Amorillion Cut
The Amorillion is patented and trademarked by AM-GOLD Products, Inc. It is a "multidiamond product" or "compound cut" that's composed of two elongated shield-shape or modified trillion-cut diamonds perfectly matched and aligned to create the illusion of a marquise-cut diamond. The Amor...
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Ashoka Cut
William Goldberg Diamond Corp. has re-created a classic diamond cut, the Ashoka, based on the famous diamond of the same name. The original Ashoka diamond, a 41.37carat D flawless named after the Buddhist warrior-emperor Ashoka Maurya, was mined in the Golconda region of southern In...
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Asprey Cut
The Asprey Cut was created by master diamond cutter Gabi Tolkowsky.To achieve this cut, Tolkowsky looked back at historical cuts and was impressed by the cushion cut popularized between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. With its soft, not quite square shape, Tolkowsky thought i...
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Asscher Cut
The Asscher Cut, although not well-defined, is generally described as a forerunner of the emerald cut. The Asscher Cut was developed prior to 1910, when the rotary diamond saw revolutionized modern diamond cutting. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES It is a square cut c...
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Baguette Cut
Astraight baguette is a relatively small, elongated diamond that usually is rectangular in shape. The cut is characterized by square corners with rows of step-cut or steplike facets parallel to the table. Baguettes do not conform to the Federal Trade Commission's" 17 -facet" requiremen...
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Baguillion Cut
The baguillion is essentially a horizontally shaped baguette diamond with square corners with the faceting of a Princess cut. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUNNING ISSUES A baguillion has between 56 and 58 facets. Sometimes baguillions are cut in a tapered baguette shape with the...
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Barocut Cut
The Barocut diamond was created in 2000 by Baroka Creations, Inc. Since its introduction, the Barocut has established itself as a successful brand among consumers and retail jewelers. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES The Barocut is considered a rectangular modified cut. ...
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Briolette Cut
Briolette diamonds are found in antique and estate jewelry from the Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco eras. They also are being newly cut, especially in larger sizes like 10 to 12 carats, primarily in India. Even larger Briolettes, up to 50 carats, are being cut in New York City. ...
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Buddha Cut
The Buddha Cut, a diamond polished in the shape of a meditating Buddha, was codesigned in 1995 by a Buddhist member of the Japanese Soto Zen federation and Oliver Korn for J. Korn & Partners. The name is a patent of Antwerp-based diamond manufacturer J. Korn & Partners, which a...
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Christmas Tree Cut
The Christmas Tree cut was developed about 20 years ago by George Saltzman, New York, and is no longer widely cut in the United States. It is derived from triangular made that is polished, with grooves depicting the branches of a pine tree. The Christmas Tree is reportedly still being ...
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Context Cut
The Context cut is a registered trademark and patent of Dr. Ulrich Freiesleben of Munster, Germany. In 1997, the Context cut won the "Best of the Best Award" for highest quality design in the Design Innovationen competition in Germany. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES Th...
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Corona Cut
The Corona TM diamond is a new square cut created by Yuval Harary Diamonds, the same team that introduced the Fourever Concept technique ten years ago. The company holds the design patent and registered trademark for this diamond cut. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES Th...
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Crisscut Cut
Crisscut is the creation of Christopher Slowinski, the owner of Christopher Designs. The company holds the design patent and registered trademark for this diamond cut. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES The step-cut Crisscut has 77 facets, some of which are crisscrossed...
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Cushette Cut
The Cushette Cut was developed through the patented Rosetta Process, which brings eight additional facets into the pavilion, producing greater light refraction. It is a Cushion Cut stone designed for increased brilliance. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES There are 77 f...
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Cushion Cut
The Cushion Cut is a generic name for the Old Mine Cut developed before the turn of the century; these days the name" cushion" is often used for colored stones cut in this shape. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES A Cushion Cut is a square or squarish-rectangular cut wit...
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Czar Cut
The Czar Cut, which was in research and development for two years, is produced by the Digico Group. It was created by combining traditional Indian tools with modern technology. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES The Czar Cut has 53 facets and ranges in weight from .05 to...
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Diamond Bead Cut
The diamond bead is a diamond that has been faceted and drilled. It is seldom completely spherical, and may have any shape, from round to a disc. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES The diamond bead is covered with small facets on all sides, often in steps. There is no ...
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Diamond Pearl Cut
Diamond Pearls, a unique item in the diverse universe of diamond products, blend the properties of a diamond with the unique look and feel of pearls. The process is not patented, but the secrets of how to perform the process are carefully guarded. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTT...
