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Diamond Quality
Cut, Color, Clarity, Carat weight
diamonds cut to the highest standards for cutting. Royal Ideal is our standard in all the rings
we sell.
Diamond Color
• Color refers to a diamond's lack of color, grading the whiteness
Cross Jewelers is Closer Than
Diamond Cut
Cut is a diamond’s most important characteristic in diamond quality. Cross specializes in
You Think
Cross Jewelers is a small, very fine upstairs
retail jewelry store in Portland, Maine and definitely
worth the trip. Our store is within an easy day’s drive from
anywhere in New England (numbers on map indicates miles to Portland).
of a diamond.
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• Cross only sells diamonds with a color grade of J or higher.
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Portland, Maine
when selecting a diamond. This is because the human eye tends to detect a diamond's
sparkle (light performance) first, and color second.
At Cross, you’ll find only the finest diamonds with colors graded D-J. Diamonds graded J or better are colorless or near-colorless, with color that is typically undetectable to the unaided eye.
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Colorless Near Coloreless Noticeable Color
Diamond Clarity
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 Cthrroesshiosldloocaf tbeedinogn vaispiebnleintsoultahesunrarkoeudndeeyde.bMy iwcraotescr opnicthirmeepesrifdecstions do not affectina tdhieamheoanrdt’osfbtehaeuAtyrtisnDanisytrdicistcienrndaobwlentwowayn. Portland, Maine.
We look forward to your visit to our city by the sea.
Diamond Carat
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