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MINE TO SHINE

Craft Your Unique Story:
From Rough Diamond to Personal Masterpiece

Choosing an engagement ring should be fun, meaningful, and personal. And it’s even more so when you experience Mine to Shine, choosing your own ethically mined rough diamond and following its journey to the ring of your dreams.

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Let’s start with shape
All Kwiat Tiara Diamonds™ are cut to perfect standards to look bigger and brighter than others of the same carat weight.

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Kwiat Tiara Diamonds are perfectly cut to look bigger and more brilliant, no matter the carat weight.
Major brilliance at every price
No matter how much you plan to spend, we promise to give you the very best cut diamond with ultimate sparkle and size appearance.
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Diamond Size

Diamond Carat

Carat is often the first thing to come to mind when thinking about a diamond’s size. Size and carat weight are closely related but there are other factors in a diamond’s appearance. Cut and shape also play a role in whether the diamond appears visually larger or smaller than its actual carat weight.

Kwiat Standards

A properly cut diamond will not have too much weight in hidden areas. The added weight increases the cost without giving the diamond a larger appearance. At Kwiat, we cut our diamonds to keep the carat weight in the right places. Each gem has the widest possible diameter to appear larger than other diamonds of comparable carat weight. And because of their superior cut, our diamonds will appear whiter than their GIA color grade. We call this the Kwiat Tiara® Cut.

Kwiat diamonds

  • 5.1 - 5.3mm
    1/2 CARAT
    4.8 - 5.0mm
  • 5.8 - 6.0mm
    3/4 CARAT
    5.6 - 5.8mm
  • 6.4 - 6.6mm
    1 CARAT
    6.2 - 6.4mm
  • 7.4 - 7.6mm
    1 1/2 CARAT
    7.1 - 7.3mm
  • 8.1 - 8.3mm
    2 CARAT
    7.9 - 8.1mm

Other diamonds

Diamond Color and Clarity

Diamond Color

Diamonds are rated on a color scale developed by the GIA, the world’s premier diamond grading nonprofit. The color grading system is based on the alphabet, beginning with the letter D and running all the way through Z. A grade of D is the best possible grade a diamond can receive, which translates to an absence of color. Diamonds with this grade tend to be the most rare and valuable.

Diamond Clarity

Clarity refers to the presence of imperfections, known as inclusions, in the crystal structure of the diamond. Nearly all diamonds contain some sort of inclusion, as they are part of a diamond’s characteristics and structure. An inclusion within a diamond is natural, and on the higher end of the clarity scale, does not take away from its beauty.

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Ashoka Diamond 2021

THE ASHOKA® DIAMOND

A trademarked cut with fiery brilliance, available only at Kwiat in the U.S.

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A BRILLIANT ARRANGEMENT

ASHOKA is a trademarked diamond cut that is as distinctive as it is beautiful. The unique arrangement of 62 facets — the most consistent and symmetric of all fancy shape diamonds —creates a dazzling prismatic effect, giving ASHOKA its fiery brilliance.

A SIZABLE DIFFERENCE

The unique faceting pattern of the ASHOKA cut reveals a bigger and brighter diamond that appears 1-2 color grades higher than its GIA grading report, and 30%-50% larger than other diamonds of the same carat weight.

CONSISTENTLY BEAUTIFUL

It takes a special diamond to create an ASHOKA — fewer than 1% of rough diamonds meet the exacting standards. The process is demanding — it can take up to six months of meticulous work to cut an ASHOKA. The result: consistent stones of exceptional beauty, perfect for eternity bands, line bracelets, and other designs that require diamonds of equal size and symmetry.

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SUPERIOR QUALITY & CRAFTSMANSHIP
We adhere to the strictest standards with unsurpassed honesty and integrity.

CONFLICT FREE & ETHICALLY SOURCED
We maintain the highest standards for diamond procurement.

A DIAMOND YOU’LL ALWAYS LOVE
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GIA GRADED
All Kwiat diamonds are graded by the GIA and come with a GIA report.

From left to right: Cory, Greg, Lowell and Russell Kwiat

116 YEARS OF CRAFTSMANSHIP AND INTEGRITY

In 1907, Sam Kwiat started in the diamond jewelry business. He never imagined that his passion would take hold for generations to come. Together with his son, David, they grew a small family shop into a diamond legacy. More than a century later, the Kwiat family continues to design and craft the most exquisite diamond jewelry.

First Kwiat store on Canal Street in New York City, 1907

Today’s Kwiat flagship store on Madison Avenue in New York City

116 YEARS OF CRAFTSMANSHIP AND INTEGRITY

In 1907, Sam Kwiat started in the diamond jewelry business. He never imagined that his passion would take hold for generations to come. Together with his son, David, they grew a small family shop into a diamond legacy. More than a century later, the Kwiat family continues to design and craft the most exquisite diamond jewelry.

CUSTOMERS ARE FAMILY

Our intention is to share our knowledge and expertise as we welcome you into the Kwiat family. An emphasis is placed on providing advice that fits your situation, with personal recommendations for selecting the right diamond jewelry for any of your special occasions. We take pride in our name and what it has come to stand for—diamond jewelry crafted with honesty and integrity. This is why customers keep coming back, generation after generation.

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A DAILY DOSE OF BRILLIANCE

They say it’s officially spring, but we’re still layering here in NYC… ☔️

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Help her choose a wedding band! Comment 1, 2, 3 or 4 below. ⬇️

#cushioncutdiamond #weddingband #eternityband
Something was missing, but it took us a minute to put our finger on it... 😉

#braceletstacks #diamondbracelet #ASHOKAdiamond
When you choose a Kwiat Tiara Diamond, you’re supporting our contributions to @charitywater providing clean water to people in need around the world. In addition to being natural, conflict free and ethically mined, each Kwiat Tiara Diamond sold provides water for an entire family. It’s a win-win on #worldwaterday — and always.
Not that we needed a reason to celebrate our gorgeous Kwiat couples... but today is National Proposal Day! 💍🩵 Thank you for choosing Kwiat to mark one of life’s most special occasions.

#nationalproposalday #proposal
It’s the first day of spring, and we’re dressing for the occasion! This unique layered look features an 18K yellow gold and diamond fringe necklace from our sister brand, @leightonjewels 

#necklaceoftheday #neckmess
Even a healthy fear of snakes couldn’t keep us away from this ASHOKA diamond 🐍 ring set in platinum. 

#ASHOKAdiamond #diamondsnake

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