Portuguese Cut Diamond?

Donald My Profile Registered User : offline Joined: 12-22-01 Posts: 9 Years: My Karma Power: 0 Points: 10	Post#1 @ 12-22-01 , 12:26 AM My girlfriend would like a Portuguese Cut diamond engagement ring (or a temporary mock one). Can anyone tell me what that means and where I can find one? The above "Ask Diamond Talk" post was filled out online at http://www.diamondring.com/forums/n...amondq uestion

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Post#2 @ 12-22-01 , 06:56 PM

. 'Portuguese' Cut is a very fancy round with extra rows of facets. In a normal-sized diamond its too-many facets are so small that instead of snappy scintillation, you get a fizzy rolling of reflections within the stone. I don't recommend it.
. The extra cutting and greater precision invoke a higher-than usual cost for the same weight stone. I have never seen a diamond cut this way (I cut a citrine this way once to test my machine). Perhaps Asscher can help you (search Internet).
Edit: According to Vargas "Diagrams for Faceting", the full Portuguese cut has 161 facets = 10 rows of 16 facets + table.

[Edited by beryl on 12-22-01 at 07:04 PM]

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