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 Size of 1.32 Carat Princess Shape Diamond

When searching on the web for princess shape diamond sizes, you may pick up that the numbers are slightly different across different sites - this is because the size (6.2 mm for this 1.32 carat diamond) can depend on the cut, not just the carat weight. This picture will no doubt give you some concept of how massive a diamond will seem when viewed on the female hand, remember that the size of the ring you pick or need could be quite different in size to that shown in this image. Diamonds almost always look larger when you move them onto a woman's hand; because of this fact, make sure you ask a female shop assistant to put one on instead of putting it on your hand, which is probably much larger.

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