The Four C's of diamond Rings And Why You Need To Know Them

Anyone shopping for a diamond engagement Ring should first familiarize themselves with "the four Cs" of diamonds, namely colour, cut, clarity, and caret. They are all interconnected to come to the final price determination. Each one of them is foremost and none supersedes the other in any way.

One of the most fascinating "C"s to understand can be cut. Do not confuse diamond "cut" with "shape," as many do. Shape refers to the normal outward appearance of the diamond, (such as round, emerald, or pear). When a diamond jeweler says "cut," that is a reference to the diamond's reflective qualities, not the shape. A good cut gives a diamond its brilliance, which is that glow that seems to come from the very center of a diamond. The angles and conclude of any diamond are what conclude its ability to cope light, which leads to brilliance and sparkle.

The second C (in no particular order) is Color. To grade diamonds 'whiteness' or colorlessness, most jewelers refer to Gia's professional color scale from which goes from fascinating white represented with a "D", all the way up to a yellowish brown "Z". The best way to see the distinction in color is to correlate loose diamonds side by side. Many believe that if the color distinction cannot be seen by the naked eye than the extra price on the stone is not worth the amount of money the clearer stone will cost.

The Four C's of diamond Rings And Why You Need To Know Them

Clarity of the diamond is an additional one C that is taken into consideration. Clarity refers to the tiny markings (flaws) inside the diamond, known as "inclusion". Some inclusion will appear as dark specks and some may appear as clear markings such as bubbles. These inclusions block the light from enteRing the diamond allowing no light to reflect back from the lowest causing it to lose much of it's sparkle and brilliance.

The final C is carat. The carat is a unit of estimation used to weigh the particular diamonds. The word "carat" is taken from the carob seeds that population once used in aged times to equilibrium scales. One carat is equal to 200 milligrams, or 0.2 grams. Since larger diamonds are found less commonly than smaller diamonds, the price of larger diamonds raises very quickly when the sizes get up into the higher and more rare to find sizes.

When a buyer places all of the Cs together only then can they figure out the ultimate value of the diamond that they are looking to purchase, or the diamond that they have inherited.

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