Old Mine Cushion D Color Lab Grown Diamonds

D provides absolute colorlessness in an old mine cushion lab grown diamond. The antique-style faceting with its larger, chunkier facets and open culet can show body color more prominently than modern brilliant cuts. D eliminates any warmth concerns, ensuring the vintage-style stone appears ice-white through every broad flash of its characteristic chunky sparkle.

Old mine cushions have larger, more open facets that can transmit body color more visibly than modern cushion cuts. The higher crown and open culet create broader light flashes that may reveal warmth at lower color grades. At D color, this is irrelevant since there is no body color to show. The distinction matters more at G and below.

VS1 or VS2 clarity pairs well. Old mine cushions have larger facets that are slightly more transparent than modern crushed-ice cushions, but less transparent than emerald step cuts. VS2 is typically eye-clean, but VS1 provides extra assurance for the larger facet pattern. Also consider that the open culet is a design feature, not a clarity concern.

A old mine cushion the higher crown creates depth and a warm, chunky sparkle pattern. With D color (colorless), only detectable by trained gemologists with master stones. The old mine cushion cut's soft, romantic cushion shape inspired by 18th and 19th century diamond cutting creates a distinctive profile on the hand.