The expert jewelers at Gem Nation, the online luxury jewel and watch dealer, know that the prime quality of a luxury diamond is its cut. The cut of a stone means refers to its proportions, which determine how much light it reflects. The perfect cut is the one that bounces the most light back at the viewer; Gem Nation’s jewelers inspect every single diamond personally before it goes out to the customer to ensure only the highest quality stones are delivered to its customers. Gem Nation’s jewelers use an array of mathematical formulas to determine the ideal height, depth, and breadth of a diamond’s cut, and confirm the results visually. With regard to shape, round diamonds present not only a simple beauty, but tend to reflect the most light, as well. Beyond the cut, customers of Gem Nation regard color as the second most-important quality in the diamond they seek. Of course, everybody would prefer a diamond that has no flaws, but as the diamond experts at Gem Nation well know, flaws and blemished, called inclusions are nearly unavoidable in the vast majority of diamonds—at least, when examined under a microscope at high magnification. Gem Nation’s jewelers do their best to furnish clients with an “eye clean” diamond, the term applied to a stone whose inclusions are not readily visible to the naked eye. They also understand that inclusions and irregularities in color most readily appear to the eye in a diamond cut in the rectangular “emerald” style, so they try to avoid an emerald cut unless the customer insists upon it. Learn more about what each style of cut entails, the different grades of diamond, and other important aspects of the gemstone trade at www.gemnation.com, where the company’s experts have put together a comprehensive resource to answer any questions their customers may have.