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Emerald Cut
An Emerald Cut diamond is usually rectangular but older, square cuts are still around. It is a step-cut diamond; that is, it has rows of facets usually 48 to 50 - that resemble a staircase and usually are four-sided or elongated. The typical size of a I-carat rectangular Emerald Cut wo...
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Escada Cut
International luxury fashion house Escada entered the diamond world in September 2000. The luxury fashion house is marketing a jewelry collection featuring a new diamond design, the Escada Cut diamond, which was created by the Pluczenik Group, Antwerp-based master cutters and sighthold...
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Eternal Cut
Described as a diamond for the millennium and beyond, The Eternal Cut diamond is patented worldwide and was designed by master diamond cutter, Gabi Tolkowsky. It is sold exclusively through Garrard & Co. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES The Eternal Cut featu...
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Flanders Ideal Square Cut
The Flanders Ideal Square Cut has the visual outline of a square shape but it has four short sides and four long sides, almost like an emerald shape with its four cut corners. The stone is cut to ideal proportions for maximum brilliance. The cut was developed in the late 1980s by Belgi...
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Flower Cut
In the mid-1990s, De Beers began promoting a series of five fancy shapes. Commissioned by the diamond giant in an attempt to find a niche for unusual rough and off colors, the suite of stones, known as the Flower Cuts, was created by Gabi Tolkowsky in 1986. Each of the Flower Cuts - th...
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Fourever Concept Cut
The Fourever Concept, launched in 1993 by Yuval Harary Diamonds of Israel, features jewelry with a compound cut, or "multiple diamond setting" aimed at developing a range of reasonably priced diamond jewelry. The Fourever label is trademarked by Harary. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AN...
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Gabrielle Cut
Suberi Bros., Inc. is the exclusive U.S. distributor of the Gabrielle, a patented cut of Gabi S. Tolkowsky Design B.V.V. A. The cut was created by, and named for, the master diamond cutter Gabriel S. "Gabi"Tolkowsky, the greatnephew of Marcel Tolkowsky who, as a math student in London ...
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Grace Cut
The Grace Cut is one in a series of branded fancy shapes called the Royal Cuts, manufactured and distributed by the partnership of Israel-based RaphaeliStschik Diamonds. The cut was invented by Gershon A. Stschik in 1992 and is trademarked by Raphaeli-Stschik Diamonds worldwide. ...
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Half Moon Cut
The Half Moon shape is straight on one side and curved on the other, creating a crescent shape.The straight edge lends itself well to setting against a center stone, particularly one with a straight edge. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES In the 1920s and 1930s, Half M...
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Heart-Shaped Brilliant Cut
The technical name for this stone is the "Heart-Shaped Modified Brilliant," based upon its shape and modifications of the traditional round brilliant configuration. PHYSICAL AND CUTTING ISSUES Ideally, a heart shape's length to-width ratio is slightly over 1: 1, approximately 1....
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Ideal Cut
Since diamond cut, to many the most elusive of the four C's, began receiving more attention in the early 1990s, there has been an explosion in the popularity of Ideal Cut diamonds. The prominence of the Ideal Cut in the market today is the result of two events: The full realization tha...
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J.C. Millennium Cut
J&D Diamonds is the producer and exclusive distributor of the J.c. Millennium@ Cut diamond. This newly patented diamond shape came to be after a full year of cutting and experimenting by master cutter John Ceulemans, who has polished a number of important diamonds, including five D...
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Jubilant Crown Cut
The Jubilant Crown TM , which was introduced in 2002, was inspired by the Jubilee Cut produced during the reign of Queen Victoria. The cut is trom Gem International, a leading New York City-based manufacturer and importer specializing in fine white diamonds ranging from .01 to 4 carats...
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Lady Heart Cut
A Half Moon shape, the Lady Cut, with its step-cut pavilion, is designed to give more brilliance than traditional Half Moon cuts. It can be used with other stones in a wide variety of combinations. The Lady Heart, in which two Lady Cut diamonds are set against a Princess, gives a ...
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Lily Cut
Lily Diamonds - Siman- Tov Bros., Ramat Gan, Israel, holds the worldwide patent for the Lily Cut. The patent was granted in 1996. Facets Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore, is an exclusive distributor for the cut. And King's Diamond Trading Co., Hong Kong, is an exclusive agent. PHYSI...
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Lucida Cut
Tiffany & Co.'s Lucida TM is an exclusive diamond cut and is positioned as a wedding product. Currently solitaire engagement rings and wedding bands in 18-karat gold or platinum are available. The jeweler has added an eternity band and a three-stone ring as well. Lucida, which mean...
