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).

0.55 Carat H Color SI1 Clarity Hearts & Arrows Ideal Cut Round Cut Diamond

First time diamond shoppers might chicken out with a VS2 or higher clarity diamond, through looking at this particular H color SI1 stone you are giving yourself a chance to pick up a real bargain with no downside.

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You are, at this moment, standing, right in the middle of your own 'acres of diamonds. Earl Nightingale .

Shape: Round

Carat weight: 0.55

Cut: Hearts & Arrows Ideal

Color: H

Clarity: SI1

Price: $1220

Certificate: AGS

Depth: 61.9%

Table: 56.9%

Polish: Ideal

Symmetry: Ideal

Girdle: Thin to slightly thick

Culet: None

Fluorescence: Negligible

Measurements: 5.21*5.26*3.24

Item number: 1346510

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This SI1 clarity diamond represents potential great value, with the proviso it is eye clean. Try examining the high resolution photo in detail to check whether the diamond presents well from on top, which;this is where it will mostly be viewed from. Place this 0.55 carat size in perspective when you consider your buying choices - there are for sure other diamonds of about the same size which can provide more with regards to their cost and characteristics.

The Hearts & Arrows cut of this diamond places it in the top 1% of diamonds on the marketplace today in terms of cut quality. This cut is the top cut offered by James Allen and ensures the highest diamond sparkle. An untrained eye won't notice the color in this H color diamond, except if the stone is held up against a diamond with say a D color rating (for multistone rings this is important). For any diamond, a price of $1220 puts it amongst the lowest price group of diamonds, especially in the context of engagement rings.

For more information on the "Thin to slightly thick" girdle of this diamond, have a read of the article about girdles.