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).

Selected for You: 1.32 Carat F Color SI1 Clarity Premium Cut Round Cut Diamond

Don't try and assess diamond color from a photo - there is no need, since the diamond is an F color - but do examine the photo to assess whether its SI1 clarity rating is due to any unacceptably visible inclusions or defects.

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Shape: Round

Carat weight: 1.32

Cut: Premium

Color: F

Clarity: SI1

Price: $9230

Certificate: GIA

Depth: 60.3%

Table: 56.0%

Polish: Excellent

Symmetry: Excellent

Girdle: Medium

Culet: None

Fluorescence: None

Measurements: 7.12*7.16*4.30

Item number: 1350536

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If you can see the diamond in person or examine high quality photos of the diamond (like the one for this SI1 clarity diamond), this is where the most valuable deals are to be found - identifying an SI1 or SI2 stone that is "eye clean" is a fulfilling experience that pays off in terms of money saved. In analyzing the $9230 cost of this diamond, put in some thought into whether you need all the properties to be as good as they are. The visual appearance of this diamond will be good due to its Premium cut, although not quite as good as the more costly higher-rated cut grades.

If you look at this 1.32 carat stone and think to yourself, "that diamond is too small", ponder whether you can compromise by reducing other properties such as color or cut in order to get for a bigger diamond.

The girdle of this diamond ("Medium") has an influence on the overall diamond, and should not be neglected entirely. F color diamonds are known as colorless diamonds, being some of the purest white diamonds available for sale.