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Cut decides how light travels through the stone. A well cut diamond sends light back as brilliance; a poor one looks glassy, whatever its size.
Check any stone before you pay: its grades, its certificate, and what similar diamonds really sell for.
— to understanding it.
Cut decides how light travels through the stone. A well cut diamond sends light back as brilliance; a poor one looks glassy, whatever its size.
Clarity grades the tiny marks inside the stone. Most are invisible without magnification, so paying for flawless often buys nothing you can see.
Color runs from D, completely colorless, to Z, a faint yellow. Set in white metal, a G or H often looks just as white for far less.
Carat is weight, not size. A stone just under a round number, 0.9 instead of 1.0, can look almost identical and cost noticeably less.
Check any stone before you pay: its grades, its certificate, and what similar diamonds really sell for.
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