Different Cuts of Diamond
Learn about different cuts of diamonds and gemstones, so you know your engagement ring perfectly suits your style.
There are so many different cuts for an engagement ring to inspire your own design. It’s important that you propose with a ring that truly captures your person’s style and personality!
Brilliant Cut
Traditionally the most popular for a diamond is a circular brilliant cut. One of the reasons why is because it has been cut in such a way that it gives off the most amounts of brilliance and sparkle. The number of facets can vary from 57 to 58 depending on if the Culet has been cut also (the culet is the point at the very bottom of the diamond).
Rose Cut
The brilliant cut is more modern, but years ago there were various other circular cuts, one of them was a rose. In a rose cut stone there is a flat bottom and no pavilion on the stone, it has a crown that is made up of lots of triangular cut facets giving it a beautiful older more subtle sparkle. It usually features 12 or 24 facets which normally meet to form a point at the top of the dome. Rose cuts are normally circular but can come in a few different shapes such as hexagonal. Antwerp rose, and the double Dutch rose looks like two rose cut diamonds fused together back to back. These diamonds are not that common any more and are normally found in antiques or in family jewellery passed down through the generations.
Trilliant cut
A Trilliant cut diamond is another more unusual one but is quite popular with our customers here at Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery. It also has variations: there are some that have flat sides creating a more triangular appearance, others have bowed edges creating a more squat curvier looking triangle. The Trilliant cut was originally introduced into the industry by the Asscher brothers in Amsterdam.
Radiant cut
The radiant cut diamond is a lovely combination between a brilliant and an emerald cut. It is very popular for diamond cutters because it enables less wastage and maximum brilliance. There are a couple of other more squarer cuts which include the most popular princess cut diamond.
Unusual Cuts
There are more unusual sounding cuts available on the market and some of these are the butterfly, horse and star cut. The shape and quality of the rough diamond will determine what cut the stone cutters will choose for that specific stone. These cuts utilise the shape of the rough diamond and make the best out of it creating a beautiful statement cut diamond.