A diamond may be a simple product, but the industry has produced an impressive number of variations on the theme. There are diamond brands based on origin, cut, light performance, and just about every other factor of the stone. JCK’s Diamond Branding section profiles a select few of the many companies offering branded diamonds.
Company: ABA Diamond Corp.
Brand: Victorian Cut
Address: 15 West 47th Street, Suite 403, New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-398-3860/800-889-7749
Fax: 212-398-3870
Website:www.victoriandiamond.com
Description: The Victorian Cut has a multi-faceted top crown and step cut bottom pavilion facets, which contribute to the diamond’s brilliance. The cut is also well suited for designer and high-end jewelry lines, as well as antique reproduction jewelry. The 73 facet stone is girdle inscribed with a serial number or the stone’s name.
Product available as: Loose goods.
Size/Color/Clarities: 1 ct. plus; D-L; VS plus.
Company: Aglaia Diamonds International Ltd.
Brand: Aglaia
Address: Diamond Building, 18th Floor, Ramat Gan, Israel 52521
Phone: 972-3-751-5151
Fax: 972-3-752-9695
Website:www.aglaia1999.com
Description: Aglaia is an exclusive boutique manufacturer and designer of perfectly cut round brilliant diamonds. Each diamond is crafted to display symmetrical hearts and arrows. Diamonds are available loose or as part of the Aglaia jewelry collection. All diamonds are laser inscribed with logo and store number.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: All sizes; D-L; VVS-SI.
Company: Amadena
Brand: Amadena
Address: 576 Fifth Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-354-5554
Fax: 212-382-1317
Website:www.amadena.com
Description: Amadena is a Rio Tinto Select Diamantaire which offers diamonds from Canada with a certificate of Canadian origin. Diamonds are mined at Diavik and cut in Belgium, China and Thailand. An Italian-inspired bridal and fashion line features Canadian ideal cut diamonds. A cushion cut collection is also available.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.01-2.5 cts; D-I; IF-SI.
Company: Baroka Creations
Brand: The Barocut Diamond
Address: 36 West 47th Street, New York, NY 10036
Phone: 888-768-0527
Website:www.baroka.com
Description: The Barocut is a rectangular modifed cut. It has 77 facets which “create[s] the most light dispersion possible, ” the company says. Called “the two-heart diamond” because of the appearance of two hearts meeting point-to-point deep into the culet of the diamond.
Product available as: Finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.30 to 3 cts.; D to J; IF to SI2.
Company: Bellataire Diamonds Div. of Lazare Kaplan International
Brand: Bellataire Diamonds
Address: 19 West 44th Street, 16th FloorNew York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-687-8881
Fax: 212-687-8448
Website:www.bellataire.com
Description: Rare all natural diamonds that have undergone a patented and permanent process developed to restore the diamond back to its original color.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.50 ct. to 50 cts.; D to H; IF to VVS2; Fancy Yellows, Blues and Pinks.
Company: C & A Diamonds International
Brand: Caro 74 loose & Bridal Collection, Valina Bridal
Address: 5506 6th Avenue S., Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 800-377-8896
Fax: 206-902-3080
Website:www.cadiamonds.com
Description: The Caro 74 diamond has 16 more facets than a traditional round brilliant. In Italian, Caro means “beloved.” In addition to loose stones, a variety of jewelry collections are available, including the “Valina” bridal collection.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Company: Canadia
Brand: Canadia, Canadia Cushion, Canadia Classic Collection
Address: 500 7th Avenue, 12th Floor, B Building, New York, NY 10018
Phone: 866-522-6234
Fax: 212-840-7371
Website:canadia.com
Description: All Canadia diamonds are mined in Canada’s Arctic North. Each diamond comes with a Certificate of Origin.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.01 ct. to 3.00 cts. ; D to K; IF to I1.
Company: Christopher Designs Inc.
