Emerald Cut Diamond
The emerald cut was, perhaps not surprisingly, initially developed for cutting emeralds and not diamonds.
The emerald cut is characterised by its stepped, rectangular cut (although it can be more square) and the cropped corners. The cut was found to be suitable for the Emerald which had more tendency to chip at the edges and corners due to the imperfections occurring naturally within its structure.
For a diamond to be an “emerald cut” it needs to have a higher level of clarity, simply because of the large facets exposing the inner diamond with less reflected light than more traditional cuts (e.g. the round or brilliant cut).
The most classical of emerald cuts has a proportion of around 1.3 to 1.4 in length to width. Due to the wide open facets a high quality diamond, one with colour grades D or E and with maybe VS1 or better clarity, produces an especially stunning emerald cut. The picture shown above is an emerald cut of 7.56 carats, a superb example of just how beautiful this type of diamond cut can be. But of course you will need substantial financial resources as high quality diamonds of this size are not cheap.
Such is the beauty of the large emerald cut diamond that it has been the choice of many high profile celebrities, here are just a few of them:
- Camila Parker-Bowles
- Sharon Stone
- Jennifer Lopez
- Paris Hilton
- Grace Kelly
