Measurable Beauty

The Resplendent Beauty Of Our Certified Diamonds Captured With The Megascope

The MegaScope is a computerized instrument that accurately and reliably measures the cut of your loose diamonds. Basic measurement accuracy is: 0.02 mm

The properties analyzed in loose diamonds are Weight, Diameter, Crown Angle and Height, Pavilion Angle and Depth, Culet Size, Culet Off Center, Table Size, Table Off Center, Total Depth, and Girdle Thickness.

SUPERBcert® additionally features MegaScope's Top/Down Report, which shows you the cutting angle and percentage for each of the 8 Crown and 8 Pavilion facets. This information affords you more specificity than just the "averages", by providing detailed information regarding the cut precision and tolerances for each SUPERBcert® facet.

SUPERBcert® Super-Ideal Hearts and Arrows Diamonds are cut with the utmost precision and "Superb" craftsmanship!

SUPERBcert's loose diamonds are certified by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) and are consistently graded as EX-EX.

Additionally, the MegaScope report for our loose diamonds is set according to the AGS scale for what would qualify as an AGS-0-4 diamond. All of our hearts and arrow diamonds achieve the coveted AGS-O grade, indicating ideal diamond polish, ideal diamond symmetry, and ideal diamond proportions.

So you say to yourself, "wow, these hearts and arrows diamonds actually have the best of both worlds; a GIA EX/EX grade, as well as an AGS-O grade!"

Well, my friends, we do even better than that!

While the AGS grading standard for loose diamonds is surely a way of empowering you as a consumer to pick out beautiful certified diamonds (AGS-0'S) from the mediocre cut loose diamonds, it has become too broad a standard as our industry has evolved. What this means is that if you have certified diamonds whose measurements (Averages) fall within either end of the AGS-0 scale, they will qualify as an "AGS-0" diamond. However unlike our hearts and arrow certified diamonds, as far as light refraction is concerned, they will probably not refract and reflect maximum brilliance, fire, and scintillation to your eye.

Click on this link for an example of an AGS-0 diamond that has very poor light return.

Our SUPERBcert® diamonds are cut to the very middle, (to the heart) of the AGS-0 scale. The cutting tolerances on SUPERBcert® diamonds are extremely tight as measured by either Sarin or MegaScope analysis. Typically, the differential between the 8 Crown facets as well as the 8 Pavilion facets is less than 1 degree!

Table percentages range between 55-57 %. Depth percentages range between 60.5 to 61.8 %.

Because of this incredible level of increased precision, our diamonds can truly be considered Super Ideal Cut Hearts and Arrows Diamonds, and will achieve results on the Brilliancescope for diamond brilliance and scintillation that are unmatched in our industry.

Moreover, we actually prove this to you with our MegaScope top down report:

The top down report is designed to show you more than just the "averages" (which does not tell you the complete story) by giving you facet- by- facet analyses of the cut precision of the diamond.

Here is where you will see the difference between our precision cut AGS-0 diamonds (with maximum light return) vs. the typical AGS-0 diamonds (with moderate light return) being offered for sale with actual measurements that are all over the place and barely make the (AGS-0) "cut".

The Original copy of the MegaScope Report is included with every purchase of a SUPERBcert® Round or Square shaped diamond.

More information about the Megascope^TM can be found at www.ogisystems.com.

The BrillianceScope^TM

The BrillianceScope is an imaging spectrophotometer that measures how well a diamond refracts and focuses light. The loose diamonds are measured in a controlled lighting environment consisting of multiple lighting angles. The BrillianceScope positions a circular ring of concentrated light around the 5 most critical parts over the diamonds crown, starting from the outer circumference and then working its way in to the diamonds table at the center. As the light moves from position to position, it scans in and analyzes the loose diamonds' white light and colored light output, and scintillation; categorizing it on a scale that runs from "low" to "very high". This helps to determine the measurement qualifications for certified diamonds. Click here for more information on BrillianceScope

White Light

(Commonly referred as Brilliance) The BrillianceScope measures the percentage of the diamond returning bright white light to the observer.

Color Light

The BrillianceScope, commonly referred to as fire, measures the percentage of the diamond returning bright colored light to the observer.

Typical SUPERBcert® Diamond on the BrillianceScope

Scintillation

A term used to describe changing colors, radiance, and sparkle of the diamond's rays as it is moved or turned; or when the light source changes.

SUPERBcert® branded loose diamonds consistently score Very High (VH) on all 3 measurements of White Light, Colored Light, and Scintillation.

Examine the five images and carefully note the intensity, concentration, and bursts of white and colored light being returned to your eye. This harmonious and concentrated blend of white light, colored light, and scintillation epitomizes SUPERBcert® certified diamonds.

For this reason, SUPERBcert® encourages you to examine each of the 5 light positions, including the 3 bar graphs. While other ideals may score High to Very High on the bar graphs, a close examination of other light images may show light-output coming from one specific area, leaving the rest of the diamond-area with moderate output of white/colored light and scintillation. SUPERBcert's, on the other hand, consistently display concentrated bursts of white and colored light across the entire surface of the loose diamonds!