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Marquise Brilliant Cut
The Marquise Brilliant takes its name from a legend that the Sun King desired a stone to be polished into the shape of the mouth of the Marquise of Pompadour. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES The Marquise Brilliant is a boatshaped modified brilliant. It is generally a...
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Millennial Sunrise Cut
The Millennial Sunrise is a diamond cut created specifically for the new millennium by USA Studs Inc. The design, invented in 1998, is cut in Israel exclusively for USA Studs. The company has both a U.S. and an international patent on the cut. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING I...
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Noble Cut
Enter another original diamond I, shape in the world of high fashion and design. Doron Isaak, a Los Angeles-based designer, released the Couture Gems Collection, a line of one-of-a-kind design pieces featuring the Noble Cut. The diamond shape was unveiled with the collection at the 200...
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Original Radiant Cut
The Radiant Cut was first developed and patented in 1977 by Henry Grossbard, the founder of RCDC. It was the first diamond cut to combine the elegance of the emerald shape and the brilliance and fire of a round diamond. Upon the expiration of the patent, the Radiant Cut became a fully ...
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Oval Brilliant Cut
The oval's technical name is "oval modified brilliant," based upon its shape and modifications of the traditional round, brilliant configuration. The oval was invented by Lazare Kaplan in the early 1960s. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES A length-to-width ratio of 1.5...
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Pear Shaped Brilliant Cut
The technical name for the Pear is "Pear-Shaped Modified Brilliant," based upon its shape and modifications of the traditional round brilliant configuration. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES More than other fancy shapes, length-to-width ratio is a matter of taste when ...
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Phoenix Cut
Phoenix diamonds are produced at Smolensk Production i Corporation Kristall is the largest Russian polished diamond manufacturer - which specializes in high-quality goods known worldwide as "the Russian make." PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES The Phoenix Cut does not ...
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Prince Cut
Avi Paz Fancy Ltd. is the sole manufacturer of the Prince Cutand supplies the patented diamonds only to authorized dealers. The Prince Cutwas awarded international patents and a U.S. patent in August 2002. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES The Prince Cut is a modified eme...
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Princess Cut
The Princess is a brilliant-style shape with sharp, uncut corners. It is typically cut perfectly square, rather than as a rectangle. Brilliant style refers to vertical direction crown and pavilion facets instead of the older, step-style horizontal-direction facets. It is a straight edg...
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Princess Plus Cut
The Plus from EFD Ltd. is manufactured with more surface area and is designed to give more brilliance than most traditional diamonds available today. EFD Ltd. specializes in the Cut. In 1999, EFD started creating jewelry with its Cuts for fashion designs, solitaires, three-stone rings ...
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Princette Cut
The Princette name is a trademark of Mark Silverstein Diamond Import Co., which is its exclusive distributor. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES Princette is the same basic shape as traditional, step-cut baguettes and tapered baguettes, except that it is faceted like a ...
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Quadrillion Cut
The Quadrillion cut is a registered trademark of Ambar Diamonds Ine. It is an ideal square-shaped diamond with 49 facets and sharp corners. Unlike a round brilliant, the Quadrillion's lower-pavilion facets widen toward the culet, rather than narrowing; the narrowing on a Quadrillion is...
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Q'uortia Cut
The Q'uortia Collection, a patented line of jewelry made up of composite diamonds, is available exclusively through Ora Alexander. PHYSICAL CHARACHTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES The four stones that make up each Q'uortia are hand-cut in Israel. The shape features four pie-shaped d...
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Regent Cut
The Regent Cut is designed to give the brilliance of a round in a square shape, while offering perfect symmetry. It is named after the Regent diamond, which was part of the French Crown jewels. It is the only square shape made to hearts and arrows standards. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTI...
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Rising Star Cut
The Rising Star is a patented cut of Fancoldi Registered Trust Ltd. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES The Rising Star was granted a design patent with the U.S. Patent Office in 1992 based on the new technique of achieving its cut; subsequent patents were registered in ...
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Rose Cut
There are old and new Rose Cuts on the market, and the industry is seeing a revival of interest in this cut that dates back to the Georgian or Victorian era, when it was the precursor of to day's round brilliant. Older Rose Cuts range from 70 to 200 years old and are distinguished by a...
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Royal Asscher Cut
The world-famous diamond cutter, Asscher Diamond Company, established in 18S4, has started marketing a successor to the well-known original shape that bears the company's name. The newly patented Royal Asscher Cut diamond is the offspring of the now 99year-old Asscher Cut, created by J...
