Engagement Diamond

Tips in Buying Your Engagement Diamond

A green Engagement Diamond (Photo by Wendy)

Before you purchase a perfect engagement diamond ring for your fiancee, make sure you read enough information about diamond’s shape and diamonds characteristics.

Your Engagement Diamond Quality

Understanding diamond characteristics are important when you buy your engagement diamond ring. You should pay attention to some factors called 4 Cs, those are Carat, Cut, Colour, and Clarity

Carat Weight

Diamonds can be measured in Carat Weight. One carat weighs 200 milligrams. A diamond weighing 50 points is called 1/2 carat; one that weighs 75 points is called 3/4 carat.

Cut

Diamond’s cut is very important factor to consider. Good cut of diamond sparkle beautifully when hit by light. There are many different type of cuts:

Brilliant cut which has many faces.
Step cut which has only four side faces
Emerald cut which also has four side faces but the corners are removed.

The most popular cut for engagement diamond is brilliant cut, where many faces allow the reflection of the light making it sparkle from different point.

Colour

Diamonds are available in different colours ranges from colourless to a yellowish brown. Other colour is also available such as pink, blue and green. The most high quality and expensive is a diamond without colour.

Clarity

Clarity levels start with Flawless and move down to Very Very Slight (VVS), Very Slight (VS) and Slightly Included (SI). Clarity is influenced by carbon impurity of diamonds. It can be observed under 10 power magnifications. The fewer the carbon impurities, the higher the diamond’s clarity.

When you buy your engagement Diamonds, consider also the shape. Here are some examples of Diamond’s shapes

Round-Shaped Diamond. This is the most popular and expensive diamonds for engagement rings.
Oval-Shaped Diamond. This shape of diamond has the impression of a larger diamond and it is good choice for women with shorter fingers.
Emerald-Shaped Diamond. This shape is bigger and it has rectangular corners.

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