Triple Excellent Diamond Vs Ideal Cut

This short video explains the gia cut scale and how gia classifies round brilliant cut diamonds with a cut grade ranging from excellent to poor by factoring in a range of parameters including the diamond s proportions culet size girdle thickness polish and symmetry descriptions.

Triple excellent diamond vs ideal cut.

Ensure the symmetry and polish of the diamond are either excellent or very good. Your question is actually about cut which is a totally separate subject. In the world of round diamonds a stone that scores an excellent rating in all three aspects of polish symmetry and cut 3 ex is often considered to be the pinnacle of well cut diamonds in fact consumers with a better awareness of cut tend to buy diamonds specifically within the triple excellent standards. The cut grade is the most important grade you need to check before buying a diamond.

At one time vs1 and vs2 were just one grade called vs. In the gia system cut is graded on a 5 point scale. About 25 30 of these excellent diamonds are not recommended. Excellent ideal means the diamond has been cut and polished to the highest proportion level possible by the diamond manufacturers.

Poor fair good very good and excellent. The difference between a super ideal cut ideal cut and standard gia triple excellent this is a recent diamond education video i made to highlight the difference between the cut quality of these 3 diamonds. I specifically selected these 3 diamonds that have almost identical gia certificates. Cut grade apply only on round brilliant diamonds as the brilliance fire and scintillation of the diamond depends on this grade.

The term super ideal cut is generally used to refer to diamonds like the 0 924 carat f color vs 1 clarity brian gavin signature round hearts and arrows cut diamond which is described on the diamond grading report that appears above. They are about same price in my budget. To a layman these 3. F color vs1 very good cut gia certified 1 carat diamond d color si 1 excellent cut gia certified 1 carat diamond which one would be better choice.

For the most brilliance and beauty only consider round brilliant diamonds with an excellent cut. In the gia system triple excellent is as good as it gets. They all have the same grades. This phenomenon is referred to as light return which affects a diamond s brightness brilliance and dispersion.

Please let me know your opinion. When a diamond has a high quality cut ideal cut incident light will enter the stone through the table and crown as shown above and travel toward the pavilion where it reflects from one side to the other before bouncing back out of the diamond s table toward you. I could go for g color and vs clarity with excellent cut but i want to have colorless diamond.