Hearts & Arrows: The Super Symmetry Ideal Cut Diamond

An ideal cut diamond is a diamond in which all areas of the stone have been cut to ideal proportions. This means every single facet needs to be a certain size and cut at a certain angle. This achieves the greatest brilliance and scintillation viewed as light returning to the naked eye.

The earliest ideal standard was developed by Marcel Tolkowski in the early 20th century. Today, only slight modifications from this original formula have changed. However, sophisticated computer technology has allowed us to achieve a super ideal cut known as the Hearts & Arrows ideal cut diamond.

A Hearts & Arrows diamond encompasses the latest technology in diamond cutting. CAD technology plays the lead role in designing such brilliant stones. The rough crystal image is loaded into sophisticated software that then maps out the best pattern of fashioning, all of which is done by computer-driven cutting wheels.

The result is a symmetrically perfect diamond that is strikingly more brilliant and fiery than a diamond graded as a good cut. This can be seen by a special viewing tool that allows the consumer to see a heart pattern when viewed down through the pavilion and an arrows pattern when the stone is facing up, thus the term Hearts & Arrows.

Hearts & Arrows is not a branded diamond. It is a term used to describe these perfectly symmetrical super ideal cut diamonds that exhibit this phenomenon. This model of perfection does command a higher premium, however, not as much as some branded ideal cut diamonds.

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