Many friends will hear the term “H&A” when buying diamonds, what are the “H&A”?Today let’s talk about it.
🔎 “H&A” is one of the professional terms for diamonds. Also known as “Cupid cutters”.The so-called “H&A” is the use of the world’s top Cupid cutting. From the crown of the diamond to the bottom of the diamond, there are eight perfectly symmetrical arrows, and from the bottom of the diamond to the crown of the diamond, there are eight perfectly symmetrical hearts.
The perfect symmetry of eight hearts and eight arrows, the precise and flawless cut is amazing.
✅ Will “H&A” be displayed in the certificate?
The H&A” diamond has a special name “H&A” diamond (Heart and Arrow), and diamonds that meet the “H&A” standard can be specially marked on the certificate as recognition of its excellent quality. Due to the additional cost of this item, the general business will not deliberately mark it out.
✅“H&A”meaning：
“H&A” represents eight beautiful artistic conception: encounter, love, suggestion, dream, first kiss, lingering, tacit understanding and mountain alliance.
No matter from any angle, you can see the brightest and most dazzling light, its “H&A” reflect the meaning of love, incomparable and wonderful.
✅ How to see the “H&A” of a diamond?
“H&A” of the diamond, the naked eye can not generally see, but need to use the “cutting mirror” this tool can be seen.
When the bottom of the diamond is turned up, the eight-arrow pattern is visible from the center.When the top of the diamond is pointed upwards, the pattern of eight hearts can be seen, with the tip of each heart facing the center, which is the phenomenon of eight hearts and eight arrows.
✅ What are the characteristics of the diamond with”H&A”？
General diamond countertops are mostly in 58 ~ 64%, and “H&A” countertops are 53 ~ 58%.What is the countertops? It’s the same carat, and the smaller the countertop,the smaller the Diamond looks .
In order to show a better “H&A” effect, the diamond cutting ratio meets the corresponding data, combined with the GIA diamond cutting ratio and angle from the data analysis, the basic diamond pavilion angle of eight hearts and eight arrows is 40.5-41; Crown angle between 34 and 35.5 or pavilion angle above 41.5, crown angle below 33 degrees. That is to say, the “H&A” usually only have requirements for crown angle and pavilion angle.
This kind of diamond is more expensive and time-consuming to cut than ordinary diamonds.
✅ What is the difference between “H&A” and 3EX cutting?
✨In fact, both are excellent representatives of cutting.
However, it should be noted that 3EX cutting diamonds do not necessarily have”H&A”, and the diamonds with “H&A” are not necessarily 3EX cutting, and if you want to show a better “H&A” effect, the diamond cutting ratio can meet the corresponding data, and more correlation is shown in the crown angle and the pavilion angle.
Almost all 3EX diamonds can reach “H&A”. The three indexes of 3EX cutting indicate cut, polish and symmetry .Therefore, the measurement range of 3EX is wider, and the quality of diamonds reaching 3EX is better.
✅ “H&A” effect rating:
According to the contrast clarity, shape integrity, image consistency, brightness and other factors shown by the diamond heart-arrow effect, the eight-heart eight-arrow effect can be divided into three levels: perfect “H&A” effect, good “H&A” effect, and no “H&A”effect.
⭕️ Suggestions:
When we buy “H&A” diamonds, we need to refer to the certificate information and learn more about the 4C data of diamonds (focusing on diamond color, clarity, cut and weight), rather than blindly pursuing only “H&A” diamonds.
If a diamond is a 3EX cut, there must be strict requirements for the proportion and angle of the cut. “H&A” can only be used as an auxiliary item to judge the quality of the diamond cut, but there is no comparison with the 3EX cut, but when a diamond has the effect of “H&A” and 3EX cut, it is a pretty good diamond. “H&A” is just a cutting phenomenon, and does not represent a good cutting, nor does it affect the actual price of diamonds because there are no “H&A” , so when you buy naked diamonds, more reference to the cutting parameters on the certificate, to know how to distinguish, do not be misled.
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