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Welcome back to the Diamonds Hatton Garden blog where we bring you the latest insights from our Hatton Garden jewellers. Following on from our buying guides to various fancy cut diamond shapes, we look to continue with our educational themed blogs with today’s article looking at different diamond cuts. In our three part series we look at the three main types of diamond cuts: the brilliant cut, the modified brilliant cut and the step cut. Today we explore the history of the brilliant cut and what to look for when buying a brilliant cut diamond.

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Welcome back to the Diamonds Hatton Garden blog where we bring you the latest insights from our Hatton Garden jewellers. Following on from our guide to the modified brilliant cut, we look to continue with our next entry into our series onto diamond cuts and look at what is a step cut diamond, examining its history and how to choose a step cut diamond.

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When looking for a loose diamond for a diamond engagement ring or a piece of diamond jewellery it is important to refer back to the diamond grading report that often will accompany the diamond – diamonds under 0.15 carats do not have reports issued. This certificate helps you as a consumer to be confident that what you are buying is described accurately by the seller and is often used for insurance purposes post-sale. In today’s article we look at what a diamond grading report is and how to read one.

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Welcome back to the Diamonds Hatton Garden blog where we bring you the latest insights from our Hatton Garden jewellers. Following on from our buying guides to various fancy cut diamond shapes, we look to continue with our educational themed blogs with today’s article looking at different diamond cuts. In our three part series we look at the three main types of diamond cuts: the brilliant cut, the modified brilliant cut and the step cut starting with the modified brilliant cut.

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Welcome back to the Diamonds Hatton Garden blog where we bring you the latest from our family run team of Hatton Garden Jewellers. In the latest in our ongoing guides to fancy shaped diamonds we look at the art-deco inspired Asscher cut and give you all you need to know about buying an asscher diamond engagement ring. If you missed them, read our guides to cushion cut engagement rings, emerald cut engagement rings and find out more about our diamond engagement rings in Hatton Garden.

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Welcome back to the Diamonds Hatton Garden blog where we share our latest insights from our family run team of Hatton Garden Jewellers. It goes without saying that buying a diamond engagement ring can be a daunting experience. With so many choices to consider, a lot of new information and the pressure to make the right choice, it can be overwhelming. Based on the conversations we have had with our clients we want to share our knowledge and experience, over 40 years, with a new series to the 4 Cs of diamonds. In today’s blog we start with a beginners guide to diamond clarity.

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Welcome back to the Diamonds Hatton Garden blog where we bring you the latest from our family run team of Hatton Garden Jewellers. In the latest instalment of our fancy shaped diamond buying guide we look at the beautiful and historic marquise cut and give you all you need to know about buying a marquise diamond engagement ring. If you missed them, read our guides cushion cut engagement rings, emerald cut engagement rings and find out more about our diamond engagement rings in Hatton Garden.

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Welcome back to the Diamonds Hatton Garden blog where we bring you the latest updates from our Hatton Garden jewellers. As we move into the warming embrace of Spring, we continue with our on-going series that explores fancy cut diamond shapes and sizes. Today we look at one of the less popular, yet equally spectacular cuts, the heart shape. Often, when our clients are looking for diamond engagement rings in Hatton Garden.

Unique and instantly recognizable, a well-cut heart shaped diamond can look fantastic in a ring, pendant, diamond earrings or  other piece of jewellery, all while offering better value for money than a similarly sized round diamond.

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Welcome back to the Diamonds Hatton Garden blog where we bring you the latest from our Hatton Garden jewellers. In our latest series, we explore different fancy cut diamonds to give you and all you need to know guide when choosing. In today’s entry, we look at one of our famous and one of the oldest cuts: the emerald cut outlining what to look for in terms of clarity, size and colour as well as technical specifications to consider.

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Welcome back to the Diamonds Hatton Garden blog where we bring you the latest insights from our Hatton Garden jewellers. Known for our beautiful diamond engagement rings in Hatton Garden, we enjoy helping each and every couple to find their perfect engagement ring. Whilst some couples may have an idea of what they want, others may need more assistance and guidance as to the beautiful array of shapes and sizes that diamonds come in.  Continuing on from our sizing guide series, today we look at the radiant cut and what to consider when choosing a size and the pros and cons of this diamond cut in particular.

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