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 Morning 1.62 Carat F Color SI1 Clarity Premium Cut Round Cut Diamond

No need to go up to a VVS1 clarity rating - the SI1 clarity of this stone is enough, ASSUMING that the diamond presents as eye-clean; this can be determined from the photo.

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You are, at this moment, standing, right in the middle of your own 'acres of diamonds. Earl Nightingale .

Shape: Round

Carat weight: 1.62

Cut: Premium

Color: F

Clarity: SI1

Price: $11520

Certificate: GIA

Depth: 61.7%

Table: 60.0%

Polish: Excellent

Symmetry: Excellent

Girdle:

Culet: None

Fluorescence: Strong

Measurements: 7.54*7.51*4.64

Item number: 1325380

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F color diamonds are usually described as the colorless diamonds, amongst the purest white diamonds you can get. If you can see the diamond in the flesh or see high quality photos of the diamond (like the photo for this SI1 clarity diamond), this is where the most valuable deals are to be found - finding an SI1 or SI2 stone that is "eye clean" is a rewarding experience that translates to less dollars spent. Since this diamond is a Premium cut diamond, it provides excellent value for your dollar, not attracting the price tag added to the higher cut gradings, while still providing decent optical properties.

Throwing $11520 towards a diamond nets one a well above average diamond, such as this diamond. Just be sure that you and your partner are happy spending this amount of money on a diamond. If you look at this 1.62 carat stone and immediately say, "that diamond is too small", consider whether you can compromise by reducing another property, for example color or cut so you can get for a bigger diamond. A stone that has no girdle is called a "knife-edge" girdle diamond; this lack of a girdle alters the shape of the diamond.