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).

0.54 Carat H Color SI1 Clarity Ideal Cut Round Cut Diamond Available Now

The pairing of a low-medium priced H color diamond with a very low priced SI clarity rating means you can use the extra money on things like the wedding or honeymoon, and that's always good news.

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Vehement silhouettes of Manhattan - that vertical city with unimaginable diamonds. Le Corbusier .

Shape: Round

Carat weight: 0.54

Cut: Ideal

Color: H

Clarity: SI1

Price: $1210

Certificate: AGS

Depth: 62.0%

Table: 55.2%

Polish: Excellent

Symmetry: Ideal

Girdle: Thin to slightly thick

Culet: Pointed

Fluorescence: None

Measurements: 5.20*5.24*3.24

Item number: 1338494

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This diamond's girdle is "Thin to slightly thick", which can have a role in the size and sparkle of the diamond, as explained in my diamond girdle page. If you are looking at this diamond and considering whether to improve another property of the diamond which don't affect size, you may wish to reduce the 0.54 carat size of this diamond.

Most consumers won't notice the color in this H color diamond, except if the stone is compared side by side with a diamond with say a D color rating (for multistone rings this is important). Although not quite as perfect a cut as Hearts & Arrows, the Ideal cut of this particular diamond means it is significantly cheaper, because you're not forking out money for a "perfectly" cut diamond. Spending only $1210 on the diamond, you can save more money to put towards other costs such as the wedding.

This SI1 clarity stone represents potential great value, providing it is eye clean. You can go over the high resolution photo in detail to check whether the diamond presents well from on top, which;this is where it will primarly be seen from.