Brand: Crisscut®
Address: 42 W. 48th St., New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-382-1013; 800-955-0970
Fax: 212-768-8978
Website:www.christopherdesigns.com
Description: When jewelry designer and manufacturer Christopher Slowinski decided that his jewelry needed the extra distinction of a diamond cut as original as his designs, he set about creating one himself.The end result: A 77 facet rectangle which he registered as the Crisscut® that hearkens back to this fancy shape’s origins as a step cut.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: N/A
Company: C & K Nissenbaum
Brand: Nissen Cut
Address: 36 West 47th St, Suite 1107, New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-869-7646
Fax: 212-869-7659
Website:www.cknissenbaum.net
Description: The Nissan Cut square shape has 24 facets-less than a princess cut-which gives it an antique look. The cut can be used for traditional settings as well as channel or invisible setting. The cut is also available in larger sizes and in regular and tapered baguettes.
Product available as: Loose goods.
Size/Color/Clarities: N/A
Company: Corona Jewellery Co.
Brand: Maple Leaf Diamonds
Address: 16 Ripley Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Phone: 416-762-2222
Fax: 416-762-2445
Website:www.mapleleafdiamonds.com
Description: Round and princess cut diamonds from Canada’s Mines (Ekati & Diavik) are laser engraved with a tracking number, CanadaMark symbol, and Maple Leaf logo. Each diamond comes with a certificate of origin. Jewelry collections include rings, earrings, and pendants.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: N/A
Company: Crisdiam
Brand: Nordic Fire
Address: Hoveniertsstraat 2, Box 240, Antwerp, Belgium 2018
Phone: 32-3-233-6559
Fax: 32-3-234-2851
Website:www.crisdiam.com
Description: Nordic Fire is a Canadian diamond brand. Each stone is sourced directly from the Diavik mine. The stones are polished in the company’s factories in Belgium and sold to jewelry stores worldwide. Rounds and fancies are available.
Product available as: Loose goods.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.30-6 cts.; D-M; all clarities.
Company: Dalumi Group
Brand: “Dalumi” Jewelery Collections
Address: 1 Jabotinsky Street, Ramat Gan, Israel
Phone: +972-3-7550000
Fax: +972-3-5751876
Website:www.dalumi.com
Description: A DTC Sightholder and a leading force in the diamond industry with a new innovative approach. Manufacturers & distributors of polished diamonds and jewelry-active in marketing initiatives worldwide.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.10 ct. to 5.0 cts.; F-M with some fancy yellow; VVS-I1.
Company: Daniel Shaked Diamonds
Brand: Euphoria
Address: 760 Market St, Suite 248, San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 415-623-5800
Fax: 415-623-5804
Website:www.euphoria.com
Description: The 56 facet Euphoria diamond is a square shape inspired by the step and asscher cuts. Layouts and matched pairs are available for production of rings, pendants and bracelets. Jewelry collections are also available. The brand is a joint venture of Avnit Diamonds and Daniel Shaked Diamonds, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.25-3 cts.
Company: Doron Isaak Couture Gems
Brand: Noble Cut; Virtue Cut
Address: 9401 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 501, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Phone: 310-274-3311
Fax: 310-274-3306
Website:www.doronissak.com
Description: Doron Issak’s trademarked Noble-cut and Virtue-cut diamonds have become collector’s favorites. Launched in 2002, the Elongated kite-shaped Noble-cut and traditional kite shaped Virtue-cut diamonds are both unique step cut diamond shapes that are trademarked proprietary cuts. Doron Isaak Couture Gems’ exclusive diamond cuts are created under personal direction of the designer, using world class craftsmanship and are incorporated into contemporary luxury that is always Made in the U.S.A.
Product available as: Finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.15 ct. and up; colorless and fancy colors.
Company: EFD Diamonds Ltd.
Brand: Princess Plus®
Address: 1 Jabotinsky Street, Ramat Gan, Israel 52520
Phone: +972-3-5753388
Fax: +972-3-575-0210
Website:www.efd.com
Description: With over 100 strategically placed facets, PrincessPlus® is designed to be the brightest princess cut ever created.
