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).

Actual Princess Shape Diamond Sizes on Hand of a 2.84 Carat Diamond

Size doesn't always mean much until you witness it in context - this article uses a hand as "context" to simulate the apparent size of a 2.84 carat size diamond of princess shape. If you search around on the web to find the actual size of a 2.84 carat weight princess shape diamond, you may pick up that the numbers will vary slightly - this is due to the fact that the size (17.8 mm for this 2.84 carat diamond) depends on things like cut as well. If you have got a ring in your possession and you know the size, use it to compare with the US size six ring pictured - this will assist you in getting a better idea of the diamond size in the picture.

The dimensions of a female hand vary a lot between women - just look around you when you're next in public - so this picture can only show the apparent diamond size for one particular ring size.

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The apparent size of this 2.84 carat weight princess diamond will be affected not only by the carat weight but as well on the length to width ratio of the finger the diamond ends up on. Diamonds almost always look larger when you move them onto a woman's hand - so try to get a woman in the shop to try the diamond on rather than putting it on your own male hand.