OVAL CUT

At Lauren B, a frequent point of contention is diamond pricing. We recently created an IGTV story on this topic and wanted to break it down further for you here!

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The Lowdown: 1.91 carat oval brilliant cut diamond with D color and SI1 clarity grade. This oval cut diamond features Excellent polish and Very good symmetry grades and is considered an Excellent cut oval diamond. The measurements on this particular diamond are 9.89 mm in length by 7.20 mm in width. While these are all the characteristics easily discerinible from the GIA report alone, we will go into depth on the characteristics of this diamond to show some more detail. Watch the  video here of this oval cut diamond to get an idea of the bright white and fiery look this special oval cut has. A diamond with this quality and size combination is an amazing budget option for someone wanting a 2 carat diamond in the colorless range for a large, bright white look.  Continue reading →

Previously on the blog we went into detail about cut, color and clarity recommendations for the two most popular diamond shapes: round cut and cushion cut. Today we will get into the details for three fancy shape diamonds and give you some guidelines to keep in mind when selecting your loose diamond. The shapes we will be discussing are oval, pear shape, and marquise. What these three diamond shapes all have in common is that they have large face up appearances with naturally elongated shapes and provide a slimming effect to the finger of the person wearing it. They are also brilliant cuts so will have a lot of sparkle as well.  Because there are such variations within each cut these might be the trickiest diamond shapes to predict based off of a certificate alone so we will try to give you some more insight here Continue reading →