{"id":14328,"date":"2016-03-18T14:35:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T18:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=14328"},"modified":"2016-03-18T14:35:21","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T18:35:21","slug":"you-cant-compare-round-cuts-to-fancy-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/you-cant-compare-round-cuts-to-fancy-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"YOU CAN’T COMPARE ROUND CUTS TO FANCY CUTS!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jewelers always talk about the 4C’s:<\/strong> Cut, Color, Clarity and Carat Weight.<\/p>\n

\nAnd I’m a big fan of learning all of them, for they help you understand diamonds more and whether a diamond is good<\/strong>, or the price <\/strong>is good.<\/p>\n

\nAnd, one of the biggest topics that I like to discuss is CUT!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nFor Cut really determines how much a diamond sparkles<\/strong> and shines.<\/p>\n

It’s all about the CUT!<\/h2>\n

\nThis is all fine and dandy if you’re shopping for a round stone<\/a> (brilliant cut), but if you’re looking for any other cut of diamond<\/strong>, cut is not going to help you much.<\/p>\n

For with fancies, THERE IS NO CUT GRADE!<\/h2>\n

\nDiamond cuts like the Princess, Pear, Heart, Cushion, Marquise, Radiant, Oval<\/strong> and the such, are NOT <\/strong>going to have any cut grades listed.<\/p>\n

\nThe only thing you’ll see is the name of the cutting style<\/strong> (Princess, Pear, Heart…).<\/p>\n

\nRound diamonds though, have cut grades<\/strong> liked like: Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair and Poor<\/strong>…<\/p>\n

But fancy cuts have NONE!<\/h2>\n

\nThis is because they’re fancy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\nThey’re not round, they don’t have the same attributes<\/strong> that a totally symmetrical stone would have.<\/p>\n

You can’t compare them!<\/h2>\n

\nSo with a fancy cut, you really won’t know if the diamond is cut well<\/strong>, or if it sparkles much.<\/p>\n

\nThey’re in a class all by themselves<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\nBut, luckily, there are some visual clues that you can still look for, that will help you determine<\/strong> if a diamond faces up and sparkles…<\/p>\n

This is what you should look for:<\/h2>\n

\n(All of these are listed on a GIA diamond report<\/strong>)<\/p>\n