Oval Cut Diamonds

Oval Cut Diamonds

Oval cut diamonds are members of the 'modified brilliant cuts' family. The oval cut was designed to conserve the diamond's proportions and its natural brilliance, while playing with the precious gemstone's symmetry and its dimensions. While a round brilliant cut diamond is perfectly symmetrical and proportional, an oval cut diamond will have a length to the width ratio of approximately 1.5:1. Diamond cutters who are attempting the oval shape must keep with the strict length to width ratio, or the diamond may look sloppily disproportionate, and may exhibit a diminished brilliance due to an increase in the amount of light leaking from the diamond's sides and bottom.

Similar to round brilliant diamonds, oval cut diamonds have an enhanced brilliant, sparkly appearance. An oval cut diamond should look fiery and bright. A 'lifeless' looking oval cut diamond indicates that the diamond's dimensions are asymmetrical and that its proportions were not kept. Although an oval cut is chiefly designed to accentuate a diamond's sparkle, it should also complement and enhance the diamond's Color and its Clarity . Though it is generally true that an oval cut diamond is not cut as shallowly as a classical emerald cut diamond, and its internal inclusions and outer blemishes are not as evident as in a shallowly cut diamond, its clarity and color grades are still important. A low clarity oval cut diamond will lose its brilliance and will appear milky or cloudy to the eye of the beholder and a poor color diamond will overshadow the oval cut's stunning sparkle with its polluted hue. The quality of an oval cut diamond's color, clarity and cut can really make or break a piece of fine jewelry. Therefore, it is increasingly important to select a good quality oval cut diamond.

High quality, oval cut diamond is a great alternative to the traditional, conventional round brilliant cut diamond. While just as brilliant as the round brilliant cut, the oval cut diamond's singular shape makes a piece of jewelry all that more unique. Oval cut diamonds are popular in anything from Diamond Necklaces, to diamond encrusted Bracelets , diamond embedded wristwatches, diamond stud earrings and especially Diamond Engagement Rings. Though oval cut diamonds were traditionally used strictly as accent stones which were meant to complement a round brilliant cut diamond center stone, their increase in popularity has elevated them to center stone status.