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).
Pick for This Afternoon 1.30 Carat F Color VS1 Clarity Ideal Cut Round Cut Diamond
This F color VS1 clarity diamond is a little more costly than an equivalent VS2, F color stone due to the increased clarity quality.
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This diamond's Ideal cut rating means it has very good proportions and very good or better polish and symmetry ratings. Despite the fact this VS1 clarity diamond is pretty much guaranteed to be "eye-clean", if you are aiming to save some money, you should check out SI clarity diamonds. You can manually pick a diamond that is eye-clean in a photo or when seen in the flesh. 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, you may wish to reduce the 1.30 carat weight of this diamond.
To the naked eye, this F color diamond by itself appears completely white and pure - there isn't a method to detect any color in the diamond utilizing just the human eye and no other nearby diamonds, or to identify the differences between it and others within the colorless range.
Throwing $13190 on a diamond gets you a diamond well above the cut, like this one. A tip: sanity check that you're happy spending this amount of money on a diamond. Take note of this diamond's girdle characteristic - "Slightly thick" - and if you don't know about girdle thickness, go have a read of my girdle thickness article.
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Shape: Round Carat weight: 1.3 Cut: Ideal Color: F Clarity: VS1 Price: $13190 Certificate: GIA Depth: 62.6% Table: 56.0% Polish: Excellent Symmetry: Excellent Girdle: Slightly thick Culet: None Fluorescence: None Measurements: 6.93*6.98*4.36 Item number: 1330030 |
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