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).
2.10 Carat Weight Princess Diamond Shown on a Hand
This article gives you some concept of how large a 2.10 carat size princess shape stone will look when viewed on the hand of a woman. If you search around on the web to find the actual size of a 2.10 carat weight princess shape diamond, you may pick up that the numbers will vary slightly - this is due to the fact that the size (7.8 mm for this 2.10 carat diamond) can depend on the cut, not just the carat weight.
This picture will no doubt give you some concept of how massive a diamond will appear viewed on the female hand, remember that the ring size you pick or need may be significantly larger or smaller than the size 6 in the picture.
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Some advice for how to use the information on this page is to initially narrow down your size range; then you can go into stores and try diamonds out in person, armed with this prior knowledge.
The apparent size of this 2.10 carat princess diamond will depend not just on the carat weight but as well on the length to width ratio of the ring finger it is placed on.
Some of my readers are men - if this is you and you're trying to calculate the right diamond size to buy for your other half, remember that the diamond will invariably look much larger on the hands of a woman, which are typically smaller.
