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).
2.73 Carat Princess Shape Diamond Actual Size
This article includes a handy picture that gives you the apparent size of a 2.73 carat size princess shape diamond, when it's actually on a typical woman's hand. When searching on the web for princess shape diamond sizes, you may pick up that the numbers are slightly different across different sites - this is because the size (13.5 mm for this particular diamond) depends on things like cut as well.
This picture will no doubt give you an approximate idea of how massive a diamond will appear viewed on the hand, remember that the size of the ring you choose or need may be significantly larger or smaller than the size 6 in the picture.
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Photos can sometimes be a little dependent on the viewer - I've tried to make this one as clear as possible, but remember viewing the stone in person may give you a totally different judgement of size to viewing it on the internet.
Some of my readers are men - if this is you and you're trying to work out the right diamond size to get your other half, don't forget that the diamond will invariably appear much larger on her smaller, more petite hands.
