All You Wanted to Know About Emerald Cut Diamond

The overview of any diamond is considered through its cut, as the cut is the main aspect for a diamond to form into a particular shape. However, Emerald Cut is one such shape that is known for its elegant beauty.

Most fancy cut loose diamonds are brilliantly cut to procure maximum amount of light that sparks and catches the eye of an individual. Emerald cut is one of the cuts that has become popular for its fine elegance rather than lesser light reflection as compared to round brilliant and princess cut.

The emerald cut loose diamond features the fine characteristics through “Step Cut”. The “Step Cut” usually designed with large facets gives a mirror reflection and resembles like a staircase, so is the name.

Loose emerald cut diamond is quite hard stone viz (7.5 - 8.0 on the MOHS scale), and known for its various inclusions such as naturally occurred internal flaws. These inclusions make the stone more damaged and breakable and at times it becomes very difficult to cut the stone.

In emerald cut, there are chances of imperfections or inclusions that can be visible in terms of flaws, color weakness, breakage and a poor cutting technique when it is cut into the emerald shape as compared to round brilliant cut. When shopping for Emerald cut loose diamond, the key essential is to look at its four C’s and overall quality of the diamond.

The Specifications of an Ideal proportioned Emerald cut diamond are- the depth and table ranges shown below that would differentiates the qualities of a cut.

• Depth Percentage
• Ideal: 72% – 60%
• Excellent: 76% – 56%
• Very Good: 78% – 54%
• Good: 80% – 50%

• Table Percentage
• Ideal: 72% – 60%
• Excellent: 74% – 55%
• Very Good: 76% – 50%
• Good: 80% – 50%

• Length-to-width ratio: 1.35:1 to 1.65:1.

To know more about the terms precisely, look for GIA Diamond Grade System.