Diamond Specialist

Brilliance is the sparkle and liveliness exhibited by a diamond and occurs when light enters the top of a diamond and is reflected back to the viewer’s eye.

An ideally cut diamond will have more brilliance for it will reflect more light back to the viewer.

Fire is another term to describe dispersion. Dispersion describes the flash of different coloured light coming from a diamonds interior. It occurs when white light is separated into its component rainbow colours as light passes through a diamonds facet.

Sparkle is another term to describe scintillation. Scintillation describes the quick flashes of light, resembling colourful, fiery sparks, reflected from a polished diamond.