Ideal Cut X GIA Excellent Cut
An ideal cut diamond has flawless brilliance. It has perfect angles, cut to ideal proportions, and has excellent polish and symmetry qualities. An ideal cut diamond should reflect almost all the light that enters it. The ideal cut diamond is taken as the standardized benchmark for all other types of diamonds.
The Table Width of an Ideal Cut diamond should be between 55% and 57%.
Ideally cut diamonds are optimally proportioned to refract and reflect the light that falls on them. This produces the fire and brilliance that makes a diamond of premium quality.
Characteristics of ideally cut diamonds
An ideal cut is officially the diamond cut quality. Do not believe the jewelers who say there is no ideal cut and show you GIA certificates as an example, and ask this question…
If what you say is true, then why is the one with the same GIA certified stone with the same characteristics, the one with the table value of 61% cheaper than the one with the table value of 56%? Both are 2.00 ct, both have the same color, clarity, symmetry, polish values…
- Diamonds with ideal cuts appear to have proper symmetry, regular angles, and optimum light reflection intensity.
- All the proportions, the brilliance, the fire and the shine are as perfect as you can imagine.
- It is also important to recognize that diamonds with ideal cuts are very hard to find. This is what makes them so valuable.
- These types of diamonds have two ideal cuts, the princess cut and round cut.
- Princess cut and round cut There are only two cuts that fit the “ideal” proportions and features.
How Do You Know If You Need the Perfect Cut Diamond?
Choosing the type of diamond that best suits your taste can be complicated. You may often be skeptical and what if your local jeweler does not offer you the ideal options?
It all depends on your priorities and also a bit on your personal style! If a good amount of shine is your thing, then the ideal cut is the perfect destination for you.
Excellent Cutting Table Width – According to GIA Diamond Grading Laboratory, it is between 53% and 61%. Ideally, it should be between 55% and 57%.
'Excellent' cut diamonds exhibit a high degree of clarity. The dark and light areas are distinct to the eye. They also exhibit a very high level of brilliance and fire. This is because almost the full amount of light that falls on them is reflected back.
According to the GIA (Gemological Institute of America) grading laboratory, a diamond with a perfect cut is considered to be of the highest grade cut.
However, this category of diamond cut classification is quite broad. People have an assumption that any diamond with a perfect cut will be exceptional. This is a very reasonable assumption. But unfortunately, this is not the case.
Approximately 55% of GIA diamonds on the market today have an excellent quality cut. However, only a handful have the full potential of a brilliant diamond. According to relevant statistics, 30% of these excellent quality cut diamonds will not be recommended by experts.
In other words, 30% of the diamonds with GIA Excellent Cut certification will not be recommended by experts.
In our standards we are looking for the best 25% IDEAL cuts from the remaining 70% .
As a result of developing AI technology and computerized evaluations, IDEAL cuts will lose less value in the future.
How to Decide If Your Diamond Has Excellent Cut Quality?
Several factors affect the quality of a diamond cut. These include symmetry, fire, brilliance and polish. If you want optimum fire and brilliance, look for brilliant round diamonds with an IDEAL cut.