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Evaluating a diamond
Our Selection Process
Take the diamond selection process beyond the basic 4C's of Diamond Grading and learn to buy a diamond like a pro! Here's some insight from our perspective.
Fast Track to Brilliance
Buy a "Diamond Like a Pro!
Not all ideal cut diamonds are created equal! This article provides you with the nuts and bolts of our diamond selection process.
Diamond Cutting Video
"From Here to Infinity" 
Nice Ice is proud to be an Authorized Dealer for Infinity Diamond Cutters and is excited to share this video about their Diamond Cutting process.
(Cut)3(Education)2 = Success!
Diamonds guaranteed to make women swoon and engineers cry!
- Every diamond hand selected by our Diamond Snob!
- 25+ Years of Buying Diamonds teaches you something!
- 40% of "Ideal Cut Diamonds" don't make the grade!
- We Speak Geek! Ask those questions! Get real answers!
Veteran Diamond Buyer Todd Gray sets our Standards of Excellence and is The Mind Behind Nice Ice! He's been called a Diamond Snob, the Golden Child and even a Diamond Nazi by the Diamond Cutters and with good reason... 40% of the lab graded ideal cut diamonds brought in for evaluation don't make the grade because they fail to impress! When the diamond cutters say "but it's a beautiful ideal cut diamond, somebody will appreciate it" we say "Let the other guys sell them" (off of a virtual list reflected off of the multiple listing services used by the cutters to push their inventory around the globe)... we only sell the best that each cutter has to offer and only after we've seen it and evaluated it for ourselves.
The Journey Begins
Buying a Diamond Online
Once upon a midnight dreary, where I ponder weak and weary, eyeballs glued upon this query, here I search though still quite leery.
Ideal Cut Diamonds Stunning Visual Performance Round Ideal Cut
Princess Ideal Cut
Diamond Cut Grades Cut Quality Controls Performance AGS Ideal 0
GIA Excellent
Hearts & Arrows
Tolkowsky Cut
Diamond Grading 300 Way Beyond the Basic 4C's Clarity Characteristics
Degrees of Magnification
Evaluating a Diamond
Interpreting Plotting Diagrams
Diamond Geekdom Blow A Jewelers Mind Calculating Proportions
Diamond Cut Performance
Diamond Virtual Facets
Precision vs. Performance
Princess Depth & Spread
Brilliant Peace of Mind
Nice Ice™ is dedicated to providing our clients with Conflict Free Diamonds sourced from legitimate sources. Our diamonds deliver superior visual performance as a result of state of the art precision craftsmanship.