When a diamond is cut for high performance, its brilliance, fire, and sparkle are the first - and sometimes only - qualities you notice. Carat weight, color, and clarity influence price and rarity more than beauty.
Its dazzling brilliance can bleach out any tinges of yellow or brown in the stone, naturally improving the color.
Bright, sparkling light can also obscure tiny inclusions, improving the clarity.
Edge-to-edge brilliance makes the diamond appear larger. Diamonds cut for weight often leak light around the edges, creating blacked-out areas that make a stone look smaller than it is. But a high-performance diamond shines evenly from the center to the edge. This edge-to-edge brilliance can make a one-carat EightStar appear larger than an imperfectly cut diamond of equal size.
The diameter is the widest possible. Cutting for performance means not leaving unnecessary bulk in the depth of the diamond. This allows the widest possible diameter in the girdle. In any given weight, the EightStar is wider than a deep-cut diamond.
