Elmquist Signature Diamonds
Capture the light...see the difference.
No other material on Earth can capture and reflect light the way a diamond does. But transforming light into brilliance requires exceptional human skill. Cut most dramatically affects the beauty of every stone. Most diamonds are cut to retain maximum weight from the original rough stone, sacrificing potential sparkle. Achieving an Ideal Cut is more difficult and costly, yet provides much more brilliance.
When a stone is cut too deeply or too shallow, light is lost through the bottom and the sides; the diamond may appear dark and glassy. A round brilliant diamond cut with 57 facets and perfectly symmetrical proportions capture and beams back light in all its brightness and sparkle.
A perfectly symmetrical ‘Ideal Cut’ diamond holds inside a set of hearts and arrows. When viewed from the bottom, you see a circle of identical heart-shaped figures. When the diamond is viewed from the top, an arrow pattern appears.
When a round brilliant diamond has been cut to “ideal proportions”, all of the light entering from any direction is dispersed and totally reflected from its heart up through the table, creating brilliance beyond compare. Such perfect symmetry is only achieved by a master diamond cutter.
Any diamond can say I love you...
Only an Elmquist Signature Diamond can prove it
Our Elmquist Signature Diamonds can prove their beauty using a revolutionary technology
system called Isee2. The Isee2 takes you beyond the basic 4 C’s – cut, color, clarity and
carat weight – and allows you to see for yourself the beauty of the stone you are selecting.
By comparing stones under absolutely identical conditions, you will see that not all
diamonds play with light in the same way. Only the very best will provide the spirited sparkle you can expect from an Ideal Cut Elmquist Signature Diamond.
The Isee2’s unrivaled and patented technology measures what makes an exceptional stone outshine the others. A camera scans in your diamond and send 15 images per second to an iMac computer which processes 48 different lighting positions during its calculations. The Isee2 thus objectively evaluates the amount of light returned from the diamond, the degree of contrast between the 57 facets and the quality of the make – what jewelers often refer to as brilliance, scintillation and symmetry. With the Isee2 you can share objective information with others and compare. Choosing the right diamond
becomes crystal clear.
Color
The color of a diamond can span a range from colorless (D) to yellow (Z). The higher a diamond’s color on the scale, the rarer the stone.
Clarity
Most diamonds feature inclusions, small imperfections that affect the clarity of a stone.
Carat Weight
Carat is the unit of weight measurement of a diamond. Originating from the remarkably constant
weight of a carob seed, one carat equals 200mg or 1/5 of a gram. Each carat is further divided
into 100 points.
Cut
Originally referring to the shape of a polished diamond, the cut has also come to be used relating to
the quality of the make of a stone.