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Oval Cut

Oval cut diamonds has a beautiful brilliance that is similar to round diamond cut. It is very popular as their length can accentuate long, slender fingers. It is created and introduced by Lazare Kaplan way back in 1960’s. It is noted to have 56 facets and the weight of such diamonds is estimated by measuring the length and width of the stone. Good traditional range of oval diamond’s length to width ratio exist between 1.33 and 1.66.