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Diamond Quality is Job 2
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Diamond Size vs. QualityThis is a tough call but it has to be made. Are you going for size or beauty. If you're talking both, you're looking at serious money. I always recommend quality - your wife will never have to apologize for it. Most everyone is immediately awed by a big sparkler. But that awe is often forgotten if, on closer examination, a diamond is severely included. Diamond SpreadSpread is a term that refers to the observed dimensions of a diamond, i.e., the diameter, or the length and width. Some cutters are charged with getting the maximum carat weight from a rough diamond crystal. Spread usually = "dead". In a diamond cut mainly for spread, significant light won't return to the eye. Angles of facets will let light pass through the pavilion of a diamond rather than reflecting back toward the crown and table. A well cut 2-carat diamond won't appear to be twice the size of 1 carat. Why? Because diamonds are 3 dimensional and need to have a proportionate depth to diameter ratio. A confused explanation follows. A well-cut round brilliant diamond of
So where does all the confused "look like" nonsense lead? If you can buy a .90 carat VVS2 for anywhere near the same price as a 1.00 carat Vs1, you get a higher quality diamond, that falls just under a pricing threshold, and appear to be very slightly smaller. The .90 carat will be 6.2 mm, compared to the 6.5 mm of the 1.00 carat. That is a difference of only 0.3 mm! Of course it is likely that you will pay a bit more for a .90 carat VVS2 than for a 1.00 carat Vs2 .. But if you shop better, you may not. Back to buying engagement diamonds |
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