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	EightStar
		The EightStar cut differs from the generic H&A diamonds in several trade-secret ways, which serve, among other things, to cause more light to be reflected at the edges of the diamond, leading to a somewhat larger look.
		Use of it by Garry Holloway was partly responsible for the development of the Holloway Cut Advisor (HCA), which in 2003 is the best available online tool for consumers to use in evaluating the cut of a diamond based on crown and pavilion angles, surpassing the formerly leading AGS 0 cut grade.
		EightStar diamonds are the best consistently performing diamonds in this tool, typically scoring less than 1.0 on a scale where 0 is the best and 10 or more is worst.
	www.abacci.com /wikipedia/topic.aspx?cur_title=EightStar (511 words)

	Cut, color, clarity and carats / EightStar in Sonoma County producing diamonds that dazzle
		EightStar cutters spend an average of 32 hours to cut a single diamond.
		If the EightStar cut really is the best, other diamond merchants are holding bags of rocks that suddenly may be worth a lot less.
		EightStar, by contrast, "adjusts the proportions to fit each individual diamond and make each as beautiful as it can be," he said.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/05/16/BUG8E6KE6S1.DTL&type=printable (1576 words)

	EightStar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The EightStar cut differs from the generic H&A diamonds in several trade-secret ways, which serve, among other things, to cause more light to be reflected at the edges of the diamond, leading to a somewhat larger look.
		Use of it by Garry Holloway was partly responsible for the development of the Holloway Cut Advisor (HCA), which in 2003 is the best available online tool for consumers to use in evaluating the cut of a diamond based on crown and pavilion angles, surpassing the formerly leading AGS 0 cut grade.
		EightStar diamonds are the best consistently performing diamonds in this tool, typically scoring less than 1.0 on a scale where 0 is the best and 10 or more is worst.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/e/ei/eightstar.html (489 words)

	EightStar Diamonds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		And EightStar standards are the highest in the diamond industry.
		The cutting process is intense, but an EightStar Diamond cannot be produced by an automated or computerized system - or by adhering to any rigid formula for external appearance.
		The secret of the EightStar is that each cutter learns to let the diamond dictate its own path to perfect light return.
	www.davidfairclough.com /Pages/eightstar.html (387 words)

	Springer's Jewelers
		A diamond as uniquely beautiful as the EightStar comes to life through a special combination of artistry, technology, and time.
		EightStar cutters work to the most exacting standards.
		And EightStar standards are the highest in the diamond industry.
	www.springersjewelers.com /Pages/eightstar.html (241 words)

	deseretnews.com \| EightStar gems twinkle brighter?
		EightStar turns out about 2,000 diamonds a year, a 10th of the volume of bigger companies.
		EightStar cutters adjust proportions to fit each diamond by looking at the relationship between each facet and the way they're angled.
		As for EightStar, Yantzer wrote: "They cut to a very high degree of precision, and their diamonds fit the parameters of AGS's top grade.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595076174,00.html (1097 words)

	The American Star Diamond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It was bought in late 1999 by the EightStar company of California, with the intent of a recutting.
		As with every EightStar diamond, the American Star was cut using an exclusive light-tracking instrument called a 'FireScope' which allows cutters to align facets so precisely they can completely control the flow of light into and out of a diamond.
		To most of EightStar's competitors who cut for bulk not beauty, sacrificing 10 percent of a D-color IF-clarity 15-carat diamond's weight is a catastrophic loss.
	famousdiamonds.tripod.com /americanstardiamond.html (570 words)

	GIA objects to EightStar's claims
		The EightStar diamond was used in the brilliance study solely to satisfy the need for a stone with high symmetry to illustrate the appearance of a diamond in fully diffused lighting, not to serve as a model of a “perfect” diamond.
		Which is, in fact, a ringing endorsement for Eightstar and quite a sting to other diamond brands that tout their exceedingly low tolerances for deviances in external proportions.
		The fact is, each Eightstar has different proportions because each stone is cut to maximize its own internal symmetry regardless of external tolerances or proportions.
	www.diamondring.com /forums/showthread.php?t=13573 (767 words)

	Hearts and arrows - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hearts and arrows (HandA) is a cutting style for round brilliant diamonds modelled after a pattern popularized by the EightStar Diamond Company.
		The pattern is a series of eight gray arrowheads when viewed from above the crown with one eye and eight heart shapes when viewed from below the pavilion.
		1985 First EightStar diamond cut by Higuchi for Takanori Tamura in Tokyo after research using the Firescope and a worldwide search to find diamonds which gave a perfect result in it found almost none out of tens of thousands examined.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hearts_and_arrows (533 words)

