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 Find: This 0.51 Carat F Color SI1 Clarity Ideal Cut Round Cut Diamond
There's nothing you can tell about this diamond's color from a photo - and there's no need, since the diamond is an F color - but you should be looking at the photo to assess whether the diamond's SI1 clarity grading is due to any large inclusions or defects.
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Shape: Round Carat weight: 0.51 Cut: Ideal Color: F Clarity: SI1 Price: $1380 Certificate: AGS Depth: 61.9% Table: 53.9% Polish: Ideal Symmetry: Ideal Girdle: Thin to slightly thick Culet: Pointed Fluorescence: None Measurements: 5.15*5.18*3.20 Item number: 1345571 |
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Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value; but most prized when polished. Lord Chesterfield .
To get some additional pointers on the "Thin to slightly thick" girdle for this diamond, have a read of the article about girdles. By using only $1380 on the diamond, one can save more cash to put towards other costs, for example a wedding reception. While not quite as perfect a cut as Hearts & Arrows, the Ideal cut of this diamond means it is significantly cheaper, because you're not paying a premium for a "perfectly" cut diamond. Through lowering the carat size of this diamond (0.51 carats), it's possible you might save a substantial amount of money which can go towards other expenses. SI is short for for Slightly Included; that means this SI1 stone contains inclusions which are certainly visible at 10 x magnification and possibly to the naked eye, but which provide the potential for bargains if they are not.
F color diamonds are virtually colorless - they are part of the pure white group of diamonds.