{"id":30273,"date":"2020-03-30T09:54:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T13:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=30273"},"modified":"2020-03-30T09:54:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T13:54:03","slug":"excellent-cut-vs-hearts-and-arrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/excellent-cut-vs-hearts-and-arrows\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCELLENT CUT VS HEARTS AND ARROWS"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"GIA<\/div>\n

“Excellent<\/strong>” is GIA’s best cut grade<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\nThey, the Gemological Institute of America<\/a>, have 5 cut grades in all:<\/p>\n

\nExcellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Poor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\nExcellent is their top of the line<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\nAnd with GIA being the best diamond grading company<\/strong> in the world, why would you want anything better?<\/p>\n

\nAfter all, GIA wrote the book on diamonds<\/strong>. They set the standards (the 4C’s<\/a>) that we all use today.<\/p>\n

Isn’t excellent good enough?<\/h2>\n

\nWell, it depends on how much sparkle you want<\/strong>…<\/p>\n

\nYou see, how much a diamond sparkles, shines, and illuminates light and fire, totally depends upon the cut<\/strong>. 100%. It’s the way the angles, facets and proportions bounce light around to achieve the maximum amount of life<\/strong> in a stone. But the “excellent” cut grade, is still a wide range of percentages<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Take a look at the GIA excellent cut grade below:<\/h2>\n

\n\"GIA<\/p>\n

These are the criteria, as shown above:<\/h2>\n

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