Princess Cut

I spent six years in a grading lab, hunched over a microscope until my neck ached, watching light bounce through carbon structures. I’ve seen enough “miracle stones” to know that the marketing departments are usually trying to sell you a dream that doesn’t exist in the mineralogy. Most people think a princess cut is just … Read more

I spent six years hunched over a bench in a grading lab, staring through a loupe until my eyes felt like they were filled with sand. People always come to me when they are stuck between two very different moods: the sharp, modern geometry of a princess cut or the soft, romantic curves of a … Read more

I spent six years hunched over a bench in a grading lab, looking through a loupe until my eyes felt like they were full of sand. I’ve seen enough high-end jewelry to know that the industry loves to use flowery language to mask a very simple, physical vulnerability. People get so caught up in the … Read more

I spent six years hunched over a microscope in a grading lab, staring at stones until my eyes felt like they were filled with sand. One thing I learned quickly is that the jewelry industry loves to wrap a simple piece of carbon in layers of unnecessary mystery to justify a higher price tag. You’ll … Read more