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).
2.96 Carat Diamonds
A diamond with a size of 2.96 carats weighs in normal everyday weight units exactly 592 mg.
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In looking at the 9.41 mm width of a 2.96 carat diamond, remember that this width can vary quite a bit depending on the depth of the diamond.
Don't be fooled into considering only the carat size, because other factors such as the size of the diamonds girdle can significantly impact on the apparent size of the diamond, which is more important than the carat weight (apart from for bragging rights). Diamonds with a size of 2.96 carats are aplenty, but diamonds with a size of 2.96 carats and all the other desirable properties of the diamond are not so common - so don't forget to think about these other properties.
The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear. Daniel Defoe .
If you're umming and ahhing about whether to get a diamond or another precious gemstone, a relevant piece of information regarding their carat size is that the stones have varied densities, leading to different sizes for stones of the same weight.
A large diamond which has a huge crack down the middle, or alternatively a big yucky looking inclusion, is not a good look - it looks like someone has gone for size and sacrificed all the other desirable properties of the diamond. Clarity, for example, can be just as important in picking a diamond.