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Diamond Quality
Why Cross Royal Ideal
Cut, Color, Clarity, Carat weight is the standard of excellence
Diamond Cut for all our engagement rings.
Cut is a diamond’s most important characteristic in diamond quality. Cross specializes in
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we sell.
• It has the greatest overall influence on a diamond’s beauty.
• It determines what we generally think of as sparkle, brilliance, and shine. Diamond Color
• Color refers to a diamond's lack of color, grading the whiteness of a diamond.
• A color grade of D is the highest possible, while Z is the lowest. • Cross only sells diamonds with a color grade of J or higher.
Color manifests itself in a diamond as a pale yellow. This is why a diamond’s color leaks out loses light,
loses light,
back
leaks out back grade is based on its lack of color. The less color a diamond has, the higher its color
Shallow Deep when selecting a diamond. This ismbaexciamuusme tbhriellhiaunmcean eye tends to detect a diamond's
grade. After cut, color is generally considered the next most important characteristic
Ideal
graded J or better are colorless or near-colorless, with color that is typically undetectable
Often discounted 50-60% Often discounted 30 - 40% sparkle (light performance) first, and color second.
Not carried by Cross Not carried by Cross At Cross, you’ll find only the finest diamonds with colors graded D-J. Diamonds
to the unaided eye. Cross Diamonds
Two Types of Ideal
D E F G H I J K-M Z-N
Near Coloreless
Royal Ideal
Not carried at Cross
New American Ideal
Colorless
New American Ideal,
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Royal Idea, the ultimate in
than the Royal Ideal.
brilliance, sparkle, and shine.
Diamond Clarity in diamond cutting.
The standard of excellence
Clarity is a measure of the number and size of tiny imperfections that occur in almost all diamonds. In Cross diamonds these imperfections are microscopic, below the threshold of being visible to the naked eye. Microscopic imperfections do not affect a diamond’s beauty in any discernable way.
Diamond Carat
more details
1/4 carat 1/3 carat 3/8 carat 1/2 carat 3/4 carat 1carat 11/4 carat 11/2 carat 13/4 carat 2 carat
Cross’s Royal Ideal Diamond Proportions The Standard of Excellence