The Old Mine cut is the oldest of the antique cuts still in active demand, and right now…
The Old European cut is the round brilliant’s ancestor and, for a growing number of buyers, its more…
The baguette is the quiet workhorse of fine jewellery: a long, narrow rectangular step cut with clean parallel…
The Asscher is the emerald’s square cousin and one of the most distinctive cuts in the trade: a…
The princess is the square brilliant: sharp corners, a clean geometric face, and brilliant faceting that throws serious…
The trillion — also called the trilliant — is the triangular brilliant: a three-sided stone, with either gently…
The heart is the most personal cut in the diamond world, and the most unforgiving. It’s a modified…
The triangle is the trillion’s sharper, more architectural cousin: a straight-sided, clean-cornered triangular stone, cut either as a…
Most “wholesale diamond guides” online are written to rank, not to inform — a 4Cs recap, a stock…