The best setting for a pear shaped diamond starts with a V-prong at the tip. Here’s why it’s non-negotiable, and which way the point should face.
Best Setting for a Pear Shaped Diamond: V-Prong First Read More »
Six prongs or four? How prong placement protects an oval’s ends, which settings mask a bow tie, and what a hidden halo actually does for the stone.
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Round, cushion and radiant hide inclusions best; emerald and Asscher hide almost nothing. Here is the lowest eye-clean clarity grade you can buy, shape by.
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Which diamond shape is cheapest per carat? Emerald and Asscher lead, round costs most. A shape-by-shape ranking at 1ct and 2ct, plus how to price the.
Cheapest Diamond Shapes Per Carat, Ranked Read More »
A defect-first buying checklist for pear shaped diamonds: bow tie, high shoulders, flat wings, off-center point, best length-to-width ratio, and how to.
Pear Shaped Diamonds: What to Look For Before You Buy Read More »
Radiant and crushed-ice cushions show color most; round brilliants hide it best. Shape-by-shape minimum color grades, plus how to compare H vs J yourself.
Which Diamond Shapes Hide Yellow Tint Best? Read More »
Which diamond shape gives you the most stone for $5,000? We build four rings — round, oval, emerald and pear — at the same ceiling and show the tradeoff.
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Which diamond shape survives a bare solitaire? We rank round, oval, cushion, princess, pear and emerald by how much cut and clarity you must buy up.
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Which diamond shapes gain the most from a halo, how much bigger each one actually looks in millimeters, and the four shapes where a halo looks clumsy.
Best Diamond Shapes for a Halo Setting Read More »
The buy and avoid length to width ratio ranges for oval, emerald, pear, marquise, cushion and more — plus how to plug them into a diamond search filter.
Best Length to Width Ratio for Every Diamond Shape Read More »
