Cut the way diamonds used to be cut.

Old Mine, Old European, rose and portrait cuts. Grown in our own lab in Gujarat, faceted by hand, certified by IGI.

Photo slot: modern round brilliant, white studio light

Cut by software

Photo slot: Old Mine Cut, warm candlelight

Cut by hand

Modern diamonds are cut by software.

Every stone optimized for maximum white sparkle. Every stone identical. It works, and it is boring.

A century ago, cutters worked by hand and eye, for rooms lit by fire. Taller crowns. Smaller tables. Chunky facets that throw slow, warm flashes instead of glitter.

We grow our diamonds and cut them the old way. You can tell ours apart from across the room.

Grown in-houseCut by handIGI certified

Old European Cut, 1.65 carats.

Set by her local jeweler.

Most diamonds pass through five pairs of hands before they reach a website. Ours pass through one.

Culture Carats is a diamond house in Gujarat, India, in the region that cuts most of the world’s stones. We grow the crystal in our own lab. We facet it on our own wheel, in small batches, using cuts the industry abandoned when software took over. We photograph the finished stone, list it, and ship it to you with its IGI report.

No traders. No middlemen. No stone we didn’t make ourselves.

When a batch sells out, it’s gone until the next one comes off the wheel. That’s not a marketing tactic. That’s just how slowly hand cutting goes.

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