The specifications that determine the value of brillant
Beauty concept varies subjectively. This also applies to the glow, brightness and beauty of brilliant which is the most valuable present of nature. You can select the brilliant by listening the voice of your heart; however while selecting the brilliant, besides your feelings it will be beneficiary to take into consideration the 4C specifications that is explained herein. 4C specification is: Cut, Color, Clarity, Carat Weight. Value of a brilliant is dependent on how rarely it is found whereas its price on its four features. Although it is seen as same when looked with naked eye, no brilliant is exactly same with the other. Why the price of two brilliant having the same carat weight is different, is based on 4C specification. The 4C information given herein below will keep you informed about relative classificating and pricing of brilliant.
Cut :
Cut is probably the most important one among 4C specifications; because attractive gleam of brilliant arises thanks to the quality of cut. While other charactericts are brought from nature, the specification of cut is the only one created on brilliant with hands of human. A good cut where Faset (angled surface that reflects the light) ratios are approprita brings out the gleam and brightness of brillant. Beaware of not mixing up the brillant cut which is a very technical subject and the shape of brillant. Shape is depended on the personal taste. Round cut is the most popular one among the cuts we know. Other cuts are respectively; emerald (rectangular brilliant cut), drop, marquize (two end acute cut), princess (round cut having square top), oval and heart shape cut.
Color :
People may like different color tones; therefore color specification is the most subjective one among 4C's. Th. The brilliant colors include various tones of white. Brillants are classified by looking at how much they are close to colorless. The rarely found and the whitest ones are D, E, F and G , however majority of brilliants are in between H-L colors which are called as white and light white. At M color and below there is a visible yellowish color tone. On the other hand there brilliants in rarely available certain colors. These are called fantasy. These can be seen in pink, blue, yellow and several other colors.
Clarity :
Clarity of a brilliant is determined by looking at its marks called "fingerprints of nature". In almost all of the brilliants small traces of carbon criystalls are seen. But, most of these marks can not be seen with naked eye as they are microscopic. The marks can only be selectable under highly efficient lense. As how less in number the marks of brilliant are so rarely the stone is found .
Carat Weight :
Carat is the weight of a brillant. One carat is divided into 100 equal point. Half carat is 50 points and written as 0.50 ct. The price of two brilliant having same carat weight may be different due to their different combination of cut, color and clarity specifications. Pırlanta that was formed in the deep of earth billions of years ago, became the favoriate of kings and aristocrats as it is a rarely found very valuable stone since from the date it was investigated. Brillant does not not ever loose its infinite shining and primary glow and at the same time it becomes to the symbol of purity, beauty, love, eternal love, wealth and power with its standing white and purified appearance.
