The Magic of the One Carat Round Diamond

Which 1.00ct diamond will you choose? 

                 

There is rarely the opportunity to compare apple with apple, especially with diamonds. Each stone varies in so many ways from another even though seemingly exactly the same. 

Today most clients go shopping armed with knowledge they acquired from google, wikipedia and family friends. See GIA Diamond grading report above.

Deciphering it is one thing, understanding what you buy is another and trusting that the diamond you receive is what the certification says is again another dimension to consider. 

Both these diamonds have been handpicked for a client. We are looking at nearly twice the expense of the H-colour diamond vs the D-colour. Contact me for pricing details. 

At an immediate glance, the you can observe in the images that D is whiter than H. 

Perhaps you can also notice that the SI2 diamond on the left is remarkably clean on the photo image. This is a RARE find as most SI2 diamonds today are heavily included with imperfections that can be easily visible to the naked eye. So I am confident to say this diamond is great value and bound to be snapped up in a flash.

Other details to look out for: 

1. Grading on Cut grade, Polish and Symmetry.

FYI: Cut grading alone took GIA over 5 years to establish. Read about the components of cut grade, and understand the diamond anatomy here. If you are a physicist or scientist or engineer, you will probably appreciate this information, where brilliance can be measured by pure mathematics - check out the diagram of percentages and measurements on the bottom middle of the cert.

2. Fluorescence - GIA blog gives some good information about it.

Most of us in the industry prefer no fluorescence as it will assure the client will not see strange glows of strange yellows, greens, pinks and the most common, blue fluoro under lighting conditions that has UV. 

Diamonds with no Fluorescence therefore, also carry a higher price tag, as more than 35% of diamonds in the market do exhibit some fluorescence. Hence my word of advice for buyer beware is to not pay the price of a no fluorescence diamond, if you are offered one WITH fluorescence especially in a retail environment.

More tomorrow! Thanks for reading :)