{"id":5573,"date":"2014-08-11T14:48:12","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T18:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=5573"},"modified":"2023-04-17T11:00:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T15:00:51","slug":"gia-ags-excellent-ideal-triple-0-cut-confusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/gia-ags-excellent-ideal-triple-0-cut-confusion\/","title":{"rendered":"GIA AGS EXCELLENT IDEAL TRIPLE 0 CUT CONFUSION"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"GIA<\/div>\n

It’s a wonder that anyone can understand Cut<\/strong> at all.<\/p>\n

\nThe Cut of a Diamond can vary drastically from stone to stone. <\/p>\n

\nNot only can the Proportions, Percentages, and Angles be all over the board, but even the definitions and terms used to describe these Cuts can be highly confusing<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

For Example:<\/h2>\n

\nThe term ‘Ideal<\/strong>” means different things to different stores and Certification companies. What’s “Ideal<\/strong>” for one company, is totally different for another.<\/p>\n

\nThe same is said for the word “Excellent<\/strong>“. You may think that you’re buying a top-of-the-line Diamond, but you better think again. Your “Triple Zero<\/strong>” Stone may just be a Big Fat Zero<\/strong>.. “Hey, what’s that huge Black Spot in my Diamond?<\/strong>” <\/p>\n

\nNot to mention stores just saying that a Diamond is “Excellent<\/strong>” because it’s very good quality. “Ideally<\/strong>“, one has to watch how things are worded… in an Ideal world. It can get pretty tricky!<\/p>\n

\nHence, the purpose of this post!<\/strong><\/p>\n

So let’s dig in…<\/h2>\n

The top two Certification companies in the world are<\/strong> GIA<\/a> and AGS<\/a>. But they don’t use the same Grading System. GIA wrote the book on the 4C’s<\/a> and devised the whole system (Cut<\/a>, Color<\/a>, Clarity<\/a> and Carat Weight<\/a>), but AGS<\/strong> has tweaked it, modified it, and even altered some of the Grades and Ranges<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

\nCompare the two leading Cut Grading Charts<\/strong> below…<\/p>\n

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

You see, they are almost alike<\/strong> except for some slight Range differences and some further splitting for numbers 0-10 (AGS assigns both a number and a name to Cut). One significant difference<\/strong> you’ll notice is at the top of the Cut Chart. You’ll see that AGS has split the “Excellent<\/strong>” Grade into two Grades and called the higher Grade “Ideal<\/strong>” (0<\/strong>). <\/p>\n

\nSo as far as AGS is concerned, “Excellent” is the second best Cut<\/strong> you can get, and “Ideal” is the BEST<\/strong>. An AGS Ideal Cut Diamond makes up only the top 1% of all the Diamonds Cut<\/strong> on the market today. Where Excellent makes up the top 3%<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

\nSo if you’re looking for an Excellent Cut Diamond, meaning you want the best, then it really depends on which Diamond Report you’re looking at<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

\nExcellent could be the best, or it may not be!<\/p>\n

What’s Ideal?<\/h2>\n

\nNow let’s look closer at this highly miss-understood term: IDEAL<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

\nThe Ideal Standards for a Round Brilliant Cut Diamond<\/a> was set back in 1919<\/strong> by a man named Marcel Tolkowski<\/strong>. He set the ranges for the Table and Depth of a Diamond, along with other Mathematical Proportions like Crown Height and Pavilion Angles to maximize the Light Performance in a stone;<\/strong> hence to get the most Brilliance and Fire possible. <\/p>\n

Check out the Ideal Cut Diamond Standards here…<\/h2>\n

\n\"Ideal<\/p>\n

\nThese Ideal Standards though are not exactly the same as AGS Ideal Proportions<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

\nTo qualify as “Ideal<\/strong>“, AGS uses this criteria: <\/p>\n