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Cut is perhaps the most important of the 4Cs because a quality cut is what unlocks a diamond’s fiery sparkle.  Cut is also the only diamond characteristic directly influenced by man. The other three are dictated by nature.  A good cut releases the “fire” and “brilliance” of a diamond through the proportion of its 57 and 58 facets (tiny planes that create angles), allowing the maximum light to be reflected through the diamond.  In order to maximize this fire and brilliance, a diamond cutter must place each of the stone’s facets and angles, which act as light dispersing mirrors, in exact geometric relation to one another.  Diamonds that are not cut to proper proportions (too deep or too shallow) lose light that spills through the side or bottom. 
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