How To Pick The Diamond For That Designer Engagement Ring..You Are Planning To Get.
Designer Engagement Rings are normally distinctive, elegant, and sophisticated, but do not necessarily have to be designed by a signature designer. Designer Engagement Rings can be designed by all good quality jewelers, an they can create designer rings for a fraction of the price of your big brand name signature designers. Plus they are more than happy to help to personalize your Designer Engagement Ring a far more than larger design studios.
A little bit of knowledge, your imagination, and ideas.. you are set to create very own Designer Engagement Ring. Supplying your own diamond is common practice, as your jeweler knows that there are plenty of good finds on the internet.
.56ct Princess Cut Diamond.. Perfect for Designer Engagement Rings
Online store Price: $1234.80
Shape: Princess Cut
Grade cut: Very Good
Weight: .5600
Color: J
Clarity: VS1
Certificate: GIA
There is something very special about diamonds. Perhaps it’s their ability to reflect light in exciting ways. Be it for the expectations implied or for the very beauty and exquisiteness of their possession. However, purchasing a diamond can test the nerves of even the most astute buyer – what do you look for? What do the terms mean? What makes one diamond worth more than another?
Here is a simple guide to the essentials of diamond grading. It will help the diamond dealer greatly, if you’re able to converse with him in language he understands. And this in turn will help you to get the stones that you would like.
Diamond appraisers look for four qualities in a diamond when discerning its value. These qualities are contained within the four aspects of cut clarity carat and color.
If buying diamond rings, then it helps to know these things to assist a wise purchase.
.35ct Round Cut Diamond Excellent
Online Store Price: $1370.63
shape: Round
cut: Excellent
weight: .3500
color: D
clarity: VVS1
certificate: GIA
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The CUT
Dealers refer to “cut, clarity, carat, and color” when discussing the qualities of the diamond and its value. The first refers to the quality of the cut – affecting the brilliance of the diamond – the other refers to the actual shape of the diamond. Diamonds come in all shapes and sizes.
The best known are:- round, oval, pear (teardrop shaped), heart, princess (square shaped), Emerald (rectangular shaped), marquise (football shaped) and round. It’s the round diamond that will radiate the most brilliance. It is the capacity of the diamond to reflect light which will determine its brilliance.
A skilled diamond cutter will produce multiple facets each angled to reflect light both inwards and outwards. Be cautious of a cutter who places carat weight above that of brilliance.
The CLARITY
Most diamonds, by far the majority in fact, contain flaws and scratches. A diamond without such characteristics is called flawless and is the rarest kind. While these flaws are often not visible to the naked eye, they affect the light reflecting qualities of the diamond which affects the overall brilliance.
The general classification for diamond clarity is:- Flawless, IF, VVS1, VVS2, VS1, VS2, SI1, SI2, SI3, I1, I2 and I3.
Emerald Cut Shape Diamond .70ct Very Good
Online Store Price: $2,268.63
shape: Emerald
cut: Very Good
weight: .7000
color: E
clarity: SI1
certificate: GIA
The CARAT Weight
The weight of the diamond is referred to as a number of carats. You may hear some dealers referring to 100 points. This is the same as a single carat. This means that a half carat would be listed as ‘50 points’ and so on.
The larger a diamond is the more costly it becomes. In truth large diamonds are quite rare and therefore this has an impact upon their cost and their value. A one-carat diamond will be more than just double the cost of a half-carat stone. However, a ring with multiple diamonds that have a combined weight of 1 carat will be cheaper than a single stone of that same weight.
The COLOR
An alphabetical scale from D to Z is used to rate a diamond’s color. A typical ‘white’ diamond should be as colorless as possible – a rating of ‘D’ being the rarest and most desirable. A colorless diamond is more valuable than a yellow one and the former will be found in the range D to J.
‘Fancy’ diamonds (diamonds with a rating over Z) come in a variety of shades and include some famous diamonds such as the Blue Hope diamond. When buying a diamond it is necessary to remember that each of the four characteristics are of equal importance.
Because the perfect diamond is way beyond the budget of the average purchaser even if it were to exist, it is sensible to rate the four characteristics in order of priority when choosing your diamond.
In summary – these are some of the things to remember:
- Does the supplier have a good reputation?
- Do you feel confident to buy diamonds without professional help?
- What is your budget?
If a master craftsman makes a gemstone brooch, he may not use diamonds – but on the other hand he might, and you need to be able to assess them. In any event, any piece of diamond jewelry should be a work of art, and very special.
70 Emerald-Cut Shape Diamond
Online Store Price: $1,920.00
Shape & Style: EMERALD-CUT Measurements: 6.32X3.99X2.92 Weight: 0.70 Depth: 73.2 Table: 72 Culet: NONE Polish: VERY GOOD Symmetry: GOOD Clarity Grade: SI1 Color Grade: E Fluorescence: NO Girdle: VTH-STK .
0.34 Carat Round Diamond.
Online Store Price: $691.00
This is a 0.34 carat, Round VS1 clarity, F color, diamond accompanied by a GIA lab report
1.52 Carat Marquise Diamond.
Online Store Price: $9,225.00
This is a 1.52 carat, Marquise VS1 clarity, G color, diamond accompanied by a GIA lab report
0.34 Carat Round Diamond.
Online Store Price: $500.00
This is a 0.34 carat, Round SI1 clarity, E color, diamond accompanied by a GIA lab report
2.00 Carat Princess Diamond.
Online Store Price: $11,160.00
This is a 2.00 carat, Princess SI2 clarity, G color, diamond accompanied by a GIA lab report
0.70 Carat Asscher Diamond.
Online Store Price: $2,078.00
This is a 0.70 carat, Asscher VVS1 clarity, H color, diamond accompanied by a GIA lab report
0.50 Carat Round Diamond.
Online Store Price: $1,291.00
This is a 0.50 carat, Round SI1 clarity, E color, diamond accompanied by a GIA lab report
0.84 Carat Princess Diamond.
Online Store Price: $1,958.00
This is a 0.84 carat, Princess VS2 clarity, I color, diamond accompanied by a GIA lab report
2.06 Carat Asscher Diamond.
Online Store Price: $22,553.00
This is a 2.06 carat, Asscher SI1 clarity, D color, diamond accompanied by a GIA lab report
Select Diamond – Pear//.5900
List Price: $0.0
Price: $2337.05
shape: Pear cut: weight: .5900 color: D clarity: VVS2 certificate: GIA
Select Diamond – Round/Ideal/.5200
List Price: $0.0
Price: $1335.0
shape: Round cut: Ideal weight: .5200 color: I clarity: SI1 certificate: AGS
Select Diamond – Princess/Very Good/1.0300
List Price: $0.0
Price: $3458.64
shape: Princess cut: Very Good weight: 1.0300 color: J clarity: VS1 certificate: GIA
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