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).

$1460 Gets You This 0.54 Carat F Color SI1 Clarity Ideal Cut Round Cut Diamond

To avoid nullifying the beautiful appearance of this colorless F diamond, search for the most highly rated cut of diamond possible, in order to maximize the appearance and shine of this diamond.

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Several companies will provide an Ideal cut diamond cut grading, and these diamonds are usually (as is the situation here) perfect with respect to proportions and the general shape. The SI clarity range (which this SI1 clarity diamond is part of) is the happy hunting ground for diamond bargain hunters. Try and find a diamond that appears "clean" to the naked eye, either by examining the diamond in the flesh, or by looking at an online enlarged photo of the diamond. For any diamond, a price of $1460 puts it in the lowest price group of diamonds, especially for engagement rings.

F color diamonds are known as colorless diamonds, being some of the purest white diamonds available for sale. This diamond has a girdle described as "Thin to slightly thick", which can have a role in the size and sparkle of a diamond, as explained in my diamond girdle page.

If you are looking at this diamond and thinking to yourself that you want to improve other characteristics of the diamond which don't affect size, think about downgrading the 0.54 carat weight for this diamond to achieve that end.

Shape: Round

Carat weight: 0.54

Cut: Ideal

Color: F

Clarity: SI1

Price: $1460

Certificate: AGS

Depth: 61.5%

Table: 53.6%

Polish: Ideal

Symmetry: Ideal

Girdle: Thin to slightly thick

Culet: Pointed

Fluorescence: None

Measurements: 5.26*5.29*3.25

Item number: 1345639

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