Understanding Diamonds in the Engagement Ring Hunt
Diamonds are a girl's best friend, as constant commercials would have you believe.
When shopping for an engagement ring, this becomes more evident than ever as you are forced to review thousands of options all with different diamonds that all have different stats.
It can get confusing, especially when you will see that two different diamond rings with the same number of carats can cost thousands of dollars different.
Fortunately, we're here to help you understand the four Cs of diamond rings.
The first and most important C is the cut of the diamond.
Listed from poor to ideal, cut identifies how "sparkly" the diamond will look.
With a better cut, the diamond reflects light back up out of it, helping to create a nicer glisten.
The worst the cut, the more will be muffled in the diamond.
The most obvious C, and as such, one of the important ones, is the carat.
Carat weight defines how large the diamond will be, but comes with a lot of caveats.
As the diamond gets larger and the carat grows, it will become more cost inhibitive to get a high quality diamond.
The reason for this is that larger diamonds are rarer and so, finding higher quality diamonds of this quality are more and more difficult to find.
The third C to look at is clarity.
The increments of clarity run from I to SI to VS to VVS and finally to IF.
These different selections define the quality of the diamond, identifying the amount of blemishes and marks in the diamond and how visible they are.
I and SI can have blemishes that are visible to the naked eye, while the higher and higher quality diamonds reach the point where it's not even visible with a magnifying glass.
Finally, the final C is color.
Color runs the alphabet, with D through F representing colorless diamonds, G,H, and I representing near colorless diamonds, and letters greater than I representing yellowish diamonds.
When dealing with platinum and white gold settings, it can be important to get a diamond of a better, colorless color.
Otherwise, some of the tint will be visible.
Keeping these ideas in mind, the best way to shop for a diamond is to come up with a price point.
Once you have the amount of money you are willing to spend, you can play with the various options to design the ring that is perfect for you.
When shopping for an engagement ring, this becomes more evident than ever as you are forced to review thousands of options all with different diamonds that all have different stats.
It can get confusing, especially when you will see that two different diamond rings with the same number of carats can cost thousands of dollars different.
Fortunately, we're here to help you understand the four Cs of diamond rings.
The first and most important C is the cut of the diamond.
Listed from poor to ideal, cut identifies how "sparkly" the diamond will look.
With a better cut, the diamond reflects light back up out of it, helping to create a nicer glisten.
The worst the cut, the more will be muffled in the diamond.
The most obvious C, and as such, one of the important ones, is the carat.
Carat weight defines how large the diamond will be, but comes with a lot of caveats.
As the diamond gets larger and the carat grows, it will become more cost inhibitive to get a high quality diamond.
The reason for this is that larger diamonds are rarer and so, finding higher quality diamonds of this quality are more and more difficult to find.
The third C to look at is clarity.
The increments of clarity run from I to SI to VS to VVS and finally to IF.
These different selections define the quality of the diamond, identifying the amount of blemishes and marks in the diamond and how visible they are.
I and SI can have blemishes that are visible to the naked eye, while the higher and higher quality diamonds reach the point where it's not even visible with a magnifying glass.
Finally, the final C is color.
Color runs the alphabet, with D through F representing colorless diamonds, G,H, and I representing near colorless diamonds, and letters greater than I representing yellowish diamonds.
When dealing with platinum and white gold settings, it can be important to get a diamond of a better, colorless color.
Otherwise, some of the tint will be visible.
Keeping these ideas in mind, the best way to shop for a diamond is to come up with a price point.
Once you have the amount of money you are willing to spend, you can play with the various options to design the ring that is perfect for you.