Princess Cut Diamond

Princess-cut diamonds

Princess cut diamond is a «silver medalist» in the industry in terms of popularity after rounds. Princess diamond is also slightly less expansive than rounds. Typically the price of the princess cut diamond is 15% less in Moon Ocean online catalogue. That is because the round diamonds will yield close to 40% (in other words, one carat of rough stone will end up as 0.40ct of a polished diamond) princess cut will yield 85% of the rough adamant. This also affects the selection of quality princess cuts that Moon Ocean has to offer: most of the presented natural diamonds have high values of the cut, colour, and clarity parameters.

A princess diamond is a diamond with a square form which offers excellent brilliance. It is a popular choice for engagement rings too. The best quality of a princess cut diamond is the one which has a perfect square shape with a length-to-width ratio of 1.02 - 1.07.

Facets-wise - a princess cut diamond usually has around 50 to 58 facets which vary depending on the cut, where the majority of the facets are on the crown and pavilion (and sometimes few on the girdle). Princess diamond usually possesses two or four patterns of chevrons with the main idea that you can view the diamond from above. In a two-chevron pattern, a princess-cut diamond better reflects the colour light. In four chevron types - a princess diamond has better scintillation, which attracts thinner flashes and light when you change the angle of the diamond.

Historically princess cut diamond was introduced in 1960 by A. Nagy in London and then reintroduced by Betazel Amber and Ygal Perlman in 1980. Since then, the princess shape has held 23% of online customer search requests.

Moon Ocean online consultants will be happy to assist you in buying the best princess-cut diamond to fit your expectations.