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Whatt
oknow whens
hoppi
ngf
ordi
amondj
ewel
ry.

CUT
Adi amond’scuthast hegr eates
tinfluence
oni t
soverallbeaut y.Ast heonlyelement
ofthe4Csdet erminedbyar ti
str
yrather
thannature,as kil
leddi amondcut t
er
unlocksastone’ sbr i
ll
iancewithexpertl
y s
hal
l
ow i
deal deep
createdanglesandpr opor t
ions.

COLOR
Althoughdi amondsmayappearcol orless
tot heunt rainedeye,mos tshow s
ubt l
e
shadedi fferencesrangingfr
om brill
iant
whit etolightyellow.Thehighestqual i
ty
not
iceabl
ecol
or near
–col
orl
ess c
olor
les
s
(andmos tr are)s
toneisgradeD,or
colorles
s.

CLARI
TY
Diamondsmayhavemi cr oscopic
i
mper fect
ionscall
edi nclusions,and
surf
aceblemishes,thatnat urallyoccur I1 SI
1–SI
2* VS1–VS2or F–I
F*
I
1–I2or (
Sli
ghtl
yIncl
uded) VVS1– VVS2* (
Flawles
s–
duri
ngt heformationpr oces s.The I
2–I
3* (VerySli
ghtl
y I
nt er
nal
ly
fewerandl es
svisi
blet hei nclusi
ons, (
Incl
uded) I
ncluded–Very
, Flawles
s)
VerySli
ghtl
y
thehighertheclarit
ygr ade. Incl
uded)

CARATWEI
GHT
Acaratisaunitofmeas ur
ementf ora
diamond’sweight
.Whi l
emor ecar atsare
general
lyass
ociat
edwi t
hal argers t
one,
theshapeandcuti mpactsit
svisualsize.

*FL(Flawless):Noi nclusionsorvi sibleblemi s

hesunder10Xmagni ficati
on
 
I
F( I
nternall
yFl awless):Noi nclus i
ons.Mi nuteblemi s
hesareallowabl e(surf
acegr ai
ningordetai
ls
ofpolish)butbar elyvi s
ibletoas kil
ledgr aderus i
ng10Xmagni ficati
on
 
VVS1& VVS2( Ver y,Ver ySli
ght l
yI ncluded):Incl
usionsar eextremelyhar dt odetectusing10X
magni ficat
ion
 
VS1& VS2( VerySl i
ght l
yIncluded) :Inclusi
onsar ef ai
rlyhardtodet ectus i
ng10Xmagni ficat
ionbut
generallydonoti mpactt hevi sualbeaut yoft hedi amond
 
SI1& SI2(Slightl
yI ncluded):Inclus i
onsar eeas i
lynot i
ceableusing10Xmagni ficationandare
somet i
mesvi si
blet ot henakedeye
 
I
1( I
ncluded):Inclusionsar eobvi ousus ing10Xmagni ficati
onandmaybes eenbyt henakedeye
 
I
2( I
ncluded):Inclusionsar ever yobvi ousus i
ng10Xmagni ficati
onandwi l
lbeseenbyt henakedeye
 
I
3( I
ncluded):Inclusionsar eext remel yobviousus ing10Xmagni fication,caneasilybes eenbythe
nakedeyeandcanaf fectthedi amond’ stransparencyandbr i
ll
iance