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).
1.95 Carat Princess Shape Diamond Actual Size
This article gives you an idea of how big a 1.95 carat weight princess shape diamond will look when viewed on a typical hand of a woman. Pictures can sometimes be notoriously deceptive - this one is pretty clear cut, but remember viewing the stone in the flesh may give you a totally different impression of size to viewing it on the web. The visual size of this 1.95 carat weight princess-shaped diamond will be affected not only by the carat weight but also on the length to width ratio of the ring finger it is placed on.
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Some of my readers are men - if this is you and you're trying to calculate the appropriate diamond size to buy for your partner, don't forget that the stonewill usually look much larger on her smaller, more petite hands.