Product available as: Finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.25 ct. to 3 cts.; D to J; VVS to I2.
Company: E.D.I Diamonds
Brand: Carat Smart
Address: 6900 East Camelback Road, Suite 836, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Phone: 480-945-1232, 866-672-2728
Fax: 480-941-4018
Website:www.caratsmartdiamonds.com
Description: E.D.I manufactures and cuts diamonds in Israel, and offers a diverse inventory of stones. The Carat Smart loose diamond program features mostly premium and ideal cut rounds, square princess cuts, and other fancy shapes designed for best light performance and biggest possible millimeter measurement.
Product available as: Loose goods.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.40-5 cts. and up; I and better; SI2-VS1.
Company: Eugene Biro
Brand: Biro88
Address: 37 West 47th Street, New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-997-0146
Fax: 212-764-4506
Website:www.biro88.com
Description: The Biro88™ diamond is a unique 88-faceted, patent pending, round “ideal” proportioned diamond, which maximizes the brilliance in an ideal diamond. It has strategically positioned facets reflecting optimal light through the diamond’s crown and table. The Biro88™ has better attributes and greater brilliance than any other round ideal proportioned diamond in the market.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.20 ct. to 5 cts.; I to D; S12 to IF.
Company: Fourever Concept
Brand: The Corona Diamond, Fourever Concept
Address: 1 Jabotinski Street, #950, Ramat Gan, Israel 52520
Phone: 971-3-575 3111
Fax: 971-3-575-0654
Website:www.fourever.net
Description: Gold and platinum jewelry containing four or more invisibly-set diamonds that give the appearance of one larger diamondlike solitaire. The Corona diamond is a square cut diamond with 65 facets.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.05 to 2.00 cts.; D to I; VVS1 to I1.
Company: EightStar Diamond Company
Brand: EightStar Diamonds
Address: P.O. Box 7077, Cotati, CA 94931
Phone: 707-544-6400
Fax: 707-544-6410
Website:www.eightstar.com
Description: “Hearts and arrows” stones cut to optimal symmetry, since 1984.
Product available as: Loose goods.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.33 ct. and larger; All; All.
Company: Elara Diamonds
Brand: Elara
Address: 1200 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-302-0099
Fax: 212-302-0005
Website:www.elaradiamonds.com
Description: A square shape with the “faceting and brilliance of a round.”
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.10 to 10 cts.; D to K; IF to SI2.
Company: Ernest Slotar Inc.
Brand: Cut by Gauge® Lucére® Diamond
Address: 29 East Madison, Suite 112, Chicago, IL 60602
Phone: 800-621-6537
Fax: 312-236-6456
Website:www.cutbygauge.com
Description: A square brilliant mixed faceted diamond, with a three-tiered step cut crown giving it the straight lines of a square diamond, but with a pavilion similar to a round diamond. Its corners have been cut to make it easy to set and less likely to chip or break. Table and depth percentages are standardized, ensuring maximum brilliance.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.30 to 11 cts.; D-M; IF-I1.
Company: Finesse Diamonds
Brand: The Eighty-Eight
Address: 590 Fifth Ave., 15th Floor, New York, NY 10036
Phone: 888-91-88CUT
Fax: 212-391-7602
Website:www.88cut.com
Description: An eight-sided diamond with 88 facets meant to “optimize the light performance of a traditional round.” The convergence of eights “refers to a Chinese legend over 1, 000 years old that endows the number 8 with mystical properties of bestowing good fortune.”
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Clarities: 0.05 – 10 cts. And up; all colors; I1 and better.
Company: Gabrielle Diamonds by Suberi Brothers Inc.
Brand: Gabrielle
Address: 902 Broadway, New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212-979-9100
Fax: 212-979-5331
Website:www.gabriellediamonds.com
Description: Cut by Gabrielle Tolkowsky and distributed by Suberi, the Gabrielle diamond has 105 facets, 47 more than the ideal cut, and is available in a variety of shapes: round, oval, pear, emerald, heart, marquise, and cushion.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.50 cts and up; D-I; flawless SI.
