Mine cut

Mine Cut: Differs from the modern Brilliant cut only in its girdle shape, which is square instead of round, a higher crown, smaller table, deeper pavilion, and larger culet, but the number and arrangement of the facets are the same.

MINE CUT
Mine cut stones have a cushion-shaped girdle. This type of cut was popular in the late 1800's.
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Mine cut diamond Early diamonds were cut and then the point at the bottom of the diamond was cut off so that you could see through the diamond and it would let light in. That open bottom is called a culet. Mainly 1800s through the early 1900s.

Mine Cut
A style of diamond cutting popular before 1890 or so, it features a cushion shaped outline, rather than the round outline of the modern cut and old European cuts, and has a different facet arrangement.
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Old Mine Cut - 1700s
The "old mine" cut is the earliest form of the "brilliant cut" diamond. Also called the "cushion cut", it has a cushioned or rounded girdle shape.

OLD MINE CUT
Old mine cut is a term that refers to a brilliant cut in which the stone is cushion-shaped and has a high crown (the upper part of a gemstone).
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Old-mine Cut - (a) An early form of brilliant cut with a nearly square girdle outline.

Old Mine Cut: A diamond cutting style which is an early version of the modern brilliant cut, with a squarish or rectangular girdle outline and high crown with deep proportions.

Old mine cut: See Mine Cut.
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Old Mine Cuts
Although Jeffries' writings show that the path to standardization had been taken, Brilliants of the 18th and 19th century show no such sign.

Mine Cut
A style of diamond cutting featuring a cushion shaped outline with different facet arrangements.
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Mine cut diamond
An early form of brilliant diamond cut with square girdle, large culet and high crown.
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Mine cut stones have a cushion-shaped girdle. This type of cut was popular in the late 1800's.
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Mine Cut Diamond is an early form of the brilliant diamond with a squarish-shaped girdle, high crown, small table, deep pavilion, and very large culet.
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OLD MINE CUT Commonly called Old Miners, the Old Mine Cut has a large culet, a high crown, a small table and is somewhat square, with rounded corners, in outline.

Old Mine Cut
A diamond with a squarish girdle outline. It will usually have a high crown, a small table, a deep pavilion and a large culet..
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The old mine cut diamond is the earliest form of the modern brilliant cut. Also called the "cushion cut", it has a cushioned shaped girdle. This cut of diamond is characterized by a high crown, small table, deep pavilion and large culet.

During the early 18th century, Brazil, the new center of world diamond production, gave rise to the cushion-shaped old-mine cut (below), a forerunner of the modern brilliant cut having 33 crown and 25 pavilion facets, ...

Unlike the old mine cut preceding it, the European cut has a round girdle (perimeter) made possible by the introduction of the power bruiting machine (Bruiting is the term for shaping the girdle of a diamond, the first step in the cutting process).

The cushion shaped diamond is technically known as the Old Mine Cut, a shape born before the 1900s. It developed its name due to its similarity to the shape of a pillow and is therefore also known as the "pillow cut".

The diamond was faceted into a 73-carat Old Mine cut, but eventually was sold to the London jewelry firm of Jerwood & Ward, who had it recut in Amsterdam down to a 56.60-carat Asscher cut.

The Cushion Cut was evolved from the "Old Mine Cut" that was developed before the turn of the century.
A cushion cut is square to rectangular cut with rounded corners and 58 brilliant facets that resemble a pillow shape, hence the name.

There are a lot of Old Mine Cut Diamonds that look wonderful and very beautiful. It all comes down to you and what you prefer. Buying an Old Mine Cut will absolutely be cheaper than a modern Brilliant Cut Diamond.

The cushion cut is an antique cut that often resembles a cross between the Old Mine Cut (a deep cut with large facets that was common in the early 20th centuries) and a modern oval cut. This shape is also sometimes referred to as the pillow cut.

The cushion cut diamond once referred to as old mine cut) combines a square cut with rounded corners, much like a pillow (hence the name).

Old-miner: Abbreviation of old-mine cut.
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An antique style of cut that looks like a cross between an Old Mine Cut (a deep cut with large facets that was common in the late 19th and the early 20th centuries) and a modern oval cut. Learn more about the Cushion Cut Diamond ...

Cushion Cut: A square or rectangular stone that has rounded corners, also called "antique cut". The older form of the brilliant cut, having a girdle outline approaching a square with rounded corners. Essentially an "old-mine cut".

re-cutting Many times an old style cut such as the old European or old mine cut will be re-cut (re-fashioned) to improve upon its beauty, salability and value. If a diamond is chipped a full re-cut may be required to improve its salability.

So to speak, these diamonds are actually antique pieces that mainly look like something between the Old Mine Cut of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the modern Oval Cut.

Cushion Cut The older form of the brilliant cut, having a girdle outline approaching a square with rounded corners. Essentially an old-mine cut.

The earliest known form of brilliant cut diamond with a very small table, a heavy crown, and usually great overall depth. This is also known as old mine cut.
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This unique piece of diamond is encompassed by a dazzling double row of 49 old mine cut diamonds highlighting its beauty while hanging in a glass case on the wall of one of the rooms of the treasury.

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