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Single cut diamonds are everywhere and are used in all types of modern jewelry, like rings, bracelets, pendants, earrings and even watches.<\/p>\n

\nIn fact, if I were to guess, I’d say that there are more single cut diamonds today, than there are full cut diamonds (that’s because of the abundance of small stones<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

\nThat’s a lot of single cuts. Single cuts are also referred to as melee diamonds, 8\/8<\/strong>, eight cut or even accent stones<\/strong> and side stones.<\/p>\n

\nIf you’re wondering what a single cut diamond is, you’re not alone<\/strong>. Most people have never heard of them and have no clue. But if you compare a single cut diamond (usually small carat weights of 10 points or less), to a full cut diamond (standard brilliant cut), you’d quickly see the difference.<\/p>\n

\nSo let’s dive in and see for yourself…<\/strong><\/p>\n

What are single cut diamonds?<\/h2>\n

\nSingle cut diamonds are small diamonds usually under 10 points<\/strong> (.10 carat) that are cut differently than a normal standard cut diamond. The facets are smaller and fewer, which is great, because the price gets cheaper.<\/p>\n

\nSingle cut diamonds sound like they’d have just one single cut to them<\/strong>, but this isn’t the case.<\/p>\n

\nSingle cuts began in the early 1600’s<\/strong> with just a few Facets on them to catch the light and to make it easier for jewelers to set them and secure them in mountings.<\/p>\n

\nBefore single cuts, diamonds were either pointy objects, lopped off diamonds, smoothed off rough rock, or even just jagged chunks of chipped diamonds (called diamond chips<\/strong>, which is not used today, but people still refer to small diamonds as chips).<\/p>\n

\nSingle cuts were a vast improvement in arena of diamond cutting.<\/p>\n

\nThe facets actually gave a diamond brilliance<\/strong>. It also paved the way for the modern brilliant cut diamond that we see today.<\/p>\n

\nTo understand more about single cuts, let’s take a look at the actual facets that make up a single cut diamond…<\/p>\n

Single cut diamond facets:<\/h2>\n

\nSingle cut diamonds usually have anywhere from 16-18 facets<\/strong> on them (16 is the more common). That’s 8 facets on the top, 8 facets on the bottom and maybe a culet at the tip, or an additional facet on the crown.<\/p>\n

The 8 crown facets (top portion of the diamond) are:<\/h2>\n