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).
Pick for This Afternoon 1.14 Carat F Color SI1 Clarity Ideal Cut Round Cut Diamond
This diamond combines a genuinely colorless color rating (F color) with a budget clarity rating of SI1.
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Shape: Round Carat weight: 1.13 Cut: Ideal Color: F Clarity: SI1 Price: $7650 Certificate: AGS Depth: 61.8% Table: 54.8% Polish: Ideal Symmetry: Ideal Girdle: Thin to medium Culet: Pointed Fluorescence: None Measurements: 6.70*6.74*4.16 Item number: 1338299 |
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While not quite as perfect a cut as Hearts & Arrows, the Ideal cut of this diamond results in it being significantly cheaper, because you're not forking out money for a "perfectly" cut diamond. This SI1 clarity stone represents potential great value, providing it is eye clean. Try examining the high resolution photo in detail to work out if the diamond looks good from on top, which;this is where it will primarly be seen from. Put this 1.13 carat weight in the right reference frame when you consider your buying options - there are for sure other diamonds in the same size range which may provide more in terms of their cost and properties. To get some additional pointers on the "Thin to medium" girdle of this diamond, have a read of the article about girdles. Throwing $7650 on a stone nets one a diamond well above the cut, such as this diamond. A tip: sanity check that you're happy spending the money.
F color diamonds are very colorless, meaning they are part of the pure white group of diamonds.