Diamond Essentials Questions and
Answers
____ is an important factor in diamond jewelry sales.
✓ ~~~ Romance
Diamond is a mineral made of a single element: ____
✓ ~~~ Carbon
A diamond's value is based on its own unique combination of the ____
✓ ~~~ Four Cs
____ normally have a bigger impact on a diamond's beauty and value than
blemishes
✓ ~~~ Inclusions
Diamond is the most ____ gemstone
✓ ~~~ Durable
Diamonds are expensive because they're ____ and costly to mine
✓ ~~~ Rare
____ ____ are effective diamond sales tools
✓ ~~~ Brand names
A small, four-sided step cut that's rectangular, square or tapered
, ✓ ~~~ Baguette
Clarity characteristic that's confined to the surface of a gemstone
✓ ~~~ Blemish
Cutting style that's developed, named and promoted by a specific manufacturer
✓ ~~~ Branded cut
The affect of a diamond's internal and external reflections of white light
✓ ~~~ Brightness
Cutting style with triangular or kite-shaped facets that radiate from the center
towards the girdle
✓ ~~~ Brilliant cut
The collective term for inclusions and blemishes
✓ ~~~ Clarity characteristics
Top part of a gem above the girdle
✓ ~~~ Crown
Small facet at the bottom of a finished gem
✓ ~~~ Culet
A gemstone's ability to withstand wear, heat and chemicals
, ✓ ~~~ Durability
A flat, polished surface of a finished gemstone
✓ ~~~ Facet
Any gemstone shape or cutting different from a standard round brilliant
✓ ~~~ Fancy cut
The flashes of color you see in a polished diamond
✓ ~~~ Fire
Four value factors (clarify, color, cut and carat weight) that describe the quality of a
finished diamond
✓ ~~~ Four Cs
The narrow section of a finished gem that forms the boundary between the crown
and the pavilion and functions as the gem's setting edge
✓ ~~~ Girdle
How well a gemstone resists scratches and abrasions
✓ ~~~ Hardness
Clarity characteristic totally enclosed in a polished gemstone or extending into it from
the surface
✓ ~~~ Inclusion
Answers
____ is an important factor in diamond jewelry sales.
✓ ~~~ Romance
Diamond is a mineral made of a single element: ____
✓ ~~~ Carbon
A diamond's value is based on its own unique combination of the ____
✓ ~~~ Four Cs
____ normally have a bigger impact on a diamond's beauty and value than
blemishes
✓ ~~~ Inclusions
Diamond is the most ____ gemstone
✓ ~~~ Durable
Diamonds are expensive because they're ____ and costly to mine
✓ ~~~ Rare
____ ____ are effective diamond sales tools
✓ ~~~ Brand names
A small, four-sided step cut that's rectangular, square or tapered
, ✓ ~~~ Baguette
Clarity characteristic that's confined to the surface of a gemstone
✓ ~~~ Blemish
Cutting style that's developed, named and promoted by a specific manufacturer
✓ ~~~ Branded cut
The affect of a diamond's internal and external reflections of white light
✓ ~~~ Brightness
Cutting style with triangular or kite-shaped facets that radiate from the center
towards the girdle
✓ ~~~ Brilliant cut
The collective term for inclusions and blemishes
✓ ~~~ Clarity characteristics
Top part of a gem above the girdle
✓ ~~~ Crown
Small facet at the bottom of a finished gem
✓ ~~~ Culet
A gemstone's ability to withstand wear, heat and chemicals
, ✓ ~~~ Durability
A flat, polished surface of a finished gemstone
✓ ~~~ Facet
Any gemstone shape or cutting different from a standard round brilliant
✓ ~~~ Fancy cut
The flashes of color you see in a polished diamond
✓ ~~~ Fire
Four value factors (clarify, color, cut and carat weight) that describe the quality of a
finished diamond
✓ ~~~ Four Cs
The narrow section of a finished gem that forms the boundary between the crown
and the pavilion and functions as the gem's setting edge
✓ ~~~ Girdle
How well a gemstone resists scratches and abrasions
✓ ~~~ Hardness
Clarity characteristic totally enclosed in a polished gemstone or extending into it from
the surface
✓ ~~~ Inclusion