Company: Gassan Diamonds
Brand: Gassan 121
Address: 579 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Phone: 212-371-1810
Fax: 212-753-0860
Website:www.gassondiamonds.com
Description: Amsterdam cutters Gassan Diamonds has introduced a modified round with 121 facets, with 16 additional facets on the top and 40 extra on the bottom.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.30 cts. and up; all colors and clarities.
Company: GelinAbaci
Brand: Lida
Address: 614 South Glendora Avenue, Glendora, CA 91740
Phone: 800-545-8545
Fax: 626-914-7829
Website:www.gelinabaci.com
Description: GelinAbaci has developed a patented one-of-a-kind Lida cut diamond with 43 facets. The diamonds are laser inscribed with the GIA report number and Lida cut serial number. The company has also created a new limited edition “Elite Tension” jewelry collection.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelery.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.25-5 cts; D-J; IF-SI3.
Company: Gemco International
Brand: Cross of Light
Address: 12 South Sixth Street, Suite 1012, Minneapolis, MN 55402
Phone: 800-827-1909
Fax: 612-341-0314
Website:www.gemcodiamond.com
Description: Gemco International is the exclusive distributor of the Cross of Light diamond. This 69 faceted round diamond forms three cruciform images from the pavilion facets. All stones half carat and larger are laser inscribed with the Cross of Light trademark and a lab report number. A custom crown allows the jeweler to turn any ring in their inventory into Cross of Light Jewelry.
Product available as: Loose goods.
Size/Color/Clarities: 1/8-1.5 cts; D-I; SI and better.
Company: Gold Star Jewellery LLC
Brand: Elinor
Address: 20 W. 37th St., New York, NY 10018
Phone: 212-391-2021
Fax: 212-391-7444
Website:www.goldstarjewellery.com
Description: Elinor is a 145 facet cushion cut which is available loose and in jewelry. Indian sight-holder RT Diamond is an integrated source for a range of diamonds, including generics, multi-stone fancy cuts and solitaire innovations.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.30 cts. And up; I and better; I1 and better.
Company: Harry Kotlar & Co.
Brand: The Kotlar Cushion
Address: 607 S. Hill Street, Suite 710, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Phone: 213-626-0428
Fax: 213-626-6425
Website:www.harrykotlar.com
Description: A modern interpretation of the classic cushion cut diamond with 61 facets that makes it a “modern brilliant stone with a cushion shape … no open culet, no bow tie.”
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.75 ct. to 20 cts.; D to J; IF to SI2.
Company: Hasenfeld-Stein Inc.
Brand: FireMark™
Address: 580 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1100, New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-575-0290
Fax: 212-391-4597
Trade Website:www.firemarkprincess.com
Consumer Website:www.firemarkdiamond.com
Description: The FireMark™ princess cut diamond rivals the brilliance of an Ideal Round, with GIA “Excellent” ratings in polish and symmetry, and GCAL “Excellence” in light performance. The cut features a patent pending “double crown” with additional facets and distinctive angles that enhance fire and brilliance, chamfered corners for greater durability (invisible to the naked eye); smaller tables (maximum 68%), and depths of less than 71%.
Product available as: Loose goods.
Size/Color/Clarities: .50 – 4.0 cts.; D-J; IF-SI2.
Company: Hearts On Fire
Brand: Hearts On Fire
Address: 99 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 877-PERFECT
Website:www.heartsonfire.com
Description: Hearts On Fire, The World’s Most Perfectly Cut Diamond®, is cut and polished at 100X magnification—10 times the industry standard—to display ultimate fire, sparkle and brilliance at every time, appearing larger and sparkling more than ordinary diamonds.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: .01 to 7 cts.; D to J; IF to SI2.
