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).
Selected for You: 2.35 Carat F Color SI1 Clarity Ideal Cut Round Cut Diamond
The high zoom photo of this F color SI1 clarity diamond ensures you're able to check it out before buying, and importantly will help you to determine whether it will look eye-clean in person or not.
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Shape: Round Carat weight: 2.35 Cut: Ideal Color: F Clarity: SI1 Price: $25680 Certificate: GIA Depth: 59.9% Table: 59.0% Polish: Very Good Symmetry: Excellent Girdle: Medium Culet: None Fluorescence: Medium blue Measurements: 8.62*8.65*5.17 Item number: 1280145 |
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If you look at this 2.35 carat stone and immediately say, "that stone is too small", think about whether you can compromise by lowering another property, for example color or cut so you can get for a larger diamond. SI is short for for Slightly Included; that means that this SI1 stone contains inclusions which are certainly visible at 10 x magnification and possibly to the naked eye, but which provide the opportunity for significant price discounts if they're not. The Ideal cut ensures the diamond will sparkle significantly more in comparison to lower cut quality diamonds, maximizing attractiveness. F color diamonds are pretty much colorless, meaning they are included in the pure white diamond range.
Weighing up the $25680 price for this diamond, make sure you consider whether you need all the properties to be as good as they are. This diamond's girdle ("Medium") will have an influence on the overall diamond; don't ignore it completely.
The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear. Daniel Defoe .