Cut grade apply only on round brilliant diamonds as the brilliance fire and scintillation of the diamond depends on this grade.
Triple excellent diamond vs ideal cut.
In the gia system triple excellent is as good as it gets.
The term super ideal cut is generally used to refer to diamonds like the 0 924 carat f color vs 1 clarity brian gavin signature round hearts and arrows cut diamond which is described on the diamond grading report that appears above.
Ensure the symmetry and polish of the diamond are either excellent or very good.
Your question is actually about cut which is a totally separate subject.
This phenomenon is referred to as light return which affects a diamond s brightness brilliance and dispersion.
Please let me know your opinion.
Two aspects of cut are graded separately.
Super ideal cut vs excellent ideal cut diamonds.
The difference between a super ideal cut ideal cut and standard gia triple excellent this is a recent diamond education video i made to highlight the difference between the cut quality of these 3 diamonds.
I specifically selected these 3 diamonds that have almost identical gia certificates.
Poor fair good very good and excellent.
The reality is that 55 of all round diamonds receive an excellent cut grade from the gia.
At one time vs1 and vs2 were just one grade called vs.
I could go for g color and vs clarity with excellent cut but i want to have colorless diamond.
To a layman these 3.
They are about same price in my budget.
This short video explains the gia cut scale and how gia classifies round brilliant cut diamonds with a cut grade ranging from excellent to poor by factoring in a range of parameters including the diamond s proportions culet size girdle thickness polish and symmetry descriptions.
In the gia system cut is graded on a 5 point scale.
The cut grade is the most important grade you need to check before buying a diamond.
For the most brilliance and beauty only consider round brilliant diamonds with an excellent cut.
About 25 30 of these excellent diamonds are not recommended.
They all have the same grades.
In the world of round diamonds a stone that scores an excellent rating in all three aspects of polish symmetry and cut 3 ex is often considered to be the pinnacle of well cut diamonds in fact consumers with a better awareness of cut tend to buy diamonds specifically within the triple excellent standards.