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).

The Afternoon's Find: This 1.19 Carat F Color SI1 Clarity Ideal Cut Round Cut Diamond

This diamond couples a true colorless grading - F - with a low priced clarity rating of SI1.

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To the unassisted human eye, this F color diamond standing alone appears completely white and pure - there is no way to detect traces of color in it using just the naked eye and no other nearby diamonds, or to identify the differences between it and others within the colorless range. Several diamond sellers will provide an Ideal cut diamond cut grading, and these diamonds are almost always (as is the situation here) perfect with respect to proportions and the overall shape. If you're looking at this diamond and thinking to yourself that you want to improve another property of the diamond not related to size, think about downgrading the 1.19 carat size for this diamond to achieve that end. Pay attention to this diamond's girdle description - "Medium" - and if you don't know about girdle thickness, go have a read of my short explanation of girdle thicknesses. Throwing $7540 on a diamond gets one a well above average diamond, such as this diamond. A tip: sanity check that you're happy spending this amount of money on a diamond.

SI is short for for Slightly Included, which means this SI1 stone contains inclusions that are certainly visible at a zoom level of ten times and possibly to the naked eye, but which provide the opportunity for significant price discounts if they are not.

No gold-digging for me... I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday. Mae West .

Shape: Round

Carat weight: 1.19

Cut: Ideal

Color: F

Clarity: SI1

Price: $7540

Certificate: GIA

Depth: 62.0%

Table: 56.0%

Polish: Very Good

Symmetry: Excellent

Girdle: Medium

Culet: None

Fluorescence: None

Measurements: 6.78*6.84*4.22

Item number: 1335297

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