Article: New diamond cut aspires to aesthetic perfection.

WITH THE SPECTACULAR SUCCESS OF HIS BESTSELLING NOVEL THE DA VINCI CODE, DAN BROWN BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC A MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIP POPULARLY KNOWN AS THE "GOLDEN RATIO" OR "DIVINE PROPORTION." MANY CONSIDER IT TO CONTAIN THE ESSENCE AND SYMMETRY OF AESTHETIC PERFECTION. LONG BEFORE THE BOOK GAINED ACCLAIM, AN ISRAELI DIAMANTAIRE WAS WORKING ON CREATING A MATHEMATICALLY PERFECT DIAMOND.

In March 2006, Shlomo Cohen, a leading Israeli diamond designer and president of Orion Diamonds Works, released "The Vinci Diamond [TM],' a 62-facet 'pentacle' cut that incorporates the precise ratios of the Divine Proportion and the first polished ...

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