{"id":1799,"date":"2022-12-27T23:04:29","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T22:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heinzmayer.de\/?page_id=1799"},"modified":"2023-06-12T19:19:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T17:19:52","slug":"what-is-the-cut","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.heinzmayer.de\/en\/information\/what-is-the-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the \u201cCut\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cut is one of the most important criteria when it comes to buying a diamond. A well-cut diamond reflects the light many times more than a poorly-cut diamond and a good cut can also make the diamond look more brilliant and impressive.<\/p>\n<p>The Diamond Cut Scale for brilliant diamonds has five grades: excellent, very good, good, fair and poor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excellent<\/strong><br \/>\nA diamond with an excellent cut ensures maximum light reflection and unforgettable radiance. Only about three percent of all diamonds can be cut so perfectly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Very good<\/strong><br \/>\nA diamond with a very good cut allows very good light reflection and comes very close to the theoretical ideal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good<\/strong><br \/>\nA diamond with a good cut ensures good reflection of light.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fair<\/strong><br \/>\nEven a layman would see the difference between this cut and a perfectly cut diamond. A lot of light reflection and sparkle is lost here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Poor<\/strong><br \/>\nDiamonds with poor light reflection, which are usually available at a lower price.<\/p>\n<p>A brilliant is a round diamond with 56 or 57 facets. Smaller diamonds, often incorrectly called diamond chips, usually have only 8 facets (octagon) or 16 facets (16\/16). The brilliance and sparkle of a cut diamond are based on a complex relationship between light and light reflection. The quality and quantity of the light reflection are decisive for its brilliance. A diamond cut should ensure that the light, after hitting the surface of the diamond, is maximally reflected and refracted inside it. This is how the diamond\u2019s magical sparkle is created.<\/p>\n<p>This phenomenon is determined by three factors:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Brightness, which is the total white light reflected from a diamond.<\/li>\n<li>Fire (or scintillation) is the dispersion of a beam of light into the colours of the spectrum on exiting the diamond, and the play of colours thus created.<\/li>\n<li>Brilliance and reflections that the viewer sees, especially when the diamond or the light source moves.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>One thing is certain: the beauty of a cut diamond depends significantly on light reflections and thus on the proportions of its cut. Only with a perfect surface, the highest possible symmetry and well-matched proportions can the incident light optimally reveal this brilliance, as well as the fire and the sparkle from movement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2260 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heinzmayer.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cut_english-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heinzmayer.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cut_english-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.heinzmayer.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cut_english-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.heinzmayer.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cut_english-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/www.heinzmayer.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cut_english-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.heinzmayer.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cut_english-2048x1448.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.heinzmayer.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cut_english-600x424.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cut is one of the most important criteria when it comes to buying a diamond. A well-cut diamond reflects the light many times more than a poorly-cut diamond and a good cut can also make the diamond look more brilliant and impressive. 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