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Cut the way diamonds used to be cut.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Old Mine, Old European, rose and portrait cuts. Grown in our own lab in Gujarat, faceted by hand, certified by IGI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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See the Stones<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Commission a Cut<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Photo slot: modern round brilliant, white studio light<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Cut by software<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Photo slot: Old Mine Cut, warm candlelight<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Cut by hand<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Modern diamonds are cut by software.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every stone optimized for maximum white sparkle. Every stone identical. It works, and it is boring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A century ago, cutters worked by hand and eye, for rooms lit by fire. Taller crowns. Smaller tables. Chunky facets that throw slow, warm flashes instead of glitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We grow our diamonds and cut them the old way. You can tell ours apart from across the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grown in-house<\/span>Cut by hand<\/span>IGI certified<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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See the Difference Up Close<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Choose your cut<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every stone listed with full specs, its IGI report, and photos of the actual diamond. No stock imagery, no retouched stones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n<\/svg>\nOld Mine Cut<\/span>\nThe original. Squarish, deep, made for firelight.<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/svg>\nOld European Cut<\/span>\nThe round before rounds went digital.<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/svg>\nRose Cut<\/span>\nFlat back, domed top, all glow and no glare.<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/svg>\nAntique Cushion<\/span>\nSoft corners, big warm flashes.<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/svg>\nPortrait Cut<\/span>\nA window of pure diamond. Nearly flat, fully clear.<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/svg>\nRound<\/span>\nThe modern standard. We stock it. We just don’t worship it.<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/svg>\nOval<\/span>\nFinger-flattering, widely loved, quietly available.<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Old European Cut, 1.65 carats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set by her local jeweler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Find Your Stone<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Most diamonds pass through five pairs of hands before they reach a website. Ours pass through one.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Culture Carats is a diamond house in Gujarat, India, in the region that cuts most of the world’s stones. We grow the crystal in our own lab. We facet it on our own wheel, in small batches, using cuts the industry abandoned when software took over. We photograph the finished stone, list it, and ship it to you with its IGI report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No traders. No middlemen. No stone we didn’t make ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a batch sells out, it’s gone until the next one comes off the wheel. That’s not a marketing tactic. That’s just how slowly hand cutting goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read How a Stone Gets Made \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cut the way diamonds used to be cut. Old Mine, Old European, rose and portrait cuts. Grown in our own lab in Gujarat, faceted by hand, certified by IGI. Photo slot: modern round brilliant, white studio light Cut by software Photo slot: Old Mine Cut, warm candlelight Cut by hand Modern diamonds are cut by … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culturecarats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culturecarats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culturecarats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culturecarats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culturecarats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/culturecarats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26,"href":"https:\/\/culturecarats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culturecarats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}