Company: HRA Investments Ltd./Sun Diamond
Brand: The Adura Diamond
Address: 2160-1066 W. Hastings St., Vancouver, BC, Canada V6E 3X1
Phone: 604-669-9562
Fax: 604-667-5626
Website:www.hrusa.com
Description: A princess cut with 85 facets, it “enhances the optimum light performance of a square cut diamond, ” the company says. “Adura” comes from the Latin word meaning “to light on fire.” Every diamond is issued with a certificate of brilliance from an independent laboratory illustrating the “enhanced light return.”
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.30 ct. to 10.00 cts.; D to K; VVS to I1.
Company: I Do Diamonds™, Inc.
Brand: The Perfect Princess Cut™
Address: 10801 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 530, Las Vegas, NV 89135
Phone: 702-369-0850/866-342-6743
Fax: 702-369-3152
Website:www.idodiamonds.net
Description: I Do Diamonds™ is a direct importer of ideal and premium-cut loose diamonds. We primarily supply our “Perfect Princess Cut™” diamonds, rounds, matching pairs, side stones and loose layouts (in princess cuts). I Do Diamonds™ worked with the American Gem Society (AGS) lab in Las Vegas, Nevada to create “The Perfect Princess Cut™”. The Perfect Princess Cut™ is a 73 facet princess diamond designed to meet AGS performance-based cut grading standards. The cut will score grades from 0-3 (ideal to very good, respectively) as graded by the AGS.
Product available as: Loose goods, earrings.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.30-5 cts.; D-K color ranges; IF-I1 clarity ranges.
Company: J.B. & Brothers
Brand: Aleya
Address: Charni Road, 702/3/4, 7th Floor, Prasad Chambers, Opera House, Mumbai, India 400004
Phone: 91-22-4034-2222
Fax: 91-22-4034-2299
Website:www.jbbrothers.com
Description: The Aleya diamond brand is available as a square brilliant shape and a rectangle brilliant shape. Both cuts look bigger than the round. The rectangle brilliant retains all the facets of the round and is 20-25 percent bigger in comparison to the round.
Product available as: 0.30-2 cts; D-N and fancy colors; IF-SI1.
Company: Independent Jewelers Organization
Brand: Forever 10
Address: 25 Seir Hill Road, Norwalk, CT 06950
Phone: 800-624-9252
Fax: 203-846-8571
Website:www.forever10.com
Description: Forever 10 is an ideal cut round diamond with 10 hearts and arrows compared with the classic eight pattern. All diamonds greater than .70 cts. are laser inscribed, sold with GIA or AGS certificates and available loose or mounted through an exclusive jewelry collection. This ideal cut diamond is supplied by Louis Newman & Company, New York, and is available exclusively through IJO, which provides a full line of Forever10 merchandising materials and sales training for members.
Product available as: Loose or mounted.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.30-3 cts; D-I; F-SI2.
Company: Jewelry Marketing Company
Brand: Solstice Diamond
Address: 500 Seventh Avenue, 12th Floor BNew York, NY
Phone: 212-398-6401
Fax: 212-398-6406
Website:www.jewelrymarketingcompany.com
Description: The Solstice Diamond is a patented modified round brilliant made exclusively for Celebrity Cruise Lines. The 86 facets of the Solstice Diamond form a Star Shape which is evident through the table and symbolic of the Celebrity Logo.
Product available as: Loose diamonds and finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarity: 0.10 – 3.0 cts.; F-I; VVS-SI.
Company: Kobelli by Baguette World
Brand: Baguillion
Address: 801 S. Flower, Suite 405, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: 800-432-3222
Fax: 213-689-1030
Website:www.baguetteworld.com
Description: The Baguillion is a cut ideal for graduated shaped jewelry forms. For brilliance and good proportions, the Baguillion cut is not as narrow as the baguette cut, but instead is similar to an emerald cut.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: Large selection.
Company: K.P. Sanghvi
Brand: Cupio
Address: 589 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1008, New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-575-2358
Fax: 212-575-2359
Website:www.kpsanghvi.com
Description: The Cupio has 79 facets, a unique shape, and high brilliance compared to an ordinary princess of the same size. Cupio in Latin is “Desire”. It is available in solitaire, micro-set, three-stone, pendant and earring collections.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.20 pts. and up; SI – VS.