	Eightstar vs. Whiteflash ACA
		EightStar is special for so many reasons...it's provenance, the artisanship, the rarity, the origination of the style to which many have come close but none has equaled....you are talking in many ways about apples and oranges here.
		In the case of "new line" A Cut Aboves, assuming that the look is similar to EightStar, and bear in mind I have never seen a "new line," I would still choose the EightStar since I feel it to be the "original" that the "new line" is copied from.
		Just as Lazare Kaplan cut the first ideals early in the 20th century, EightStars were the first of the so-called superideals, predating the creation of both hearts and arrows diamonds and even the hearts and arrows viewer itself.
	www.pricescope.com /diamonds/x34712.htm (3462 words)

	Ironstar Comics
		Eightstar returns to his home and a past that has haunted him since the death of his only son; he finds his once bustling hometown completely deserted.
		In his search to unearth an explanation for this abandonment he is forced to relive the most horrifying memories of his life.
		Just as Jonas Eightstar is beginning to feel his luck might be changing, he and his partner Mary find themselves in a deadly battle with a terrifying beast of legend.
	www.ironstarcomics.com /stories.html (373 words)

	Proposal Ring Singapore: EightStar (from Kehns & Co.)
		Kehns and Co. is the sole distributor of EightStar Diamonds in Singapore.
		Frequently, EightStars are cut from existing poorly cut diamonds.
		First of all, EightStar is not the only company that can cut their diamonds to edge-to-edge light return.
	www.proposalring.com /buyingEightStar.htm (784 words)

	Gourmet Cuts
		EightStar diamonds are a study of the internal light path
		EightStar diamonds, all of which are fashioned from previously cut diamonds, enter the market at the rate of about 2,000 per year worldwide.
		An EightStar diamond viewed through a FireScope shows this pattern of facet reflections as well as the path of light (shown in red.) Image courtesy of EightStar Diamond Co.
	www.professionaljeweler.com /archives/articles/1998/dec98/1298dg.html (501 words)

	Diamond Vues: Eightstar Diamonds: A Branded Ideal Cut Diamond
		The Eightstar diamond is a beautiful (albeit extremely expensive) ideal cut loose diamond which is sold and marketed through various bricks and mortar jewelry stores accross the country.
		The Eightstar diamond company promotes and sells their beautiful (albeit extremely expensive) ideal cut diamonds by showcasing an Eightstar diamond's diamond light performance via a metric called the Firescope.
		While Eightstar branded diamonds are assuredly beautiful ideal cut diamonds, the question of whether they are worth the significant premium over similar quality ideal cut diamonds and even competing 'branded' 'signature' ideal cut diamonds at far lower prices, is one only the consumer can answer.
	www.diamondvues.com /2007/02/eightstar_diamonds_a_branded_i.html (531 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Each of the Eightstar diamonds are considered "gemologically over the top" and are cut to such exacting standards that they are the cut by which all others are compared.
		Sirius Polar Bear Diamonds are cut to exacting standards releasing the fire and brilliance of each stone in a play of light not unlike the Northern Lights seen in Canada's snowy North.
		Whether you desire an Eightstar, a Polar Bear, or one of the many other fine diamonds we carry, you can be assured that at The Jewelry Source our job is to hand select each and every diamond for maximum beauty and sparkle that is just right for you.
	www.jewelrysourceusa.com /diamonds.html (250 words)

	EightStar Resource Center - EightStar
		The EightStar cut differs from the generic HandA diamonds in several trade-secret ways, which serve, among other things, to cause more light to be reflected at the edges of the diamond, leading to a somewhat larger look.
		In recent years the existence of EightStar a scalloped instead of traditional girdle pattern has become relatively well known.
		The American Gemological Society (AGS) is the US lab which has the most widely accepted in the US cut grading standard for round brilliant cut diamonds and it has entered into an agreement with EightStar to develop technology to show the cut quality of round and non-round diamonds.
	www.taxgloss.com /Tax-US_Companies_Co_-_G-/EightStar.html (386 words)

	GIA denies claims made in an EightStar press release - 2/28/2002 1:57:00 PM - JCK-Jewelers Circular Keystone - CA227349 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Gemological Institute of America has refuted claims made in a press statement released by EightStar Diamond Company, makers of the EightStar diamond, which was based on two GIA studies.
		The GIA studies on diamond "brilliance" (published in the Fall 1998 issue of Gems & Gemology) and "fire" (published in the Fall 2001 issue of Gems & Gemology) found there are multiple sets of proportions that produce favorable light return in diamonds.
		The EightStar diamond was used in the brilliance study solely to satisfy the need for a stone with high symmetry to illustrate the appearance of a diamond in fully diffused lighting, not to serve as a model of a "perfect" diamond.
	www.jckgroup.com /article/CA227349.html/jck?pubdate=02/28/2002 (334 words)

