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Tested, Proved, and Polished

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 Tested, Proved, and Polished A perfectly cut diamond will reflect a complete spectrum of light completely back to  its  source.  If a diamond is cut too shallow the light will go through the diamond through with little reflection.  If the diamond is cut too deep, the light will hit multiple facets and the reflection will  cause a  dispersion of the light spectrum.  Each of these types of cuts while yet beautiful, give a different grade of brilliancy to the diamond, from excellent to poor quality, when it is measured.    Cutting a diamond to the ideal precision takes a process of sorting, cleaving, bruiting, and polishing.     When a raw diamond is mined it goes through a sorting process.  Only about 20 % of mined diamonds are used to make jewelry, of excellent, medium and poor cuts.  The sorting process, analyzes the cracks ,  clarity, and  colorations   caused by the diamond crystal growing ...