Company: Eighternity—A division of K.R. Gems & Diamonds International
Brand: Eighternity
Address: 550 S. Hill Street, #1490, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Phone: 800-527-3002
Fax: 212-627-6636
Website:www.eighternity.com
Description: A modified round brilliant with 81 facets strategically placed to maximize light return while maintaining the size and diameter of an “Ideal Round”. The perfect facet alignment creates a unique double headed arrow and a flower pattern.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.15 pts to 4.00 cts.; From D to K; From IF to I1.
Company: Kristall
Brand: Kristall Couture
Address: 611 West 6th Street, Suite 1800, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: 213-624-4000
Fax: 213-624-1450
Website:www.kristalldiamonds.com
Description: Russian cut center stones in 18 karat gold.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.25 ct. to 1 ct.; D to J; VVS1 to I1.
Company: J. Landau
Brand: The Landau Ideal
Address: 550 S. Hill Street, #1607 Los Angeles, CA 90013
Phone: 213-689-1474
Fax: 213-689-7865
Website:www.landauideal.com
Description: A branded “Hearts and Arrows” Ideal Cut. Comes with a Maisonette, which converts to a ring rest; the Landau Lens, for viewing the laser-inscribed registration number and Landau Ideal brand signature; and the Landau Scope, for viewing the “Hearts and Arrows.”
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.33 ct. to 10 cts. And up; D to J; IF to SI2.
Company: Lazare Kaplan International Inc.
Brand: The Lazare Diamond®
Address: 19 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-857-7610
Fax: 917-464-8910
Website:www.lazarediamonds.com
Description: The original ideal cut diamond™ since 1919. Laser inscribed, ideal cut, branded diamonds cut to the strictest proportions in the industry. The result maximizes the coveted diamond characteristics of brilliance, scintillation, and fire.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: All; All; All.
Company: Leo Schachter Diamonds L.L.C.
Brand: Leo; Elexese
Address: 579 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-688-2000
Fax: 212-688-3345
Website:www.leoschachter.com
Description: Leo Schachter is committed to providing the highest level of quality diamond products, education and training. The product is available in both loose stones and mounted pieces. There is a visible difference between the Leo Diamond and a conventional, 58 facet round diamond of comparable quality.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.02-3 cts; D-L; IF-I1.
Company: Lili Diamonds, USA
Brand: The Lily Cut®
Address: 580 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-302-0002
Fax: 212-302-9899
Website:www.lili-diamonds.com
Description: The beautiful flower shape is state of the art and unique, cut to precision and perfect for a distinctly young and fresh look.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.15 to 20 cts.; D-K: VVS to SI.
Company: Light Masters Diamond Group
Brand: Solasfera
Address: 550 Fifth Avenue, Suite 700, New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-354-9798
Fax: 212-354-4448
Website:www.solasfera.com
Description: Solasfera represents the world’s highest optical standard in diamond cutting. Current portfolio includes patented 91-facets round and 84-facets square brilliant cut diamonds. Every Solasfera has the highest GemEx Light Performance ratings, no light leakage under FireScope and perfect Hearts and Arrows optical symmetry patterns.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.02 ct. to 10 cts. and up; D to J; IF to I2.
Company: Lion Fine Jewelry
Brand: Lion Cut
Address: Schouwburgstr. 4-8, Ghent, Belgium B9000
Phone: 32-9-223-9075
Fax: No Fax
Website:www.lion-cut.com
Description: Paul De Maere’s Lion Cut is a round stone with 56 or 58 facets that combines the rose cut with the modern brilliant. The cut is available in a variety of shapes as well as in colored gemstones. An optical cross or star effect can be seen at the center of the stones.
Product available as: Loose goods.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.01-5 cts.
