Square Emerald Cut Diamond

Square emerald diamonds became popular during the 1920s and many women today who prefer a more vintage art deco look prefer its shape to the slightly more popular round cut diamond.

Square emerald cut diamond.

Asscher cut diamonds on the other hand have more of a square shape. Remember the larger the ratio between the length and width of the diamond will make for a thinner longer looking stone. Purchase direct from the source. Emerald cut diamonds have a square face and stepped facets.

It is obvious why companies want to use the world renowned asscher name. This cut makes the stone less brilliant but gives the stone a lot of depth and drama as the light and dark parts of the facets play off each other. We are reputable discount diamond specialists. Emerald cut diamonds have a long and rectangular shape.

Emerald is an elegant and sophisticated classic. It has flat parallel facets that act like mirrors and produce what is called a hall of mirrors effect. You will be glad you found us. The emerald cut diamond provides for deep clarity and a large surface table.

Today the asscher family name is often used as a commodity term for square emerald cuts. If an asscher cut has a length to width ratio of 1 00 or even 1 06 it will be perfectly square or look very close to a square. A rectangular shaped step cut with trimmed corners originally developed way back in 1500s. Through its long step cuts the diamond offers abundant reflections both of white and colored light.

Only square and rectangular stones can be step cut as these feature straight lines running parallel to the diamond s side. The elegance of emerald cut engagement rings works well with any type of metal including gold platinum or silver. Both the square emerald cut and the asscher cut are step cut stones. Plus square emerald diamonds have the advantage of looking larger than round diamonds even at the same weight.

The traditional emerald cut diamond is a rectangular shape while an asscher cut is a square shape. The royal asscher cut has a high crown and 74 facets whereas the modern square emerald cut and the original asscher both have 58 facets. When shopping for an emerald cut diamond you want to consider the length to width ration. We sell square cut diamonds.

Emerald cuts are more prominent in rectangle but are available in square as well.