Marquise Cut

The Most Popular Cuts for Diamond Earrings

Everyone would agree that diamonds make a wonderful gift for a special person in your life.  When you decide it’s time to give her diamond earrings, you might be overwhelmed with the options.  With so many styles and cuts to choose from, you might not know which ones will be right for her. Before you move on to selecting the style, it’s a good idea to get to know the most common cuts that are used for diamond earrings.  Once you select the cut you think she’ll love, it will be much easier for you to find the right style for her.  

The round cut is the most popular of all diamond cuts, in any jewelry.  Round cuts achieve the most brilliance and are a great choice for diamond earrings.  They can be beautiful in a stud earring because they are so lovely on their own.  A diamond stud can be a great everyday earring and could be the perfect gift when you want to give her something that will go with everything in her wardrobe.  The emerald cut is another popular choice for diamond earrings.  They are usually found in stud or drop earrings and are considered one of the most elegant cuts of diamonds.  

The marquise cut has been used for centuries and is still one of the more popular cuts.  Diamond earrings commonly featuring the marquise cut are diamond studs, although they can be featured on many other styles as well.  The shape of the marquise is an elongated oval with pointed ends.  Its history is quite rich and the marquise is considered one of the oldest diamond cuts.  An oval cut diamond evolved from the marquise, and it is commonly used for stud diamond earrings or pendant diamond earrings.

The triangle cut is one of the most unique of all diamond cuts.  It can have rounded or pointed corners and is commonly used for stud or pendant diamond earrings.  Their intense sparkle makes them popular for the more contemporary customer.  Another popular contemporary cut is the heart-shaped diamond.  These are ideal for a Valentine’s Day gift of diamond earrings and work well in either stud earrings or pendants.  With so many choices, you can find the perfect diamond earrings to make any occasion special.  No matter what cut you select, you’ll make her feel as special as she is to you.  From studs to pendants to hoops, you can find the perfect diamond earrings for her.

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Importance of GIA vs. IGI certification on a diamond?

So we’ve been looking at rings and I understand that the EGL’s standards tend to be a bit more lienient than the GIA. I also understand that the IGI’s standards are a bit stricter than the EGL but is still more lienient than the GIA. But in all honesty, is a diamond certified by the IGI really worth that much less than one certified by the GIA? For example, after shopping around what we are seeing is a difference such as:

One thing left off on the 2 diamonds is the quality of the cut, that is an important factor. Also with marquis there may be ideal ratios.

IGI grading is supposedly softer than GIA, so equally graded IGI would be worth less, but not by the difference you are seeing. Difference should be about 10%.

For the most traditional marquise-cut diamonds, look for length-to-width ratios between 1.75 and 2.25

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