When deciding on a diamond ring the primary consideration should be the cut. The rating of a diamond’s cut will determine the best bargain, when you are looking at two comparatively priced diamonds. A diamond’s brilliance is determined by the way it refracts and reflects light, therefore, the meticulousness of every cut made in a diamond, carries great weight. Failure to reflect light back to the surface of a diamond is caused but cuts which are too shallow or too deep, thus allowing light to escape the opposite side or the bottom.  These are marks of a poorly cut diamond. The objective is to prevent any light from being lost, as it bounces off all of the cut sides of the diamond, and eventually reflects back through the surface, and this is accomplished when the proper number of facets and precision angles are cut in the proper proportions, as in a well-cut diamond.

When people talk about something having a ‘good’ color, they normally think about bold, and vivid ones, but this is not true with diamond rings. With diamond rings, it is the colorless stones that are the most valuable and the least common. For a more reasonably priced diamond ring, you may choose the yellow ones which are more prevalent. Clarity is the term to describe a diamond’s interior features, and in order to be able to conduct an inspection of the stone, you will need a jeweler’s microscope. Flaws within a diamond and known as inclusions include specks, ripples and indentations. High quality cut and color can offset slight imperfections making it appear just as lovely as a flawless diamond although the diamond with the least number of imperfections has the highest value.

Diamond weight is calculated in points and carats, with 100 points making up a carat. Diamond prices for a bunch of smaller diamonds equaling one carat, will be much less than the price of a single stone weighing one carat. It is helpful to educate yourself about the true cost of the diamond, by knowing the ‘cost per carat’, but you should realize that the biggest diamond is not necessarily the one that has the most value. The clarity, cut, and color of a diamond will have to be analyzed in order to determine a diamond’s actual value, with a large carat weight being of secondary concern.

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