Quick and Easy Buying Guide

Carat weight: 1 carat = 200 milligrams = 6.5 mm diameter. Doubling weight doesn't double diameter.

Diamond clarity: FL/IF/VVS/VS = super expensive, near perfect. SI = best value if you can check a photo for obvious inclusions (defects).

 

Color: D-G = colorless, expensive, only if you have money to burn. H-J = best value. Can go lower in gold metal settings than white metal.

Cut: Better cut ratings let more light into a diamond, making it sparkle more. Very important property, don't skimp here.

Set a budget and minimum cut (Premium). Go J color for gold and I/H for white metals. Go searching for SI1/SI2 clarity diamonds at James Allen. Pick a diamond with small/no inclusions. Choose a ring setting and buy it risk-free (60-day returns).

0.36 Carat F Color SI1 Clarity Ideal Cut Round Cut Diamond

This stone combines a genuinely colorless grading (F color) with a low priced clarity rating of SI1.

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This diamond's girdle ("Medium to slightly thick, faceted") will have an effect on the diamond; don't ignore it completely. Spending only $680 on the diamond, you can save more money to use for other expenses, for example a wedding reception. F color diamonds are known as colorless diamonds, amongst the purest white diamonds you can get. If you can see the diamond in person or examine high quality photos of the diamond (like the photo for this SI1 clarity diamond), this is where bargains can be had - finding an SI1 or SI2 stone that is "eye clean" is a fulfilling experience that pays off in terms of money saved.

While not quite as perfect a cut as Hearts & Arrows, the Ideal cut of this particular diamond results in it being significantly cheaper, because you're not forking out money for a "perfectly" cut diamond.

If you're looking at this diamond and considering whether to improve other characteristics of the diamond which don't affect size, you may wish to reduce the 0.36 carat size of this diamond.

Shape: Round

Carat weight: 0.36

Cut: Ideal

Color: F

Clarity: SI1

Price: $680

Certificate: GIA

Depth: 61.6%

Table: 55.0%

Polish: Excellent

Symmetry: Excellent

Girdle: Medium to slightly thick, faceted

Culet: None

Fluorescence: None

Measurements: 4.58*4.57*2.82

Item number: 1243700

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