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> Diamond Buying Guide
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C1: Cut
The cut of a Diamond is very important to its brilliance and sparkle. The Diamond is cut to maximize its natural glow. A Diamond can have a perfect color and clarity but a poor cut can make the diamond lose its sparkle. A Diamond can be cut in various shapes such as: round, princess, marquise, baguette, etc... For these shapes to sparkle the greatest their cut has to be ideal. Diamonds sparkle the greatest when they are ideally cut. This allows the light to travel through the Diamond and exit in a radiance of a colorful rainbow. If a Diamond is incorrectly cut, the light is lost and the Diamond will not sparkle properly. Diamonds sold by FrontJewelers are ideally cut.
C2: Color
Diamonds vary in rage of color. They can appear naturally colorless and are considered to be the most precious because of their rare find, while others can be brown. A Diamond's color is defined in a range from D to Z. The average diamond colors sold by FrontJewelers are of F-G color.
D is an absolutely colorless very rare diamond.
E is also a colorless Diamond that can be detected by an expert gemologist.
F is colorless, but very slight color can be detected by a gemologist.
G-H, these are near colorless Diamonds. The color is slightly noticeable if compared to Diamonds of higher grade, at the same time these Diamonds provide the greatest value to the consumer.
I-J quality Diamonds are near colorless. Color is slightly noticeable.
K-Z grade Diamonds range from yellow to brown and are not covered by FrontJewelers.
C3: Clarity
Clarity defines the natural sparkle of a diamond. A higher clarity Diamond is much more rare and valuable than lower clarity Diamonds. Clarity is defined when rating a diamond in that the Diamond may or may not have the natural inclusions such as scratches, or carbon that can take away from the sparkle a Diamond reflects, and from its value. The average diamonds used by FrontJewelers are of VS-SI clarity.
Clarity Scale Explaining the Gradings:
FL, IF: are Flawless diamonds that have no inclusions or flaws. These are very rare and very expensive.
VVS1, VVS2: is Very Very Slightly Included. It is very difficult to spot any inclusion under a 10x magnification. They are eye clean diamonds and are excellent quality.
VS1, VS2: stands for Very Slightly Included. The inclusions are not visible to the eye, and are barely if visible at all under a 10x magnification. Very good quality diamonds as well.
SI1, SI2: stands for Slightly Included. The inclusions in these diamonds are usually not visible to the unaided eye, but are visible under a 10x magnification. These diamonds are of very good quality and value to the consumer.
I: clarity stands for a diamond that has slight inclusion that is visible to the unaided eye.
C4: Carat
Total Carat weight meaures the total weight of the diamonds that are set in your diamond jewelry item. Whether there is one diamond, or a numerous amount the total carat weight is measured. An example of the total carat weight is if you have a ring with ten diamonds weighing .20ct each, then the total carat weight is 2.0ct also noted as 2.0cttw. A larger diamond may appear to have more sparkle than a smaller one due to the light traveling through larger distance in the bigger diamond. This will result in more radiance and a larger rainbow of colors.
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