Cut has the greatest effects on diamond’s beauty. In determining the quality of the cut, the diamond cutter’s Skill in the Fashioning of the diamond. The more precise the cut, the more captivating the diamond is to the eye.

The best color for a diamond is no color at all. A chemically pure and structurally perfect diamond has no hue, like a drop of pure water. Colors are graded totally colorless to light yellow.

Diamonds can have internal characteristics known as inclusions or external characteristics known as blemishes. Natural diamonds are the result of carbon exposed to tremendous heat and pressure deep in the earth.However most characteristics can only be seen with magnification.

Diamond carat weight is the measurement of how much a diamond weighs. Each carat can be subdivided into 100 ‘points.’ This allows very precise measurements to the hundredth decimal place. Carat weight is most objective grade of the 4Cs.