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).
For Your Viewing Pleasure: 0.45 Carat F Color SI1 Clarity Good Cut Round Cut Diamond
The SI1 clarity grading of this diamond drops the price quite significantly; this helps alleviate the premium price of the F color grading.
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Spending only $800 on the diamond, you will be able to save more cash to put towards other costs such as the wedding. The SI clarity range (which this SI1 clarity diamond is part of) is the happy hunting ground for diamond bargain hunters. Look for a diamond that appears "clean" to the naked eye, either by going over the diamond in person, or by looking at an online high resolution photo showing the stone. If your goal in buying a diamond is to get the biggest diamond possible, you can reduce any requirements on other characteristics of the diamond, such as cut. This Good cut diamond will be much cheaper than higher grade cuts, although at the cost of decreased optical appearance. To get some additional pointers on the "Medium to slightly thick" girdle for this diamond, have a read of the article I wrote on girdle thickness. If you're looking at this diamond and thinking to yourself that you want to improve another property of the diamond which don't affect size, think about downgrading the 0.45 carat size for this diamond to achieve that end.
F color diamonds are known as colorless diamonds, amongst the purest white diamonds available for sale.
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Shape: Round Carat weight: 0.45 Cut: Good Color: F Clarity: SI1 Price: $800 Certificate: GIA Depth: 58.5% Table: 62.0% Polish: Excellent Symmetry: Very Good Girdle: Medium to slightly thick Culet: None Fluorescence: None Measurements: 5.04*5.08*2.96 Item number: 1345917 |
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