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).

Ivanka Trump Engagement Ring

We probably wouldn't know who Ivanka Trump was unless her father was one of the most famous and slightly eccentric billionaires in the world - Donald Trump. She pops in a number of her father's activities, including working at the Trump Organisation and being a judge on the reality TV show The Apprentice.

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She married another offspring of a famous person, Jared Kushner, who is the son of Charles Kushner. Jared is the current owner of The New York Observer.

Jared proposed with a 5 or 6 carat diamond in a cushion shape, set in a platinum ring.