	Diamonds.net News - GIA Refutes an EightStar Diamonds Press Release
		(Rapaport...February 28, 2002) Management for the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has refuted claims made in a press release issued by EightStar Diamond Company on January 31, stating that the EightStar diamond âwon a search by the prestigious Gemological Institute of America for a perfect diamond.â The press release was published on the JCK website.
		GIA management also objects to an EightStar claim that GIA named the EightStar diamond as the only real-world diamond that equals GIA's cyber-diamond for perfection of shape and faceting.
		EightStar President Richard von Sternberg said he spoke with GIA President Bill Boyajian and that he understands that the GIA does not endorse or single out particular diamonds.
	www.diamonds.net /news/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=6312 (319 words)

	Lubenow & Associates - Our Clients
		The “American Star” -- on a national tour of EightStar’s premier dealers — underwent nearly a year of gemological study using the FireScope.
		Richard von Sternberg, EightStar’s president, said the incredible gem took six weeks to recut — including three days to polish one particularly stubborn facet.
		The group has asked EightStar to help it develop a cut-grading standard for diamonds, using the FireScope.
	www.lubenow.com /html/clients.htm (1426 words)

	Jones & Jones Jewelers
		The EightStar™ diamond was the first to take advantage of what the Firescope™ was showing the viewer.
		With the EightStar™ diamond, the cutter uses the scope to cut to a visual sysmetery, maximizing each individual diamond crsytal.
		With the Firescope™ and the EightStar™ diamond, we are seeing a whole new era in diamond cutting.
	www.jonesandjonesjewelers.com /pages/pg6.html (912 words)

	Twinkle, Twinkle Little Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Firescope is only available from Eightstar, and Eightstar restricts the distribution of this incredible piece of analysis equipment.
		In cutting an Eightstar there is far more time spent, and a lot more of the rough material that is cut away and gone - never to be seen again, as it transforms from part of the rough diamond to diamond dust in the air.
		Ultimately, the decision to own one has to be made based on what you see as a consumer, and the value you place on the differences.
	www.accurateappraisal.com /twinkle,.htm (654 words)

	Eight Star Diamonds at Diamonds Gemstones Jewelry
		EightStar® diamonds are recut from previously cut diamonds to display ideal optical symmetry.
		The low number is attributed to the fact that it takes 30 hours to recut each diamond.
		Viewed through this gemological instruments, EightStar diamonds display a distinctive eight-ray pattern due to their exacting optical alignment and light return.
	www.diamondsgemstonesjewelry.com /diamond-cuts-modern/eight-star-diamonds.aspx (126 words)

	Diamond Cut
		But in the last twenty years there have been advances in the technology of cutting that allow the diamond cutters of today to produce stones of such excellent brilliance and beauty that they are called the “Super Ideals”.
		There are two types of “super ideal” cut diamonds, the EightStar Diamonds which can be seen at www.EightStar.com, and the Hearts and Arrows quality cut diamonds of which there are both branded and unbranded versions.
		In the EightStar, all 57 facets are in perfect balance with one another.
	www.winkjones.com /knowledge/diamond_cut.php (655 words)

	EightStar / Eight Star Diamonds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		EightStar is a brand name of diamond that is marketed by the EightStar Diamond Company located in Sonoma, California.
		The retail selling price of EightStar diamonds tends to be higher than that of most of the Hearts and Arrows or Ideal Cut Diamonds that we see in the market because of the amount of time that goes into the production of each diamond...
		We are told that the difference in light return between an EightStar Diamond and a Hearts and Arrows diamond is about 1% in the favor of EightStar, however it is not a difference that our human eyes were able to detect...
	www.idealcutdiamonds.com /contents/eightstar_diamonds.html (356 words)

	Jewelry: Ice Sculpture: Page 2 \| Robb Report
		While several other brands tout patterns of hearts or arrows as proof of superior cut, von Sternberg explains that those forms are produced by instruments that measure only the eight main facets of the stone, unlike the Firescope, which evaluates all 57 facets.
		An EightStar cutter is trained for several months and can spend as much as an hour and a half aligning each facet on the top of the diamond with its opposite on the bottom, continually employing the Firescope to check his or her work.
		EightStar’s master cutter is von Sternberg’s wife, Alison, who says it takes three to four days to complete an EightStar stone compared to the three to five hours required for cutting what is known in the industry as a “hearts and arrows”; ideal-cut diamond.
	www.robbreport.com /Articles/Style/Jewelry/Jewelry-Ice-Sculpture-2.asp (321 words)

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