The Various Cuts of Diamonds and How They Sparkle

How are diamonds cut?

There are many different cuts of diamond, but the most popular is the round cut. This is because it has the highest amount of facets. The more facets, the better sparkle and fire can be achieved. However, this also depends on your preferences and budget as well as what you want to wear them with (whether it be an engagement ring or a pendant). For example, another popular type of diamond is called “Princess Cut”, which looks similar to a square shape; however, it still gets plenty of light into each corner and will also have good sparkle due to its large number of facets.

If you want something more subtle than Princess cuts then opt for various shapes like oval or pear shaped diamonds instead! There are also fancy shaped diamonds which look beautiful when set into jewelry pieces but aren’t necessarily recommended if you’re looking for maximum impact sparkle since most fancy shapes don’t have very many facets compared some other types

Fancy Colored Diamonds

• Diamonds aren’t just white.
• The colors of diamonds are called fancy colors and they can be pink, green, yellow, blue, orange and red – even brown!
• These kinds of diamonds are rare and therefore more valuable than other colored diamonds.
• Fancy colored diamonds get their color from traces of boron or nitrogen impurities in the crystal lattice structure of the stone. Most often this occurs naturally when a diamond is formed within its host rock at high pressure deep inside Earth’s mantle (around 180-200 miles below our feet). The coloration can also come from treatment processes used on these stones after they were mined.

So how do you know if your diamond is real? You can verify its authenticity by looking at its cut grade: IF = Internally Flawless; VVS1&VVS2 = Very Very Slightly Included; SI1&SI2 = Slightly Included; I1&I2 = Included; F1&F2 = Very Slightly Included

The Science Behind the Sparkle

When a diamond sparkles, it means that the light is reflecting off of the facets of the rough stone in such a way that it creates a brilliant effect. The number and size of these facets (or flat surfaces) determines how much light can be reflected off of them, which gives a diamond its brightness.

The relationship between these facets, their orientation to one another and how they are set into place on a diamond is called its “cut”—and it’s one of the most important factors when determining what kind of sparkle you can expect from your stone.

The point where two or more different types meet—the angle at which they intersect—is what gives each facet its unique shape. When light hits this area at an angle, it will reflect differently than if light hits from above or below; this is why some cuts look brighter than others when viewed from different angles (or if seen under different lighting conditions).

The brilliance of a diamond has a mind-boggling array of facets.

The most important factors in the brilliance of a diamond are its cut, clarity and color. Cut refers to the shape of the diamond and its faceting: the arrangement of its facets (like flat surfaces on top or below). The two most popular cuts are the round brilliant and princess cuts; these have 58 and 82 facets respectively.

Princess-cut diamonds sparkle more than their round-brilliant counterparts because they have more surface area from which light can reflect back into your eyes. The fewer cuts relative to size increase a diamond’s fire, or dispersion—the amount that white light becomes prismatic when it passes through a gemstone. So if you want your rock to be bright as hell but can’t afford anything bigger than about one carat, go for something with lotsa angles!