Company: Marjan Diamonds
Brand: Nenoir
Address: 550 S. Hill St., Suite 502, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Phone: 800-MARJAN-NV
Fax: 323-227-4746
Website:www.marjandiamonds.com; www.nenoir.com
Description: Every “Nenoir Emotionally Yours” diamond comes with a first private owner certificate and the stone’s biography, to ensure that every stone is a firsthand diamond and has never been previously owned. Each diamond is accompanied by a CanadaMark certificate of origin and is registered on the Nenoir website.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: N/A
Company: Merit Diamond Corp.
Brand: Royalcrest Cut, mfit
Address: 1900 Tyler St., 3rd Floor, Hollywood, FL 33020
Phone: 954-883-3660; 800-289-MERIT
Fax: 954-925-4523
Website:www.meritdiamond.com
Description: The Royalcrest Cut has an arched table of bar cut facets, while the pavilion is made of step-cut facets. The mfit line line features “Comfort Groove Technology” that makes the ring smooth on the finger. Available in wedding bands, men’s rings, and engagement rings.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: Melee to 5 cts.; K to E; IF to SI.
Company: Mickey Weinstock & Co.
Brand: The Love Diamond
Address: Hoveniersstraat 53, Antwerpen, Belgium 2018
Phone: +32-3-401-1700
Fax: +32-3-401-1710
Website:www.mickeyweinstock.com
Description: An exclusive line of hearts and arrows diamonds called The Love Diamond is graded excellent by cut, finish and symmetry and comes with accreditation on a diamond grading report. “The Love Diamond” as well as the certificate number of the stone are laser printed on the girdle.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.5 – 3 cts.; D to J; IF-SI2.
Company: M.K. Diamonds & Jewelry
Brand: The Perfect Diamond by Natalie K.
Address: 606 South Olive St, Suite 900 Los Angeles, CA 91004
Phone: 800-688-6101
Fax: 213- 629-5587
Website:www.nataliek.com
Description: The Natalie K. jewelry collection features The Perfect Diamond by Natalie K. Each ideal cut diamond center is laser inscribed with the Natalie K. logo and its own unique identification number.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: From .50+. All color and clarities available.
Company: M.K. Diamonds & Jewelry
Brand: Royal Star 85
Address: 606 South Olive St, Suite 900 Los Angeles, CA 91004
Phone: 213-624-2634
Fax: 213- 629-5587
Website:www.mkdandj.com
Description: A spectacular 85 facet brilliant diamond, cut for maximum radiance.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: Starting at .50, all color and clarities available.
Company: Mor Brothers Diamonds Ltd.
Brand: Amore Diamond
Address: 1 Jabotinsky Street, Ramat-Gan, Israel 52520
Phone: +97235750517
Fax: +97235755362/646-525-4546
Website:www.amore-diamond.com
Description: Ideals with “hearts and arrows” patterns. Comes with Amore Diamond Document, which displays key numbers and a diagram of the “hearts and arrows” pattern.
Product available as: Loose goods.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.30 ct. to 6 cts.; D to fancy yellow.; FL to SI.
Company: Munic Gems
Brand: Arctic Star
Address: 12 East 46th Street, #3E, New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-575-3655
Fax: 212-575-3658
Description: Arctic Star diamonds are from Canada’s Ekati mine and are registered through the CanadaMark authentication program. Jewelry collections in 18k gold include solitaire, bridal, and anniversary rings, which are accompanied by a certificate of origin.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.20 cts. and up.
Company: Nelson Jewellery
Brand: Calla Cut
Address: 631 S. Olive St., Suite 900, Los Angeles, CA 91004
Phone: 213-489-3323
Fax: 213-489-1832
Website:www.nelsonus.com; www.callacut.com
Description: A special cut, inspired by the calla lilly; cut to “ideal symmetry and maximum brilliance.”
Product available as: Finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.03 to .50 ct.; H and up; VS2 and up.
Company: Orion Diamond Works Ltd.
