Light and Diamonds
Diamond is the most reflective transparent gem. When light strikes a diamond it can either reflect from the highly polished surface or transmit into the stone. These light rays may be reflected many times within the stone before finally exiting. It is light that allows a diamond to reveal its true beauty.
The angle of every facet affects the way light reflects and refracts, resulting in the brilliance, fire and scintillation. Some combinations of proportions may accentuate brilliance, while others give greater fire from within the gem. There are many different proportion combinations that manage to achieve the intricate balance of brilliance, fire and scintillation.
Only your jeweller is able to compare diamonds from different sources, side by side to ensure the very best combination.
Brilliance - is white light reflected from the surface and from the inside of a polished diamond. Quite simply, brilliance is the returning of white light to the viewer's eye.
Fire - the rainbow colours seen in diamond are the result of dispersion or the splitting of white light into the colours of the spectrum.
Well-proportioned diamonds encourage longer light paths that continue reflecting within the stone. The more the light continues to bounce around within the stone, the more it disperses into spectral colours, creating greater fire.
Scintillation - is the contrasting light and dark flashes seen when there is movement of the diamond, the observer or the light source. Scintillation is the flashing light that is reflected from the crown.
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