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You’ve heard the saying, “He’s a diamond in the rough.” And while it’s an intuitive metaphor, it stems from an actual process that takes a diamond from its raw or “rough” state to a pretty gem you love to wear. It all starts with the diamond cut.

The word “cut” has taken on two different meaning in recent years. Often, it is used to describe the shape of a diamond, such as marquise, princess, or emerald. These, however, are not actually cuts; they are shapes. The cut is the exact process of taking a diamond from its rough state to a beautiful gemstone full of fire and brilliance.

Each shape has a specific guideline so that diamond cutters can cut the diamond for maximum brilliance and fire. As an interesting aside, approximately 90% of all diamonds are cut in India, Israel, and New York. The process is broken into several steps: planning, cleaving/sawing, bruting, and faceting/polishing.

Planning. During the planning stage, each diamond is analyzed to maximize the value of the final finished diamond.

Cleaving or Sawing. The cleaving or sawing process involves sawing a rough diamond into smaller pieces to, once again, maximize the finished product. At the same time, it’s this step when parts of the rough diamond that are not gem quality are removed. Cleaving is a quick method of removing a large part of the diamond.

Bruting. This is the initial stage where the shape of the diamond is formed. To do this, diamond cutters place a diamond on a spinning axle, rotisserie style, next to another diamond. This constant contact of diamond on diamond forms the beginning of the shape, as only a diamond can cut a diamond.

Faceting or Polishing. By using a flat spinning wheel covered in diamond dust, each facet is delicately added to thdiamond.

In addition to the physical process that gets a diamond ready to wear, there are a series of transactions that take a diamond from the ground to your ear, finger, or neck. Fortunately for SuperJeweler customers, we are a jewelry manufacturer, so we are able to eliminate many of those transactions and bring beautiful diamonds to you at a far lower price than our competitors can.