Brand: Vinci
Address: Maccabi Building, Suite 154, Ramat Gan, Israel 52130
Phone: 972-3-5753737
Fax: 972-3-5752573
Website:www.davinci-diamond.com
Description: The pentacle, an upright five-point star encased in a circle which is often linked to the “Divine Proportion” or “Golden Ratio”, was invoked by Leonardo Da Vinci in his study of man. Designer Shlomo Cohen has created a pentacle that incorporates those ratios in the 62 facet Vinci diamond. Three pentacle stars are visible when the diamond is viewed from above through its table.
Product available as: Loose goods.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.40-3 cts; D-M; VS-I1.
Company: Overseas Diamonds Inc.
Brand: Isee2
Address: Hoveniersstraat, 2, Antwerp, Belgium 2018
Phone: +32-3-234-3014
Fax: +32-3-234-1517
Website:www.isee2.com
Description: Isee2 is a branded diamond program comprising of consistently high quality Ideal Cut diamonds together with a patented sales presentation tool that helps retailers sell more diamonds. Every diamond scores AGS triple “zero” or GIA triple “Excellent”, is individually marked and comes with a Birth Certificate that guarantees its history from mine to finger.
Product available as: Loose diamonds, preset jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: From melees up to 10 cts.; D – J; IF-SI2.
Company: Pancis Gems
Brand: Arrows of Love
Address: 26 Battle Ridge Road, Morris Plains, NJ 07950
Phone: 800-426-4435
Fax: 973-285-9732
Website:www.pancisgems.com
Description: Arrows of Love are hearts and arrows diamonds up to 1 carat.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.20 ct. to 5 cts; all colors (including fancy colors) and clarities.
Company: Polar Bear Diamond
Brand: Polar Bear Diamond™
Address: 1255 Phillips Square, #412, Montreal, Quebec, Canada M3B 3GI
Phone: 514-861-6675
Fax: 514-861-9077
Website:www.polarbeardiamond.com
Description: The original certified Canadian diamond – mined, cut and polished in our own factory in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Together with Polar Ice, Canada’s largest Canadian finished stone manufacturer.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.20 ct. to 3.0 cts; D to H; IF – SI2.
Company: Quadamas, Avi Paz
Brand: PrinceCut
Address: 707 Wilshire, #3627, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: 213-995-9595
Fax: 213-995-9959
Website:www.princecut.com
Description: The PrinceCut is an emerald with 111 facets. Unlike “a traditional emerald cut in several respects, it offers very high levels of brilliance and scintillation.” The company says it also hides inclusions better than a conventional emerald cut.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: Quadamas: 0.10 ct. to 50.0 cts.; Avi Paz: 0.10 cts. to 10.0 cts.; D to I; IF to SI2.
Company: RCDC Corporation
Brand: Original Radiant Cut Diamond
Address: 15 West 42nd Street, #803 New York, NY
Phone: 212-382-0386
Fax: 212-869-1038
Website:www.radiantcut.com
Description: Ideally proportioned radiant cuts from the original inventor. Each diamond is carefully crafted to ensure that it is true to Hennry Grossbard’s vision.
Product available as: Loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.70 to 6 cts.; D to J; IF-SI2.
Company: Royal Asscher® of America
Brand: Royal Asscher®
Address: 529 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1901, New York, NY, 10017
Phone: 212-922-1908
Fax: 646-861-4975
Website:www.royalasscher.com
Description: From the world renowned Asscher diamond dynasty comes the successor to the original Asscher Cut: The Royal Asscher® Cut… perfectly symmetrical with superior scintillation and brilliance and endless mirrored depth. The patent protected Royal Asscher® Cut has 74 facets, 16 more than the standard square-emerald generic Asscher, side by side the Royal Asscher® Cut is undeniably stunning: gemological excellence is the Royal difference.
Product available as: loose goods, finished jewelry.
Size/Color/Clarities: 0.30-15 cts; D-J, fancy yellow colors; VS2 and better.
Company: S.A. Gems
Brand: Private Label Signature Diamond
Address: 67 East Madison, Suite 1816, Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312-372-0506
Fax: 312-372-3924
Website:www.sagems.com
Description: Capitalize on the fame and status of the South African diamond with S.A. Gems’ private label diamond program. Comprehensiv