What Are Hearts And Arrows?
A diamond that is an AGS Triple Ideal Cut and has
crisp Hearts & Arrows is the most perfectly fashioned diamond in the
world. The ultimate symbol of love…an incredible sculpture of
the world's most valuable material,
the Hearts and Arrows Ideal Cut Diamond.
The perfect combination of brilliance, scintillation and beauty are
found in these incredible gems.
No ordinary diamond can match the fire it will light in a woman's heart.
Hearts & Arrows is a visual phenomenon that
appears in the finest Ideal Cut round brilliant diamonds when viewed in
a gemscope. Diamonds cut with precisely aligned and carefully shaped
facets combined with optimum proportions produce an incredibly brilliant
sight, called Hearts & Arrows.
A Hearts & Arrows Ideal Cut Diamond is the ultimate and most brilliant
in the world. When a Hearts & Arrows Ideal Cut Diamond is placed in a
gemscope, anyone can clearly see the effect of the Arrows in the top
view of the diamond, and Hearts from the bottom view.
Not all AGS Triple Zero
Diamonds display Hearts & Arrows. The AGS parameters outlined above
still allow for a great deal of variance in the look of the diamond. The
AGS document does not in itself guarantee the sparkle of a diamond.
There is, however, a sweet spot: a narrow range within the AGS
parameters that produces unbridled brilliance and scintillation. This
narrow range also shows Hearts & Arrows.
Not all Hearts & Arrows Diamonds are AGS Triple
Ideal Diamonds. It is possible, to see a Hearts & Arrows pattern in a
stone if the polish or proportions are not ideal. Polish has very little
to do with the pattern. Poor polish on an otherwise Ideal diamond, will
create a wavy effect when viewed through a scope, visible only to the
trained eye. Poor polish will decrease the diamond's brilliance.
H & A pattern is possible only in diamonds cut at ideal proportion with
perfect symmetry of all the facets (each facet is aligned precisely to
the opposite facet). If the facets are not perfectly symmetrical the H &
A pattern will be distorted, crooked, uneven, or incomplete.
Beware of diamonds exhibiting a partial Hearts & Arrows pattern that is
not crisp and sharp. These are not genuine Hearts & Arrows. Hearts &
Arrows are usually found only in diamonds that meet American Gem Society
Laboratories’ AGS”0” Ideal Cut requirements.
Hearts and Arrows Viewer
The scope is merciless when it comes to any
deviation from perfection. Any detour from the correct path of
light will result in the deformation or absence of either hearts or
arrows. This device, as low-tech as it is, can clearly show even the
untrained eye how well or how poorly a diamond is cut. We have assembled
a few images below, to give you a clearer idea of what you want to
avoid.
These diamonds are graded by the AGSL as Triple Ideal but are not Hearts
& Arrows.
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