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).
1.72 Carat Diamonds
1.72 carats refers to the weight of the diamond, which may also be expressed in terms of points - 1.72 carats is 172 points. 1.72 carats worth of diamond gives you a stone that weighs precisely 344 mg.
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What many people don't realise is that a 7.84 mm wide diamond can be a range of weights, not just exactly 5 carats, because the diamond can vary in depth.
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Girdle thickness is a diamond property which many people never even think about, but which can critically affect how big the diamond appears to be.
Diamonds with a size of 1.72 carats are aplenty, but diamonds with a size of 1.72 carats and all the other desirable properties of the diamond are not so common - so don't forget to think about these other properties.
Although it is of limited usefulness, a lot of people wonder what the average size of a diamond is (about one third of a carat) when they are searching for a diamond themselves.
There are two tricks to avoid when comparing total diamond weight with the weight of an individual diamond - individual smaller diamonds are cheaper even if they add up to the same total weight as the single diamond, and smaller diamonds are often of poorer quality. In terms of diamond properties, the carat weight of the diamond should be considered alongside the many other characteristics of the diamond, in order to find a diamond which is balanced and hence not let down by being of poor quality in one of these departments.
