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).
1.55 Carat F Color SI1 Clarity Ideal Cut Round Cut Diamond Available Online
This stone pairs a genuinely colorless color rating (F color) with a budget clarity rating of SI1.
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Take note of this diamond's girdle description - "Medium" - and if you don't know about girdle thickness, go have a read of my short explanation of girdle thicknesses. F color diamonds are known as colorless diamonds, amongst the purest white diamonds you can get. The size of this diamond is 1.55 carats - be sure to look for the other diamonds for sale with a similar 1.55 weight which might have a better combinations of properties and price.
Several diamond sellers will provide an Ideal cut rating of diamond, and these diamonds are almost always (as is the case here) perfect in terms of proportions and the general shape.
This SI1 clarity stone represents potential great value, with the proviso it is eye clean. Try examining the high resolution photo closely to work out whether the diamond looks good from on top, which;this is where it will mostly be seen from. In analyzing the $13040 cost for this diamond, put in some thought into whether you need all the properties to be as good as they are.
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Shape: Round Carat weight: 1.55 Cut: Ideal Color: F Clarity: SI1 Price: $13040 Certificate: GIA Depth: 62.0% Table: 55.0% Polish: Very Good Symmetry: Excellent Girdle: Medium Culet: None Fluorescence: None Measurements: 7.43*7.45*4.61 Item number: 1326035 |
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