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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4625201, member: 2844"]Medieval diamonds generally had points, because they were based on the octahedron shape of most rough diamonds.</p><p>When cutters began to experiment with ways to make the diamond reflect light better, they ended up creating the cullet.</p><p>But when it comes to later diamonds, I guess the perfect point was calculated by the brilliant<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> Belgian Marcel Tolkowsky, in 1919. That is just a guess though, maybe [USER=13814]@stracci[/USER] knows?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4625201, member: 2844"]Medieval diamonds generally had points, because they were based on the octahedron shape of most rough diamonds. When cutters began to experiment with ways to make the diamond reflect light better, they ended up creating the cullet. But when it comes to later diamonds, I guess the perfect point was calculated by the brilliant;) Belgian Marcel Tolkowsky, in 1919. That is just a guess though, maybe [USER=13814]@stracci[/USER] knows?:)[/QUOTE]
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