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).

This Evening's Diamond - 0.59 Carat F Color SI1 Clarity Ideal Cut Round Cut Diamond

For first time buyers, combining F color and SI1 clarity may seem a little bit odd - after looking at a number of diamonds and what other people have bought online however, you'll be reassured that this combination provides great opportunities for saving money.

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The Ideal cut ensures the diamond will sparkle significantly more than lower cut quality diamonds, maximizing attractiveness. F color diamonds are known as colorless diamonds, being some of the purest white diamonds you can get. SI is short for for Slightly Included, which means that this SI1 stone has inclusions which are definitely visible at 10 x magnification and possibly to the naked eye, but which provide the opportunity for significant price discounts if they're not. Spending only $1570 on the diamond, one can save more money to put towards other expenses such as the wedding.

Place this 0.59 carat weight in the right reference frame when you weigh up your buying options - there are going to be other stones of about the same size which might offer more with regards to their price and properties. To get some additional pointers on the "Thin to medium" girdle for this diamond, have a read of the article I wrote on girdle thickness.

Shape: Round

Carat weight: 0.59

Cut: Ideal

Color: F

Clarity: SI1

Price: $1570

Certificate: AGS

Depth: 61.7%

Table: 54.7%

Polish: Ideal

Symmetry: Ideal

Girdle: Thin to medium

Culet: Pointed

Fluorescence: None

Measurements: 5.39*5.41*3.33

Item number: 1338277

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