Yossi Hacmon is said to be passionate about designing innovative new cuts; and as the Flame’s designer, he would like to develop this into a recognizable worldwide brand name. The cut was considered by the Gemological Institute of America to be an original cut, appropriately naming it: Flame Step Cut. Launched a few years ago at the Hong Kong International Jewellery Show, jewelry set with the Flame diamonds is available at high-end jewelry retailers in the United States and the Far East. This diamond is a step cut with a total of 57 facets with asymmetric sides. The cut represents the evolvement of the successful patented "Lady Cut" - a modified half-moon shape diamond with step cut facets. This patented cut is polished at the company’s factory in Tel Aviv. Flame diamonds are set in jewelry and watches, and despite its unique shape, it is really quite versatile.
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Gitanjali Gems Limited (Mumbai, India) received a patent ( D511991) for this shape that was designed by Adri Voorn. This is only one of the 26 patented (or patent pending) special cuts in the Gitanjali portfolio.
The Flanders Ideal Square Cut has the visual outline of a square shape, with 4 short sides and 4 long sides‚ almost like an emerald shape with 4 cut corners. The diamond is cut to ideal proportions for maximum brilliance. The cut was first polished in 1987 in a small diamond polishing factory near Antwerp, the capital of Flanders, the northern federal region of Belgium, and comes with certification from the HRD Gemological Institute. Chicago based, National Diamond Syndicate, Inc. (a family owned business with more than 3 generations of experience) is the distributor for this cut in the USA. NDS has “Strategic Alliance Partners” in Antwerp, Belgium; Mumbai, India; and Ramat Gan, Israel.
The Floating Heart is a composite diamond invisibly set with four special cut "4 ever" diamonds.
The 'Flower Cut' series was created by Gabi Tolkowsky in 1986 for De Beers as a way of marketing unusual shapes cut from “difficult” (difficult to cut profitably into traditional round or fancy shapes) rough. This is actually a series of 5 special cuts named for flowers: the Dahlia, Fire Rose, Marigold, Sunflower and Zinnia. The Flower Cuts employ unconventional cutting angles and dimensions, designed to maximize the brilliance and color of diamonds while increasing their yield. These cuts were never patented or trademarked by De Beers and were cut and polished in Israel for many years. The Dahlia is a 12 sided oval shape with 63 facets. The Fire Rose (61 facets - 19 facets on the crown, 36 facets on the pavilion) is a hexagonal shape designed to produce higher yields. The bottom culet of the Fire Rose faces up through the top facet; so that when looking through a loupe, it looks like the petals of a flower. The Marigold is an octagon shape with 73 facets, that is suited to a relatively flat rough. The Sunflower has 43 facets in unusual, angular shapes. The Zinnia is a round fancy shape with 73 facets, 48 of which are clustered around the culet to increase fire.
The Forever 10 diamond is exclusively sold by Master IJO Jewelers. Cut by hand and “polished to perfection”, the standards of this ideal cut diamond are taken one step further - when viewing this diamond under a microscope, the beauty is unveiled by showing 10 perfect hearts and 10 perfect arrows for maximum brilliance.