perfect expressions SCOVILLE IDEAL CUT DIAMONDS

Each perfect expressions diamond is a masterpiece created by man in a partnership with nature. The earth's rarest crystals are cut and polished by hand to such exacting standards that fewer than one percent of the world's diamonds exhibit such brilliance.

Diamond Cut

A diamond's cut is considered by diamond experts to be the most important characteristic of a diamond. The quality and precision of a cut has a direct impact on the overall brilliance of a diamond. Chris Scoville focuses on the diamond cut when personally selecting perfect expression Scoville Ideal Cut Diamonds.

Magic Crystals

The sparkle of a diamond is often called "fire" because of the colorful bursts of light that are refracted from its many facets. In a perfect expression diamond, the light entering the diamond gets trapped inside and bounces from one facet to another until it escapes back out through the top of the gem with tremendous energy and excitement.
Maximum brilliance and "fire" can only be achieved when a highly skilled master diamond cutter expertly plans and executes perfectly proportioned cuts and facets from magic crystals, the rarest of all diamond crystals.
As much as 63% of an uncut diamond crystal's weight can be lost during this process. At Scoville Jewelers we think it is worth it to lose diamond weight in order to maximize the beauty of the diamond. With 63% of a diamond crystal being cut away, there is no margin for error; the slightest miscalculation may make the difference between a perfect expression Scoville Ideal Cut Diamond and an ordinary diamond.

Perfect Symmetry

A diamond's symmetry refers to the alignment of the diamond's facets, which have large impact on a diamond's brilliance. Each facet is like a mirror or small reflective surface. When the facets are symmetrically aligned, all of the light that enters the diamond is reflected back to your eyes. Look carefully at the illustrations in this section. The diamond on the left has poor symmetry, because the facets are not aligning properly. This will cause the light to be misdirected, thus causing the diamond to look less brilliant. The diamond on the right is a perfect expression and its facets are symmetrically aligned, allowing the maximum amount of light entering into the diamond to be reflected back to your eyes, for dazzling results.

Perfect Proportion

Proportions effect how light travels after entering a diamond. Diamonds that are cut too shallow or too deep allow light to pass through the bottom before it can be reflected back through the top of the diamond, having a significant effect on the brilliance's. When a diamond is cut with perfect symmetry and perfect proportions, a diamond will gather and reflect light, for maximum brilliance.