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Buying jewelry can be difficult sometimes when you're not sure about the cut, carat, color or clarity of a diamond. Or how many different ways you can have your diamond set. Here is some helpful information for you. The 5 C's Diamonds have been valued for centuries for their brilliance, durability, and above all, scarcity. Every diamond is unique, and the best way to appreciate the difference is by understanding the 5 C's. The key is understanding how the quality of a diamond is determined, and why some diamonds are more rare and valuable depends on quality, and quality of a diamond depends on five characteristics called the the 5 C's. The 5 C's are color, clarity, carat, cut and confidence. Color Diamonds boast of an entire range from faint yellow to brown to pinks, blues and even greens. The best color for a diamond is a lack of color. A colorless diamond allows white light to pass through and disperses light into rainbows of color. Color grades start with D as perfectly colorless and each succeeding letter is slightly more colored. In diamonds graded as K, L, and M, the color is more readily visible.
COLOR GRADING SCALE
Clarity Clarity grading starts with flawless as the top grade. Only a very tiny fraction of 1% of all diamonds are flawless. Practically all diamonds contain inclusions, naturally occurring minute traces of non-crystallized carbon. The size, nature, location and amount of inclusions determine a diamond's clarity grade and affect its cost.
Carat The weight of a diamond is measured in carats. One carat is divided into 100 parts called "points", 1 ct= 100 points, 1/2 ct= 50 points. The value of two diamonds of the same weight can vary depending on the color, clarity and the cut of the diamond. The value of a diamond is directly proportional to its weight. The bigger carat weight of a diamond, the more valuable it is. When a rough diamond is cut and polished into its finished state, the amount of recovery decreases as size of the stone increases. So hypothetically, a rough diamond of 10 ct weight, would produce only one 2 ct polished diamond. On the other hand, the same rough diamond could be cut to produce hundreds of 5 pts polished diamonds, thus decreasing the price per carat. Cut Of all the 5 C's, cut is the most directly influenced by man. The cut of a diamond will dramatically influence its fire and sparkle because it is the cut that enables a diamond to make the best use of light.
Confidence The fifth and final C is confidence in your jeweler. Olympics Jewelry is very confident that we can provide the kind of quality jewelry you are seeking and wholesale prices. Olympics Jewelry is a family owned business that has been in operation for more that 20 years. We are confident that we can be your jeweler for life. Shapes of Diamonds Diamonds are cut into many different shapes. There are nine different shapes that are used for jewelry at Olympics Jewelry. The nine different shapes are listed below.
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Ideal cut describes a diamond that has been cut to the exact and mathematically
proven proportions. Its symmetry, with 58 exactly placed facets, produces
the ultimate in lustre and beauty. When a diamond is cut to the ideal
proportions, all of the light entering from any direction is totally
reflected through the top and is dispersed into a display of sparkling
flashes and rainbow colors.
If
the cut of the diamond is too deep, some of the light escapes through
the opposite side of the pavilion causing brilliance to be lost
and the center of the diamond will appear dark. 
If
the cut is too shallow, light escapes through the pavilion before
it can be reflected. Brilliance is lost and the diamond appears watery,
glassy and dark. 
ROUND
EMERALD
MARQUISE
PRINCESS
PEAR
HEART
OVAL
RADIANT