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).

Looking for a 0.62 Carat G Color SI1 Clarity Ideal Cut Round Cut Diamond?

This diamond has high quality properties - a color rating of G, coupled with a sometimes shaky SI1 clarity grading, putting the onus on you to examine the photo to check for inclusions.

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Although not quite as perfect a cut as Hearts & Arrows, the Ideal cut of this diamond means it is significantly cheaper, because you're not forking out money for a "perfectly" cut diamond. Make sure to cast a glance over nearby carat sizes around the 0.62 carat weight of this diamond, to see if any options regarding other diamond properties may open up. This diamond's ticket price of $1550 puts it firmly a member of the least expensive group of diamonds which might be used in an engagement ring setting.

SI stands for Slightly Included; that means this SI1 stone has inclusions which are definitely visible at 10 x magnification and possibly to the naked eye, but which provide the potential for bargains if they're not.

A G color diamond such as this one is a great compromise between extreme white pureness and money considerations. If you have got some dollars to spend but do not want to splurge unnecessarily, this is a great color range to do your searching within. The girdle of this diamond ("Thin to slightly thick") has an effect on the diamond, and should not be neglected entirely.

Shape: Round

Carat weight: 0.62

Cut: Ideal

Color: G

Clarity: SI1

Price: $1550

Certificate: AGS

Depth: 61.0%

Table: 54.7%

Polish: Ideal

Symmetry: Ideal

Girdle: Thin to slightly thick

Culet: Pointed

Fluorescence: None

Measurements: 5.50*5.54*3.36

Item number: 1343203

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