What exactly is a hearts and arrows diamond? Is it a special cut? Are there actual hearts on the diamond? A jeweler showed me one and got all "this is a hearts and arrow diamond" on me. Is it more special? More expensive? Or just more hype?
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Hearts and Arrows
Started by greenwibenvy, Oct 25 2004 05:07 PM
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Posted 26 October 2004 - 05:04 AM
A hearts and arrows diamond is one that has the facets alligned so that when you view the stone under a special viewer upside down, you will see 8 hearts, and when you view the stone face up under the viewer you will see 8 arrows.
With that being said, it must have a very good to excellent symmetry to achieve this and they do take extra time and precision to cut.
Does a hearts and arrows mean that it will be the brightest diamond? Maybe not. We've seen some stones that have a nice hearts and arrows but suffered in the brilliance area at the expense of the pattern sometimes.
We have also seen some that were very bright. We evaluate this on a stone per stone basis.
I do have one manufacture of very fine goods that makes ideal hearts and arrows with a guaranteed light performance. Those are definitely a fine stone.
Jan
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With that being said, it must have a very good to excellent symmetry to achieve this and they do take extra time and precision to cut.
Does a hearts and arrows mean that it will be the brightest diamond? Maybe not. We've seen some stones that have a nice hearts and arrows but suffered in the brilliance area at the expense of the pattern sometimes.
We have also seen some that were very bright. We evaluate this on a stone per stone basis.
I do have one manufacture of very fine goods that makes ideal hearts and arrows with a guaranteed light performance. Those are definitely a fine stone.
Jan
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Jan
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Posted 26 October 2004 - 05:20 AM
Most ideal cut diamonds will show an H & A pattern as Jan has previously described. However, many diamonds outside of the ideal cuts will show a very similar effect and that makes it all but impossible for the average consumer to see a difference.
Don't worry too much about the name or the hype that people apply to different diamonds. In my experience, "Ideal Cut", "Signature Cut" “H & A” are one in the same. Read the tutorials, do your homework and use boards like diamond.info to help you along the way.
Good Luck.
Don't worry too much about the name or the hype that people apply to different diamonds. In my experience, "Ideal Cut", "Signature Cut" “H & A” are one in the same. Read the tutorials, do your homework and use boards like diamond.info to help you along the way.
Good Luck.
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