VIctoria, Australia 24 June 2014 : Do you think that you need to know more about diamonds before spending your precious money behind it? But how long can you deter your darling from sporting a diamond studded necklace in the parties. Wouldn't you present her a diamond ring on the coming anniversary? Diamonds beckon everyone into their glittering world and keep one and all mesmerized as long as one looks at it. Know the three C's of diamonds i.e. Clarity, cutting and color of a piece of diamond before purchasing one. If you have a keen interest in Princess Cut Diamonds, be confident of your choice and soon become the proud owner of a Princess Cut Diamond.

The Princess cut is one of the most popular shapes for diamonds. This particular shape is rectangular or square. The profiles of Princess Cut Diamonds look like inverted pyramids. In was in the 1960s that this cut shape of the diamond was introduced and named. Before then there was no existence of the Princess Cut Diamonds. Over the years, this cut shape gained popularity among modern women and diamond lovers who wanted to move away from the traditional and much known round cut diamond. The round cut diamond is also popularly known as the Brilliant Cut Diamond. In a round cut diamond the top or the crown is cut in round shape, but the bottom is not. The bottom or the pavilion is always cut in the shape of a cone in this particular cut shape of a diamond.

If you go back to its origins you would see that the Princess cut originates from the early French cut. However, it may have similarities with the round cut and the early French court, but it is completely different from them. The look, appearance, and clarity of Princess Cut Diamonds are so endearing that it is difficult to resist from the wish to flaunt one on your finger. Because of its unique rectangular shape the princess cut diamond wedding rings are popular as wedding rings. Because of this very cut shape ensures a higher degree of refraction of light than what a round brilliant cut does.

The other interesting factor associated with Princess Cut Diamonds is that it is slightly less costly than round cut diamonds of the same weight, i.e. Same carat. This is because a Princess Cut Diamond retains eighty percent of the rough diamond. However, this is not the case with the round cut diamonds. A round cut diamond retains not more than fifty percent of the rough diamond.

The term Princess Cut was used originally in connection with the Profile cut. The latter was designed by a London based diamond cutter, named Arpad Nagy in 1961. The same name was later made popular by Betzalel Ambar, Ygal Perlman, and Israel Itzkowitz in 1979, Israel.

Now that you are aware of the cuts and quality of Princess Cut Diamond, do not hesitate to buy one for yourself. If you have postponed your plan to buy a dazzling Princess Cut Diamond ring to your beloved on her next birthday, go for it.