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Episode #17: Eight-cut diamonds, characteristics and specificities ✨💎
The term "8/8" is used to refer to a certain diamond cut, just as one might speak of a brilliant, trapezoid, or pear cut.
✨ Its characteristics
The "eight-eight" or "single cut," as its name suggests, consists of a table (the highest part of the diamond), 8 facets on the upper part (the crown) and 8 on the lower part (the pavilion), for a total of 17 facets.
This cut is mostly used for small stones.
✨ Comparison: 8/8 cut vs. brilliant cut
The eight-cut corresponds to the first phase of the "brilliant cut" of the diamond. Indeed, the brilliant cut, also called "full cut," is characterized by more facets: a table, 8 bezel facets and 8 star facets, and 16 upper girdle facets, as well as 8 pavilion main facets and 16 lower girdle facets, for a total of 57 facets. (The lower girdle facets are the small symmetrical facets along the girdle of a brilliant-cut diamond.)
Between these two cuts, there is the "sixteen-sixteen" or "Swiss cut" with 16 facets for the crown and 16 for the pavilion.
Due to its multiple facets, the brilliant cut maximizes the reflection of light within the stone and thus the brilliance of the diamond. However, on small stone dimensions, it is very difficult to distinguish it from classic "brilliant cut" diamonds set on our permanent models.
✨ In the course of our search for beautiful stones to recycle, over the past few months, we have gathered small, very high-quality 8/8 cut diamonds, discarded from existing jewelry, often set as pavé around more substantial center stones.
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