Will All Hearts & Arrows Diamonds Display Maximum Light Output?

The answer to this question is: ABSOLUTELY NOT!

The fact that loose diamonds have been cut to ideal proportions does not guarantee that it will refract and reflect maximum amount of light to your eye.

You must be aware that not every AGS-0 or GIA EX/EX certified diamonds will be a stone that can reflect maximum brilliance back to your eye. Additionally, the notion that any diamond that exhibits perfect hearts and arrow patterning will also display maximum light output is completely false.

Click here to view an example of an AGS-0 diamond that displays very poor brilliance, fire, and scintillation.

As a matter of fact, quite the opposite is true. A hearts & arrow diamonds pattern is not necessarily indicative of maximum light output. Actually you do not even need to cut a perfect hearts and arrow diamond to achieve excellence for brilliance, fire and scintillation.

Click here to view an example of a non-H&A diamond that displays excellent brilliance, fire, and scintillation.

What this demonstrates is that to rely solely on loose diamonds' external numbers is only beneficial up to a point. External numbers alone cannot accurately predict a loose diamond's light performance. Light output is determined by three factors: 1. Facet angle 2. Facet size and 3. Alignment and Positioning of all 58 facets that comprise the Round Brilliant Shape Diamond. If the facet alignment is just a tad off, the stone may still have great external "numbers," such as an AGS-0 Cut Diamond, but its light performance will not be maximized.

Obviously, in a perfect situation, a consumer looking to buy loose diamonds or a diamond engagement ring should look for a round diamond that achieves excellence in all areas. That is to say, the diamond should be cut to the utmost level of precision, like a GIA EX/EX or AGS-0 diamond. They should also exhibit perfect hearts and arrow patterning, and reflect maximum light back to your eye.

Loose diamonds that encompass all of these diamond facets are guaranteed to be the most beautiful, highest quality diamonds in the world.

Our SUPERBcert® hearts & arrows diamonds are cut to consistently achieve excellence in every one of these categories. Our Super Ideal Cut diamonds will achieve only the highest results on ALL qualitative and quantitative measurements of performance.

For this reason, we are a unique diamond company selling the highest quality, affordable diamonds with a superb array of comprehensive diamond information and data, including the BrillianceScope report.

We include the (original) Validated Gemex BrillianceScope Report with every purchase of our SUPERBcert® Round, and Princess cut diamonds.

Click Here for more information about the BrillanceScope^TM.

Digital Photographs

SUPERBcert® is proud to introduce state-of-the-art digital pictures not only for SI-1 and SI-2 clarity grades, but also for every listed diamond on our web site. These digital photographs are taken under magnification and are designed to show you the beauty and precision cut of our diamonds. More specifically with regard to SI-1 and SI-2, we show you digital photographs under various lighting conditions and magnifications so that you can better correlate and understand the GIA plotting and how the SUPERBcert® will look "face-up" in real life.

Our premise is to facilitate your diamond-shopping over the Internet.

SUPERBcert® Hearts & Arrows^TM

SUPERBcert® Diamonds show beautiful and precise "Hearts and Arrows" patterning. Hearts and arrows refers to a natural phenomena that occurs in a perfectly cut round diamond. This incredible pattern can be viewed through a special device called a Hearts and Arrows viewer. The hearts are viewed when the diamond is looked at through the pavilion. The arrows are seen when the diamond is viewed through the table. There are many diamonds that exhibit some type of patterning. However, only a select few (less than 1% of the diamonds offered for sale in the marketplace) can be considered true hearts and arrows diamonds. The hearts and arrows viewer clearly shows even the untrained eye any deviation or flaw in the hearts and/or arrows pattern that would make it anything less than perfect.

Hearts and Arrows occur when all of the round diamonds 58 facets are perfectly cut, and precisely aligned in relation to each other.

A true Hearts and Arrows Ideal Cut Diamond is the ultimate in diamond perfection and the most brilliant diamond in the world.

See For Yourself

See for yourself the superior quality of a SUPERBcert® diamond. With our "Hearts & Arrows Toolkit" you can compare the cut and quality of any other diamond to that of a SUPERBcert® diamond. The kit includes: 1 Hearts & Arrows Viewer, 1 10x jewelers loupe, 1 pair of diamond tweezers, 1 ImageScope viewer with base, 1 polishing cloth, 1 SUPERBcert® pin, and 2 calibration Cubic Zirconium in a beautiful presentation box. This unrivaled Free Diamond Toolkit is valued at well over $200 dollars, and is yours with a purchase of a SUPERBcert® diamond.

ImageScope

The ImageScope is a device that is designed to measure internal light reflection. The basic principle is to surround the diamond with 2 solid colors of black and red and a white light source under the stone. Observation of the diamond through a stationary magnifying lens shows the distribution and intensity of the reflected colors.

Intense and uniform distribution of the internally reflected black and red colors to your eye indicates a visually "hot" stone on Brilliance, Fire and Scintillation. ImageScope performance correlates very directly with performance on the BrillianceScope.

ImageScopes for SUPERBcert's show excellent reflected light return with intense and uniform distribution of red and black and very minimum light leakage.