Which term describes repairing damage or refashioning a polished diamond to improve its clarity, proportions, or color, or to modernize an old-style cut?

• A. Improvable
• B. Potential
• C. Recutting
• D. Brilliance

Answer: (C)

Recutting is the process of refining a polished diamond by removing material to repair damage or reshape the stone to improve clarity, proportions, or color, or to modernize an old-style cut. By cutting away affected areas and redoing the facet arrangement, the stone can display better light performance, symmetry, and overall appearance. Keep in mind that this typically lowers the carat weight since material is taken away, but the improvement in optical quality can be worth it. The other terms aren’t used to describe this practice: they refer to outcomes or nontechnical ideas rather than the actual act of altering the polished diamond.