The Importance of Diamond Cut for Sparkle!

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00:00if a diamond is poorly cut it won't reflect light as well and it will wear down more quickly the

00:05proportions symmetry and polish of a diamond all contribute to its quality in fact cut is

00:11responsible for roughly half of a diamond's sparkle so it's pretty important carat weight

00:17carat weight is simply the size of the diamond while larger diamonds are rarer than smaller ones

00:22they don't always cost more money in general if everything else is equal a one carat diamond

00:28costs about twice as much as a 5 8 carat diamond but a 10 carat diamond is considerably more

00:33expensive than a one carat diamond there are of course exceptions to this rule it's interesting

00:39to note that the names of the different diamond weights are not based on metric units instead

00:44they're based on the biblical story of the exodus after the israelites fled from egypt they wandered

00:50the desert for 40 days and 40 nights to commemorate this journey