Removing Head Obstruction

In Ideal-Scope images of round brilliant cut diamonds, it’s common to see 8 black arrows amongst a sea of red.

These black arrows are caused by light being reflected at such an angle that your head obstructs it, causing darkness. However, these black arrows provide contrast which in turn make the diamond more brilliant.

However, as seen below, when a person’s head is replaced by a fluorescent light, then intense flashes of light replace the black arrows, as seen below.

This video was taken in our light box with a diamond light shining directly onto the diamond.

This entry was written by Nikhil Jogia and was posted on on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 at 4:49 pm and is filed under Diamonds. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.