The Vinci Diamond.(Facets)

JQ, May, 2006

With the spectacular success of his best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code, author 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. Now, Shlomo Cohen, a leading Israeli diamond designer, has released "The Vinci Diamond," a 62-facet "pentacle" cut that incorporates the precise ratios of the Divine Proportion. "I have been studying the geometric possibilities offered by the Golden Ratio since 2001, before I ever heard of Dan Brown," Cohen said. I set out to create The Vinci Diamond on the assumption that it would be aesthetically more pleasing if it conforms to the ratios of the Golden Ratio."...

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