modern cuts
Although no cut can compare with the modern brilliant cut sometimes a little diversity prevents jewellery becoming mundane. Each cut has it's own wonderful features that can make an admirer love it. Each cut and style of cutting could have as much advantages as dis-advantages.
If you are fortunate enough to be selecting a stone prior to making a bespoke piece of jewellery, or simply considering buying something already crafted then it is important that the stones are complimented by both the design of the ring as well as the style of the settings and any other shapes and stones that accompany it.
There is a wide choice of stones and types of cuts for somebody to choose from today, even the brilliant cut is not just round but can be found in several other shapes. The round and oval brilliant cuts both share 58 facets and are both ideal cuts for a good diamond, or to improve the appearance of flawed or discoloured stones, but there are even more types of brilliant cuts, some of the most popular cuts are in fact brilliant cuts, most recognisable by the kite shaped facets on the crown. The below images are all from the top view, and follow the standard brilliant style pavilion.
The Brilliant Cuts:
 round
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 pear
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 oval
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 heart
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 trillion
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 marquise
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 cushion
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The ideal cut is the round brilliant cut introduced by Marcel Tolkowsky, there are many different types of brilliant cuts and round cuts that eventually evolved into the modern standard of a brilliant cut. There are many different proportions for cutting a brilliant cut such as the Eppler formula and European formulae. All say that the table of the round ideal cut should be between 50 - 60 % of the diameter and the height be approx 60%. The modern brilliant cuts vary between those proportions.
The Step Cuts
 ascher
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 emerald
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 triangle
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 baguette
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 tapered baguette
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Other Cuts
 princess
scissor cut
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 radiant cut
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