It helps to educate yourself how to evaluate a diamond that you might intend buying or the one gifted to you by a loved one. You can have a fairly good evalution by making use of information available on the Internet.
Of course, it takes time and patience, but you’ll certainly feel happy having spared that much of time. It helps saving money, were you to get it evaluated from a profesional evaluater. All you need is a magnifying glass and an Internet connection. Here is how to proceed:
Cut: Each diamond is cut differently from the other, though we have some general types of cuts, which go to include the Marquise cut, the princess cut, the oval cut, the emerald cut, the round cut, and many more. The cut determines the amount of light reflected from the diamond.
It’s this light that causes its brilliance. You should know that even if the lighting is low, brilliance remains a natural charcteristic of diamonds but is missing in case of imitations like cubic zirconium. The cut should go along its natural shape and size.
Clarity: Next, you have to assess the clarity of diamond. Clarity refers to the absence of impurities within the diamond. A diamond may have elements other than carbon. It may have air pockets within affecting its clarity.
As a rule, the fewer the flaws, the more is its price. Using a magnifying glass view the diamond from different angles to spot impurities.
However, it’s interesting to learn that not all defects adversely affect the price of a diamond. Certain color impurities really help it emit more light, thus adding to its price.
Color: It’s a general perception that diamonds are colorless, but you do get them in many colors like yellow, pink, brown, and many more. The diamond inherits its color from its embedded elements or the carbon from which it’s derived.
Clear or white diamonds that get created in an environment, which for the most part is pure carbon, are the most priced.
Carat: Carat refers to the weight of a diamond. Carat is an important consideration. Carbon gets transformed to a diamond. The process takes thousands of years and extremly high pressure and it needs very specific environments.
It’s not difficult to understand that larger diamonds take longer to get formed and are threrefor rarer. You can use online carat charts to determine the weight of your diamond based on its size, shape and cut.
Using these simple steps enables you to assess if the diamond you are buying is worth the quoted price, or should you look for another vendor.
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