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The Effects of Indexed Upper Half Facets
by Peter Yantzer | Published  18/03/2005 | Diamond Grading
Indexing and Millimeter Spread at the Same Weight
Normalizing all three stones to 0.8664 carats ( the heaviest weight at 6.00 mm from the section directly above ) this is the approximate millimeter spread for each stone:

The stone cut with an index of 1 will have a diameter of 6.21 mm.

The 'normally' cut stone with an index of 2 will have a diameter of 6.12 mm.

The stone cut on an index of 3 will have a diameter of 6.00 mm.

Naturally, a larger diameter for any given weight is highly desirable.

 

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