Fluorescence occurs in a significant percentage of mined diamonds. It's a structural feature of natural crystal growth, not a defect, and it's graded on GIA reports. Color and intensity vary across individual stones.
A Storied Heritage
Wartime restrictions on platinum pushed Retro designers toward gold, and material scarcity shaped the design response. Bold, sculptural forms maximized visual impact with less stone material, producing an aesthetic of confident scale from constrained means.
Visually Speaking
18kt white gold reflects neutral, cool light into a mounted stone, minimizing warm color contamination at the girdle and allowing the stone's own optical properties to read with accuracy rather than through the filter of a warm metal.