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Royal Brilliant Cut
The Royal Brilliant diamond, a cut created by Japanese diamantaire Mickey Ishida of EX Royal Co., Inc., is an 82-faceted round brilliant. The cut is its own study in the aesthetics of brilliance and scintillation, the concept being that, especially in larger stones, the more facets, th...
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Royalcrest Cut
Royalcrest Diamond is a registered, patented cut of Merit Diamond Corporation. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES The Royalcrest cut was introduced to the market in 1993, after nearly three-and-a-half years of development. The shape of the cut is rectangular, with a mult...
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The Royal Cut
;The Royal Cuts - the Baroness, the Duchess and the Empress - are registered, patented cuts of Suberi Bros., Inc. The Royal Cuts were developed in the early 1990s as a way to brand diamond shapes. They are guaranteed in writing to be cut in Israel. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUT...
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Savannah Cut
Master cutter Gabriel Tolkowsky, nephew of Marcel Tolkowsky, the man who designed the modern round brilliant cut more than 80 years ago, now has more than 50 diamond designs to his own credit. Among them: the Flower Cuts, the Gabrielle, the Eternal and the Lotus. His latest is the Sava...
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Spirit Sun Cut
The Spirit Sun is a registered trademark of a patent by Dr. Ulrich Freiesleben, Munster, Germany. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES The Spirit Sun was researched and developed in the early 1980s by Dr. Ulrich Freiesleben, based on a patented design from the early 1960s...
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Spring Cut
The Spring Cut is comprised of elements from both the emerald and radiant cuts. M&M Diamond Imports wanted to create a cut that combined the fire and scintillation of the radiant cut and the elegance of the emerald cut. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES The Sp...
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Starburst Cut
The Starburst Cut name is a patent of Louis Glick & Co. and U. Doppelt & Co. The Starburst was developed 25 years ago by the Louis Glick and U. Doppelt companies. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES The Starburst is a modified radiant cut. It is a rectangular brilli...
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Star Diamond Cut
The Star Cut, produced by the Digico Group, was in research and development for two years. It was created by combining traditional Indian tools with modern technology. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES The Star Cut has 86 facets and ranges in weight from .05 to 2 cara...
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Super Ideal Cut
Through a series of technological advances, it is now possible to make what has become known on the market as Super Ideal Cuts. Super Ideals, which have been branded by several companies, are often based on the Tolkowsky proportions, but this is not the reason they are termed Super Ide...
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Tapered Baguette Cut
A tapered baguette is a relatively small, elongated diamond that is primarily rectangular in shape; however one end is wider, making it a long trapezoid. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES The cut has square corners with rows of step-cut or step-like facets parallel to ...
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Triangular Brilliant Cut
Triangular Brilliant and Triangular Modified Brilliant, are generic terms referring to nonbranded triangular brilliant cut diamonds. The generic product provides benefit for the jeweler who is more concerned with price than a brand name and its narrow cutting parameters. PHYSICAL ...
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Trielle Cut
Trielle is the brand name that is registered by Trillion Diamond Co., Inc. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES In terms of cutting style, the primary, immediately discernible difference between the traditional triangle and the Trielle is that the Trielle is "blocked" int...
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Trilliant Cut
Although "trilliant" is a generic industry term for a triangular brilliant, the logo is registered by the Henry Meyer Diamond Company. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES The Henry Meyer Trilliant diamond is cut exclusively with straight sides as an equilateral triangle ...
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Tycoon Cut
The Tycoon Cut, invented in 1999 by Toros Kejejian, is a uniquely designed rectangular shape that has been turning heads at trade shows as its distribution grows. The name Tycoon Cut is trademarked, and has been patented in both the United States and internationally. Los Angeles-based ...
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Victorian Cut
ABA Diamond's owner, Ari Abaev, didn't set out to create a new fancy shape diamond. He was working with an emerald cut and noticed that its brilliance was beyond the ordinary stone of its type. Once the particulars were figured out concerning what made the stone unique, the Victorian C...
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The Virtue Cut
Doron Isaak, the Los Angelesbased designer of Couture Gems - a collection featuring the Noble Cut is adding another original cut to his repertoire. The Virtue Cut, a trademark and patent of Doron Isaak, will be unveiled in February 2004 at the Centurion Show and Conference an...
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Web Cut
The Web Cut is designed to combine the traditional and the modern. It gives brilliance similar to that of a round cut. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CUTTING ISSUES There are a total of 48 facets on the Web Cut: 24 on the crown and 24 on the pavilion. The color grades of the stone...
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