To me, getting the best value for money means getting the most out of whatever you're trying to optimise for. This tutorial is designed to help you take what you've learned in level 2 to choose specific sets of proportions to maximise the characteristic that you're going for, whether it's size, light return, fire, or scintillation. When optimising a diamond, it's important … [Read more...]
Light Performance Part 2: Brilliance, Fire, and Sparkle
Light performance can be broken down into brilliance (brightness), fire, and scintillation (sparkle). The unique proportions and the optical symmetry of a diamond will give each diamond a slightly different light performance profile. In part one, I explained why light return is important and why you want to avoid light leakage in a diamond. I also showed you that the … [Read more...]