using an elongated solitaire shape (Pear, Emerald or Baguette) will look better on a hand with short fingers because the shape will accentuate them; a long fingered lady is fortunate in that she can get away with any bold style of solitaire ring!

The solitaire cut is the only manufactured part of the process which directly impacts the value of a stone - the other factors are the Color, the Clarity and the Carat (weight) which with the Cut are known collectively as the "Four C's". Combined together, the Four C's are used to classify and grade a solitaire for potential and in turn, to determine its value.

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