VI.The journal

Notes from the bench.

Guides, cutting studies and quiet perspectives — written by the graders and cutters at the Paavan atelier, four times a year and occasionally more.

How to Choose the Perfect Diamond

A quiet, practical walk through the five decisions that matter — from budget architecture to the one C most buyers underrate.

i.More from the journal

Cut, colour, clarity, carat. What each grade actually looks like in the hand — and where the marketing ends and the stone begins.

Same chemistry, different provenance. How the market prices origin, and why the decision is more about story than science.

A grading report is a stone's passport. Read what GIA, IGI and HRD each measure — and how to spot a report worth trusting.

A shape carries a mood. Eight cuts, the eras they belong to, and the finger types they flatter.