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DEPTH PERCENTAGE:

The height of a gemstone, measured from the culet to the table, divided by the width of the gemstone. The depth percentage is critical to creating brilliance and fire in a diamond, and a gemstone with a depth percentage too low or too high will lack sparkle.


See also: Depth  Culet  Table  Brilliance  Table & depth percentages 


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