.57ct Rose Cut Diamond, oval 6x5mm. The “rose” cut of Diamonds is now only done in the Diamond cutting centres of the west coast of India, and is not easy to source even there, and especially not in the white transparent quality of the above gemstone.
The “rose” cut Diamond is flat at the rear, domed and facetted all across the dome. It was a cut used when the whiteness of the Diamond was not paramount as it is today, when a Diamond was a Diamond, rare and costly even if not white, and when heavily included and darkish, then facetting all across the surface gave the desirable glint, the quite particular adamantine Diamond glint that let everyone know that this was indeed the rare costly Diamond gemstone.

2.85 grams of solid 9ct Rose Gold used in the Sydney-handcrafted ring setting for the above extra-fine .57ct Rose Cut Diamond.